Relación de la hemoglobina glicosilada y nefropatía en pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 atendidos en el Hospital General Isidro Ayora Loja, durante febrero a junio del 2016.

Abstract

The following is a quantitative, descriptive, prospective and cross sectional study. The aim of this research was to characterize patients diagnosed with diabetic nephropathy epidemiologically, and to stablish the existing relation between glycated hemoglobin levels and presence of complication. In order to achieve this purpose data were collected through an observation sheet, which included epidemiological data, weight, glycated hemoglobin levels, creatinine and microalbuminuria. The sample comprised 175 patients. As outcomes, it was obtained that diabetic nephropathy occurs most often in over-65 year old Hispanic women, urban area inhabitants; the most common glycated hemoglobin range for both Hispanic and indigenous men and women residing in urban area, was 7 to 7.99%. Subsequently data analysis was performed on SPSS software and Pearson correlation coefficient was used, which showed a statistically significant linear association and directly proportional low correlation (rP = 0,389 p < 0.01) between glycated hemoglobin levels and the presence of diabetic nephropathy