Factores de riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes jóvenes y adultos con diabetes tipo I en el Hospital General Guasmo Sur-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Type I diabetes mellitus (DM1) constitutes a global health problem of unquestionable importance because it is closely associated with a high prevalence of mortality and morbidity. One of the current problems in patients with DM1 are cardiovascular diseases caused by different risk factors known as classical and non-classical. Objective: Identify the cardiovascular risk factors in type I diabetes at the Hospital General Guasmo Sur in 2019. Materials and Methods: The present research work is a retrospective, descriptive, observational study with a quantitative approach, not an experimental one. Results: A sample of 85 medical records of patients with type I diabetes mellitus, a higher proportion of the presence of risk factors and comorbidities was identified in patients in the age groups between 46-50 years in greater proportion, followed by those between 41- 45 years. As the highest frequency according to sex is in women. The relationship between comorbidities and alcohol and tobacco consumption was shown to be a risk factor in patients with type I diabetes mellitus who present endocrine and cardiovascular comorbidities, in which it was shown that the highest risk is hypertension. Conclusion: For the development of this work, information was collected from 85 medical records of patients with type I diabetes mellitus, demonstrating that the greatest risk factor associated with DM1 is hypertension, and it is evidenced that the affected group was the female as it presented a higher percentage.