%0 Journal Article
%T The status of diabetes care in Mexican population: are we making a difference? Results of the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006
%A Gonz¨¢lez-Villalpando
%A Clicerio
%A L¨®pez-Ridaura
%A Ruy
%A Campuzano
%A Julio C¨¦sar
%A Gonz¨¢lez-Villalpando
%A Mar¨ªa Elena
%J Salud P¨²blica de M¨¦xico
%D 2010
%I Instituto Nacional de Salud P¨²blica
%R 10.1590/S0036-36342010000700007
%X objective: examine clinical indicators to evaluate diabetes care in mexico. material and methods: diabetics (self reported, with therapy) were examined with standardized questionnaires, anthropometry, glucose, lipids and glycohemoglobin. data were analyzed statistically. results: there were 2 644 patients, 677 cases without access to medical care (73% women), most lived in rural communities and spoke aboriginal dialect. prevalence of obesity for private access group was 21.2%, for other or non access group was between 31 and 65%. the group without or basic education was most common, 76% of the cases had hdl <40 mg/dl and 36% had hypertriglyceridemia. only 6.6% of patients had hba1c <7%. there was no significant difference between hba1c values observed in the group with or without access. most patients were treated with oral agents. a significant group was without therapy. assessments for complications was infrequent. conclusions: current model for diabetes care in mexico is inefficacious and a paradigm change is necessary.
%K diabetes
%K care
%K control
%K access
%K mexico.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-36342010000700007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en