2020, Number 1
Morbidity rate due to occult renal disease in the older adults from a health area
Language: Spanish
References: 15
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: chronic renal disease is one of the main causes of death, within the group of chronic non-communicable diseases, its prevalence in developed countries is approximately 500 to 1400 patients per million inhabitants, while in Latin America, is 447 patients per million population.Objective: to determine the prevalence of chronic renal disease and predisposing risk factors in older adults from a medical office at “Jimmy Hirzel” University Polyclinic in Bayamo municipality, Granma province, between June 2016 and June 2017.
Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was carried out with 120 older adults with a health history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
Results: the diagnosis of occult renal disease was established in 113 out of the 120 patients studied, the group of 60-69 years old was the most affected by chronic nephropathy, while male sex and mixed race individuals were the most prevalent. The main predisposing risk factors for occult renal disease were chronic ischemic heart disease, dyslipidemia and smoking.
Conclusions: there was a high prevalence of occult renal disease in the older adults examined, where the age group corresponding to 60-69 years, male sex and mixed race individuals were the most affected.
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