Factores sociodemográficos y antropométricos asociados a las complicaciones de la diabetes mellitus-2 en la región Lambayeque, 2022

Introduction: Diabetes complications are health problems that can occur as a consequence of the evolution of this chronic disease. Objectives: To determine the sociodemographic and anthropometric factors associated with complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in the Lambayeque region, Peru, 2022. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study, based on a population of 17,784 diabetic patients. The sociodemographic, anthropometric factors and complications of diabetes mellitus were obtained from a database of the Gerencia Regional de Salud de Lambayeque, from which the variables of interest were filtered and selected. Results: The population was characterized by a median age of 58 years, predominance of the female gender (69.1%), origin of Chiclayo (69.3%), and nutritional status as overweight or obese (74.3%). Likewise, the median body mass index (BMI) was 28 kg / m2 and waist circumference 94 cm. 10.3% of the population presented some type of complication; multiple (45.6%), neurological (13.6%), and renal (12.8%) were the most frequent. Age (p<0.001), province of origin (p<0.001), and waist circumference (p=0.045) were associated with a higher probability of presenting complications of T2DM. Conclusions: More than one in 10 diabetic patients in the Lambayeque region presented complications, of which almost half were multiple. Complications were associated with age, province of origin, and waist circumference.