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ABSTRACT

The census of diabetic patients at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social describes the state and level of control of biologic markers, such as glucose, BMI and blood pressure of all diabetic patients attending the family medicine units during 2004. The main results show that 2 334 340 diabetic patients visited the health units of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social with an average of 3.7 visits per year. Around 75 % of the patients had their weight and height registered; 73 %, their blood pressure, and only 28.8 %, their glycemia level. One third of the patients (35.7 %) had an unspecified diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and 91.3 % had no complications reported. Of those with glycemia reported, 56.9% had a poor blood glucose control. Half of the diabetic patients were also diagnosed as hypertensive though 74 % had good blood pressure control. The BMI reported that 40.4 % were obese and 39.6 % were overweight. All these data are important to measure the impact of different health interventions that point to a better control of diabetes at the IMSS.