Revisión bibliográfica sobre diagnóstico y tratamiento de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en pacientes con síndrome metabólico

Abstract

Currently, epidemiological studies of type 2 diabetes have shown a marked increase in its prevalence, estimating about 23.5 million people aged 20 or 10 years with this disease, 7% of the world's adult population. In Ecuador, it is known that the population aged 10 to 59 years has a prevalence of DM of 2.7% in men and 2.8% in women. Objective: To collect bibliographic information on the diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with metabolic syndrome. Method: A critical, selective and detailed descriptive qualitative study was carried out, which aimed to collect and examine bibliographic information from the last 5 years on risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus in patients with metabolic syndrome. In this case, data and information (previous articles) were collected from medical scientific databases such as Medline, Cochrane, Pubmed, Elsiever, UptoDate, Scielo, Scopus, New England Journal of Medicine, etc. Results: The metabolic syndrome increases by 5 times the risk of suffering from diabetes mellitus, as well as among the main factors are lifestyle, hereditary diseases, race, sex, etc. For treatment, the change in lifestyle towards a healthier course is mainly recommended.