title: [Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis in Porto Alegre, Brazil].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The most common cause of chronic renal failure (CRF) among patients who are starting on dialysis in developed countries is diabetes mellitus (DM), with growing rates approaching 50%. In Brazil, the available data indicate a lower prevalence, around 27%, even though it is also increasing.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of DM in the adult population of patients on hemodialysis for CRF in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative and analytical survey study on the prevalence of DM among the 1,288 patients on hemodialysis (HD) in all the 15 clinics in the city from June to July, 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  488 diabetic patients were identified, a prevalence of 37.9%, ranging from 21 - 75% in the different clinics of the city.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of DM among chronic HD patients in Porto Alegre is higher than what was previously published as a cause of CRF in the country, which indicates the possibility that this etiology of CRF may have been underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Bella Vista, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. jb.nefro@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jayme Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Burmeister
authors.forename: Camila Borges
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Mosmann
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bau
authors.forename: Guido Aranha
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rosito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D015995:Prevalence; D006435:Renal Dialysis