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Socioeconomic and cultural factors associated to metabolic control of diabetic children and adolescents from northwest Mexico
Author(s) -
Enriquez Maria Carmen,
Ballesteros Martha Nydia,
Saucedo Maria Socorro,
Cabrera Rosa Maria,
Ortega Maria Isabel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.866.9
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , glycated hemoglobin , metabolic control analysis , obesity , diabetes mellitus , environmental health , gerontology , demography , type 2 diabetes , population , endocrinology , sociology
Diabetes prevalence among children and adolescents is growing and constitutes an important public health issue. The aim of this study was to analyze the metabolic control of 100 children and adolescents diagnosed with diabetes during 2000–2006 in northwest Mexico. Medical records of children and adolescents were reviewed collecting clinical, sociodemographic and familiar data. The main indicator of metabolic control was glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The average age of study subjects was 11.4 ± 3.9 years; prevalence of obesity was 24%. Sixty one percent of the sample had an average HbA1c of 9.1± 2.7, with the highest values in the adolescent group. A significant association was found between inadequate metabolic control and socioeconomic variables such as mother's education and health care services. In general, there is a poor metabolic control of children and adolescents with diabetes in northwest Mexico, and it is attributable to the socioeconomic and cultural factors surrounding them.