title: Microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes and associated factors: a telephone survey of self-reported morbidity.
abstract: The scope of this article is to estimate the prevalence of microvascular complications of self-reported type 2 diabetes and the association with sociodemographic characteristics, nutritional status, treatment given and time since diagnosis. It involved a cross-sectional study with 318 people with type 2 diabetes living in Maringá in the State of Paraná. A telephone survey of self-reported morbidity was conducted in the months from January to June 2012. For the analysis descriptive statistics, univariate and multiple logistic regression were used. The prevalence of self-reported complications of diabetes was 53.8%, the most frequent being retinopathy (42.8%), followed by peripheral neuropathy (14.5%) and nephropathy (12.9%). The variables associated with the presence of complications were age (p = 0.008), overweight/obesity (p = 0.002), insulin (p < 0.001), insulin use linked to oral antidiabetic drug (p = 0.003) and time since diagnosis (p = 0.013). The prevalence of self-reported microvascular complications for people with diabetes was high, being more frequent among those of more advanced age, with inadequate nutritional status, a delay in diagnosis of the disease and those who were using insulin alone or in combination with oral antidiabetic agents.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aliny de Lima
authors.initials: Ade L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hellen Pollyanna Mantelo
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Cecílio
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elen Ferraz
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Teston
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Guilherme Oliveira
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: de Arruda
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fabiana Magalhães Navarro
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Peternella
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, aliny.lima.santos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055806:Microvessels; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D013689:Telephone; D055815:Young Adult