TITLE:
Holistic Evaluation of the Morbidity Due to Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Its Main Risk Factors in the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
AUTHORS:
Gaytán-Hernández Darío, Domínguez-Cortinas Gabriela, Mejía-Saavedra José de Jesús, Márquez-Mireles Leonardo Ernesto
KEYWORDS:
Diabetes Mellitus, Risk Factors, Multivariate Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Diabetes Mellitus,
Vol.5 No.1,
February
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate the morbidity due to
diabetes mellitus type 2 within the State of San Luis Potosí, México, through a
strong methodology, through which the multivariate relations were identified of
the main social and environmental determiners in the disease, thus managing to
quantify their respective levels of responsibility. Material and Methods: This
evaluation began as a hypothesis of a multicasual theoretical model on diabetes
mellitus and its main determining factors, which was analyzed through the
application of multivariate exploratory statistical methodologies and confirmed
as it is the case of the principal components analysis and the structural
equation models. Results: Three components were extracted that explain the 96%
of the total variance of the indicators; the main risk factors which were
identified in the first component were, the use of the car, age, homes with TV
use, urban life and feminine population; the indicators from the second and
third component have little influence in the impact of the disease.
Conclusions: the study shows the usefulness of the model for the analysis and
prioritization of the environmental and social determiners of the disease,
information that could sustain the design of public guidelines for the prevention
and control of the analyzed disease.