title: Management of diabetes mellitus and associated cardiovascular risk factors in Brazil - the Brazilian study on the practice of diabetes care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Brazilian Study on the Practice of Diabetes Care main objective was to provide an epidemiological profile of individuals with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Brazil, concerning therapy and adherence to international guidelines in the medical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  This observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study collected and analyzed data from individuals with type 1 and 2 DM attending public or private clinics in Brazil. Each investigator included the first 10 patients with type 2 DM who visited his/her office, and the first 5 patients with type 1 DM.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,358 patients were analyzed; 375 (27.6%) had type 1 and 983 (72.4%) had type 2 DM. Most individuals were women, Caucasian, and private health care users. High prevalence rates of hypertension, dyslipidemia and central obesity were observed, particularly in type 2 DM. Only 7.3% and 5.1% of the individuals with types 1 and 2 DM, respectively, had optimal control of blood pressure, plasma glucose and lipids. The absence of hypertension and female sex were associated with better control of type 1 DM and other cardiovascular risk factors. In type 2 DM, older age was also associated with better control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Female sex, older age, and absence of hypertension were associated with better metabolic control. An optimal control of plasma glucose and other cardiovascular risk factors are obtained only in a minority of individuals with diabetes. Local numbers, compared to those from other countries are worse.
authors: Divisão de Pesquisa, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. avezum@yahoo.com.
authors: Juarez R
authors: JR
authors: Braga
authors: Alvaro
authors: A
authors: Avezum
authors: Sandra Rg
authors: SR
authors: Ferreira
authors: Adriana
authors: A
authors: Forti
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