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- Title
Micro and macro vascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in outpatient care.
- Authors
Delfino de Almeida, Valéria Cristina; Torquato Araújo, Samila; da Silva Negreiros, Francisca Diana; Freire de Aguiar, Maria Isis; Rebouças Moreira, Tatiana; Plácido Crispim, Ana Paula
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the factors related to micro and macro vascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: a documentary survey of 134 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Bivariate statistical analysis (Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s test), with statistical significance if p<0.05. Results: the frequency of micro vascular complications was 50.7%, and retinopathy was the most found (61.7%). There was a statistical association between the group with more than 10 years of disease and the presence of retinopathy. Cardiopathy was one of the most frequent macro vascular complications (69.0%). Regarding the use of insulin therapy in mono therapy, there was significance in the presence of nephropathy and vascular disease. Conclusion: results with statistical significance related to the appearance of complications with disease time, highlighting the presence of diabetic retinopathy. It was verified that the lower the schooling, the greater the onset of vascular disease.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TYPE 2 diabetes complications; OUTPATIENT medical care; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; PEOPLE with diabetes; FISHER exact test; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICS; SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; LIFESTYLES; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 6, p787
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2017000600012