%0 Journal Article
%T Mayor frecuencia de microalbuminuria en mujeres en un programa de diabetes de un hospital p¨²blico del sur de la provincia de Santa Fe
%A S¨¢nchez Azcona
%A P.
%A Quaglia
%A N.B.
%J Revista argentina de endocrinolog£¿-a y metabolismo
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X diabetes control and associated risk factors are a public health problem. the aim of this study was to characterize diabetic patients with at least 10 years' duration of disease who attended hospital provincial alejandro guti¨¦rrez in venado tuerto city as part of a specific diabetes management program. an observational and cross-sectional study was performed with data obtained from medical records (n = 88). ninety-two percent 95 % ci: 84.3-96.7 %) of patient had type 2 diabetes; mean age 63.0 ¡À 10.9 years and mean body mass index (bmi, kg/m2) 30.9 ¡À 6.4. bmi was significantly higher in women than men. the following prevalences were found: hypertension (ht): 77.8 % (67.2-86.3 %); microalbuminuria: 46.2 % (34.8-57.8 %); total cholesterol >200 mg/dl: 38.5 % (27.7-50.2 %); triglycerides >150 mg/dl: 41.0 % (30-52.7 %). microalbuminuria tended to be associated with the presence of hypertension and with a bmi >27 kg/m2. the significantly higher prevalence of microalbuminuria found in women as compared to men is may be possibly related to female overweight.
%K diabetes
%K obesity
%K hypertension
%K diabetic nephropathy
%K dyslipidemia.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-30342011000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en