Detección precoz de factores de riesgo para desarrollo de diabetes mellitus 2 en los choferes profesionales del Azuay

Abstract

Objective Determine the frequency of risk factor to develop two types of Mellitus Diabetes present in Canton Cuenca’s Professional Drivers, during September 2009, to May 2010. Material and methods A descriptive study was conducted in 485 professional wheel driver’s belonging to Canton Cuenca Union of Professional Drivers. We had been used the Harvard University (United States) call the Health Care Center Siteman, data were obtain by direct interview with aid of SPSS and Excel software. Results The patients analyzed, the average age was 45 years. The overweight was 51.3% and 25% present obesity, the sedentary population reached rate was 45.2%, and family antecedent history of diabetes in relatives of first degree of consanguinity was 37.5%. The 24.98% were classified as very high risk to develop two types of diabetes mellitus, according to the scale of the Siteman Center. Conclusions The moderate and high risk to develop diabetes mellitus classified according to frequency and scale applied. The overweight and the familiar antecedent in relatives of first degree of consanguinity were the main factor of risk with the higher percentage in this study.