Trastornos de la glucemia y de la acción de la insulina en una población de riesgo de diabetes

objective: to know the hyperglycemia frequency and resistance to insulin in a group of patients with risk of carbohydrates metabolism disturbances. methods: a cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in a population from the reina polyclinic. a total of 118 patients were studied to measure the fast and postprandial glycemia after an oral load of glucose e insulinemia. for insulin-resistance calculus homa-ir index was applied. results: there was a 5.1 % of diabetic patients aged over 60 and hypertensive; 25.4 % of sample showed some degree of hyperglycemia in the pre-diabetes rank. glycemia disturbances increased in a parallel way to age increase (p= 0.005). insulin-resistance was detected in 21,2 % of total of included patients and in 53.8 % of those presenting with some hydrocarbon metabolism disturbance being more marked in diabetic patients affecting to 83.3 % (p= 0.001). conclusions: hyperglycemia-associated disturbances and insulin-resistance associated with hyperglycemia are frequent in clinical practice when risk group are studied due to diabetes.