[Nationwide multicenter study on the prevalence of @entity2973 and @entity28 in XXXX in the Brazilian population].

@entity1 @entity4051 @entity6 @entity28 @entity4989 @entity2973
AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of @entity2973 and @entity28 in type 2 @entity6 ( @entity4989 ) outpatients from different regions of Brazil. @entity1 AND METHODS: We studied 2,519 randomly selected @entity1 , from 11 hospitals, 2 endocrine and one general public care clinics from 10 cities. Overweight was defined as body-mass index (BMI) > 25 and @entity28 as BMI > 30 kg/m2. Glycemic control (GC) was evaluated by GC index (GCI = @entity1 's @entity4051 or HbA1c/upper limit of normal for the method x 100). RESULTS: 39% of the population studied was male, the mean age was 58.8 +/- 11.6 y, the duration from clinical diagnosis of @entity4989 was 9.0 +/- 7.3y, and BMI was 28.3 +/- 5.2 kg/m2. No measurements of BMI were recorded from 265 @entity1 (10.5%). @entity1 from the Northeast presented lower BMI as compared with those from the Midwest, Southeast and South areas, respectively (26.4 +/- 4.7 vs. 27.9 +/- 4.8 vs. 29.2 +/- 5.1 vs. 29.4 +/- 5.4 kg/m2; p < 0.001). A greater prevalence of @entity28 was observed in the Southeast and South areas as compared to the Northeast (p < 0.001), as well as in the female group, respectively (69% vs. 31%; p < 0.001). Normal weight @entity1 presented lower GCI. @entity1 being treated with two or more oral drugs and an association of insulin plus oral drug presented greater BMI values than those being treated with diet, oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin p < 0.001. The BMI of @entity1 treated by a specialist did not differ from those treated by a generalist. CONCLUSIONS: 75% of our sample was out of adequate BMI and 30% was @entity28 . The percentage of @entity1 with @entity2973 and @entity28 was comparable to those found in similar European studies but still lower than those found in the USA. The prevalence of @entity28 in @entity6 @entity1 was three times higher than in the overall Brazilian population according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
