Prevalencia de prediabetes en adultos de 25 a 85 años de una población Andina

Abstract

Prediabetes is one of the conditions that generate predisposition in the development of diabetes, it is a term used in individuals with elevated serum glucose levels, but without reaching the critical level to be considered diabetes. The main characteristic it presents is its state of dysglycemia, where people who suffer from it maintain an abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates. Methods and Materials. Descriptive observational study with cross-sectional section with intentional non probability sampling; duration of 91 days belonging to the months of September, October and November; with a sample of 100 participants corresponding to men and women between the ages of 25 to 85 years attended at the Centro Médico Diagnóstico Cemediam. The information was obtained through the Orion database and tabulated in the Microsoft Excel program. Results. The population consisted of 41 males and 59 females,the prevalence found of prediabetes was 37%, participants aged 36 to 45 years were the population group with the highest prevalence of prediabetes and the female sex was the most dominant compared to the male in prediabetes as age progressed. Conclusion. Prediabetes is increasingly part of a greater number of people without distinction of sex or age, that is why it is justifiable to use screening tools for its early diagnosis, that contribute to reducing high morbidity and mortality figures, in addition to shortening the economic expenditure that covers the pharmacological part of these patients and to generate preventive actions in this population.