Trastornos de la marcha y el equilibrio en adultos mayores y su asociación con diabetes mellitus tipo 2

• Autores: Corcuera-Ciudad, Rodrigo, Patiño-Villena, Ana F., Paima-Olivari, Rosmery, Chambergo-Michilot, Diego, Parodi, José F., Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: USMP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.usmp.edu.pe:20.500.12727/6254
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12727/6254
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Diabetes mellitus tipo 2; Anciano; Marcha; Equilibrio postural; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To identify the association between diabetes mellitus type 2 and gait/balance disorder in a retired military geriatric population. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective cohort study, database secondary analysis was done. Gait and balance disorder was evaluated in a population of retired military personnel from January 2010 to December 2015. An analysis was performed to assess the association of type 2 diabetes mellitus and gait and balance disorder with a Cox regression model, adjusted for age, sex, military rank, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, body mass index, polypharmacy, physical activity, physical performance and osteoarthritis. RESULTS: There were included 1422 retired military patients. The mean age was 77.9 ± 8.5 years. Older adults who had and had not diabetes mellitus 2 were 240 (16.8%) and 1182 (83.1%), respectively. A total of 794 (55.8%) patients had gait and balance disorder. Also, 50% of diabetic patients and 57% of non-diabetics had gait and balance disorder. CONCLUSION: Diabetes mellitus 2 increases gait and balance disorder risk by 1.25 times.