PREVALENCY OF DIABETES MELLITUS SELF- REPORTED AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN THE CAPITAL CITIES OF SOUTH OF BRAZIL IN 2014

The aimed of this cross-sectional study, approved by CEP-UNISUL, was to analyze the prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated factors in the capitals of the south Brazil states by evaluation of the data from the adult population of both sexes interviewed by VIGITEL in 2014. These data were processed by the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), collected from the microdata system of Brazil’s Ministry of Health and analyzed by the SPSS 18.0 program with the Chi-square test. The association measure was the prevalence ratio (95% CI and p<0.05). The majority of the population was formed by women, over 40 years old, in a stable union, above 9 years of education and with health insurance. The prevalence of DM was 12%. Also, hypertension (35.9%), high cholesterol and high triglycerides (27.8%), regular use of alcohol (35.2%) and cigarettes (12.1%) were found in the population. In addition, regular physical activity (44.5%), soft drink consumption (58.8%), absence of fruit/vegetable intake (41.2%), sugar/candy intake (20.2%) and substitution of complete meals by sandwiches (34%) were also observed. The results showed association with statistical significance between DM and age over 40 years, 8 years or less of education, sedentary lifestyle, self-reported bad health state, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high triglycerides, overweight and obesity. These results indicated that the occurrence of DM was associated with modifiable and non-modifiable factors, showing the need for behavioral changes in DM prevention, control strategies, and possible complications.O estudo teve como objetivo analisar a prevalência de Diabetes Mellitus autorreferida e os fatores associados, nas capitais dos Estados do sul do Brasil em 2014. Estudo transversal, avaliou a população de adultos, ambos os sexos, servidos por linha telefônica fixa, entrevistados em 2014 pelo Sistema de Vigilância de fatores de risco e proteção para doenças crônicas por inquérito telefônico. Os dados foram obtidos através do acesso aos microdados, do Ministério da Saúde, processados pelo Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde e analisados estatisticamente pelo programa SPSS 18.0, utilizando o teste de Qui-quadrado. A medida de associação é a razão de prevalência, com intervalo de confiança (IC95%) e p