Background.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that represent an important problem of public health. The objective of this study was to describe the sociodemographic, anthropometric, metabolic control, comorbidity and cardiovascular risk characteristics of patients diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 in the health area of Vigo.

Method.

Retrospective observational descriptive study. Between March and September 2016, it did telephone interview and an audit of electronic medical records to 195 patients ≥ 18 years old from the health area of Vigo diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. It selected by random sampling with replacement. It evaluated the cardiovascular risk using the method “United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study”, the metabolic control with the recommendations of the “American Diabetes Association” 2016, and the comorbidity using the Charlson index. It performed a descriptive and bivariate analysis with R statistical package.

Results.

The glycemic control was adequate (HbA1c<7.0%) in the 61.03% of the patients. The 58.46% had a blood pressure <140/90mmHg, 52.82% had a total cholesterol <185mg/dl and 66.15% had a triglyceride level <150mg/dl. The 49.74% presented a high comorbidity (Charlson ≥3 points). The risk of suffering and/or dying of heart disease was 37.81%, and 23.50% of suffering and/or dying of a stroke in the next 10 years.

Conclusions.

Most diabetic patients of the health area of Vigo have a good control of their disease but they present a high index of comorbidity and high cardiovascular risk.

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