title: [Type 2 diabetes and frecuency of prevention and control measures].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency of application of prevention and control measures for type 2 diabetes in Mexican population.
  
  
  METHODS
  ENSANUT 2012 is a nationally and by-state representative survey. Sample design was probabilistic, multistage, stratified and clustered. The information of 46 277 adults≥20 was used for this analysis. A weighted analysis was performed using Stata 12.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of diabetes by previous diagnosis was 9.2% (6.4 millions) in ENSANUT 2012, 7.3% (3.7 millions) in 2006 and 4.6% (2.1 millions) in 2000. In 2012, the mean of medical examinations in the previous year related to diabetes control was 7.3. However, the percentage of cases in which preventive actions for chronic complications were performed (such as foot care [14.6%], ophthalmology [8.6%] and determination of HbA1c [9.6%]) was low.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with diabetes have frequent access to medical services. However, preventive actions are applied insufficiently both in quality and quantity.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Aída
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Corona
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, DF, México.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Salinas
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Ávila
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention; D055815:Young Adult