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K M Venkat Narayan¹, James P Boyle, Theodore J Thompson

¹Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation, Atlanta, Ga, USA. kav4@cdc.gov

|October 9, 2003

Resumen

El riesgo a lo largo de la vida de desarrollar diabetes para las personas nacidas en el año 2000 es sustancial, y las mujeres y las poblaciones hispanas enfrentan mayores riesgos. El diagnóstico de diabetes reduce significativamente la esperanza de vida y los años de vida ajustados por calidad.

Área de la Ciencia:

Salud Pública La salud pública.
Epidemiología La epidemiología.
Gestión de enfermedades crónicas Gestión de enfermedades crónicas.

Sus antecedentes:

La diabetes mellitus es una de las principales enfermedades crónicas en los EE.UU., imponiendo costos significativos.
No existían estimaciones previas para el riesgo promedio a lo largo de la vida de desarrollar diabetes.
Comprender el riesgo de por vida es crucial para la planificación de la salud pública y la asignación de recursos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para estimar el riesgo de por vida de desarrollar diabetes mellitus.
Proporcionar datos de riesgo específicos de la edad, el sexo y la raza/etnia.
Analizar el impacto de la diabetes en la esperanza de vida y los años de vida ajustados por calidad.

Principales métodos:

Se utilizaron datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Entrevistas de Salud (1984-2000).
Prevalencia estimada y tasas de incidencia por edad, sexo y raza/etnia en el año 2000.
Incorporó datos de la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos y estudios de mortalidad para poblaciones diabéticas y no diabéticas.

Principales resultados:

Riesgo estimado de diabetes de por vida para los nacidos en 2000: 32.8% para los hombres, 38.5% para las mujeres.
Las mujeres exhiben mayores riesgos residuales a lo largo de la vida en todas las edades.
Las poblaciones hispanas enfrentan el mayor riesgo: 45.4% para los hombres, 52.5% para las mujeres.
El diagnóstico de diabetes a los 40 años lleva a una pérdida significativa de años de vida (hombres: 11.6, mujeres: 14.3) y años de vida ajustados por calidad (hombres: 18.6, mujeres: 22.0).

Conclusiones:

Existe una probabilidad de vida sustancial de diagnóstico de diabetes para las personas nacidas en los EE.UU. en el año 2000.
La prevención primaria de la diabetes y sus complicaciones son prioridades críticas de salud pública.
Es esencial abordar las disparidades en el riesgo de diabetes entre los diferentes grupos demográficos.

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