Cardiovascular risk characterization in prediabetics. Diabetes care center

Introduction: Prediabetes is an asymptomatic condition that precedes type 2 diabetes and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Objective: to characterize the cardiovascular risk in prediabetics treated at the Diabetes Care Center, during the period May 2019 - June 2021. Methods: a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional research was carried out, the universe was made up of 97 patients, which intentionally coincided with the sample, the variables studied were: age, sex, nutritional assessment, global cardiovascular risk, vascular risk factors and macrovascular and microvascular complications. Methods: for the analysis of the information, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences statistical system was used, a descriptive univariate analysis was applied for the quantitative variables through measures of central tendency and dispersion, statistics such as the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies were used. The Chi square test and Fisher's exact test were applied for qualitative data with a significance level of 95% (p<0.05). Results: There was a predominance of females, age group 50 to 64 years, obese and double prediabetes. More than half of the cases showed insulin resistance. High blood pressure, sedentary lifestyle and peripheral neuropathy prevailed. Conclusions: Low overall cardiovascular risk and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors predominated.