Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 : investigação dos fatores de risco em crianças de escolas públicas de Fortaleza-Ceará

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the risk factors for type 2 diabetes in a population of public schools children of Fortaleza. A transverse study was made from March to June 2008, with 727 6 to 11 yars-old children from twelve public schools. A form was used to register personal data and the anthropometric evaluated mesures. The data was typed three times and analyzed in accord with a specific literatura and also followed the Diretrizes e Normas de Pesquisa em Seres Humanos’s recommendations. The data was composed by some mesures like weight, height, capillary glucose, blood pressure and waist circumference. The results indicate that 54,1% of the children were femele, 15,1% overweight, 6,6% obese, 27% abdominal obese, 6,2% showed alterations in capillary glucose and 17% hight blood presure leves. The data regarding the numb of risk factors present by each child, points that 53,4% of them didn’t have none of the investigated factors. However, 24,3% of the children had at least one factor 18,8%, two, 3,2% three e 0,3% four associated factores. There were no significant differences between genders and age-groups.This research allowed us to know the risk factors frequency to DM2 in children of Fortaleza and the results reveal the necessity of immediate health promotion. The nursing can intervene by health education programs encouraging the healthy habits as so as researching the risk factors to DM2 during the nusing consultations. In this way we could reduce morbidness, avoid DM2 and raise health.