Caracterización de la prediabetes en los adultos jóvenes. Consultorio 2 del Centro de Salud Guasmo Oeste Manglar. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Latin America has a high prevalence of prediabetes; in Ecuador, at 50 years of age, one in ten Ecuadorians already has diabetes. Knowing about prediabetes allows us to identify and intervene in the lifestyle of these patients, preventing their progression to diabetes mellitus in up to 58% of cases. Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. 147 people were included, corresponding to the universe of the population between20 and 39 years of age assigned to clinic 2 of the Guasmo Oeste Manglar Health Center. The information was obtained from through a survey, the Findrisk test and the result of a fasting blood glucose test. Results: The population consisted of 89 women (60,5%) and 58 (39,4%) men, it was identified that the most frequent risk factor in young adults was overweight andobesity with 67,3% and predominantly in sex in women, the majority (40,8%) had a low risk of developing diabetes mellitus in 10 years, and a prediabetes prevalence of 24,5% was found. Most of the prediabetic young adults presented several risk factors and 55,6% of the presented considerable risk (moderate and high) of developing diabetes in 10 years. Conclusions: Arounda quarter of the young adult population studied has prediabetes, the most frequent risk factors in them are modifiable such as being overweight or obesity, not consuming daily fruits and vegetables and sedentary lifestyle, therisk of developing diabetes mellitus in 10 years measured by the Findrisk is moderate and high.