title: [Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in elderly patients and associated factors in a general hospital of the north of Mexico].
abstract: There are few reports on the impact of diabetes in the geriatric population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of diabetes in the geriatric population in a hospital in Northeast Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study and a probabilistic sampling were made. The files of outpatients of the geriatrics department in a General Hospital in Monterrey, Mexico,were examined. The information obtained from these files was related to the patient's personal pathological and non-pathological background, besides a full geriatric evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 171 files were examined, out of which 97 (56.7%) belonged to females and 74 (43.3%) to males. The mean age was 78 ± 6.9 years. Diabetes was found in 76 patients (44%), major depression was found in 85 patients (50%), with the latter being more common in diabetic patients (p = 0.002). It was also found that diabetic patients take more drugs during their disease. Adjusting for age, gender, and academic level, cognitive impairment was found in 110 patients (64.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetes mellitus is more frequent in the geriatric population and it uses more resources.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Geriatría del Hospital General de Zona 17, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey. hugocus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Hermosillo
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz de León-González
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pérez-Cortez
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cobos-Aguilar
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Hermosillo
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eloy Tamez-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D015995:Prevalence