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ABSTRACT

Introduction: diabetes mellitus type 2 has maintained an increase in recent years becoming a pandemic.
Objective: to describe the clinical characteristics in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus hospitalized in the Internal Medicine Service of the Mártires de Mayarí University Hospital in the period April-July 2016.
Materials and methods: an observational, descriptive, retrospective study of a series of cases was conducted. The sample consisted of 59 patients. Variables associated with diabetes were determined. The interview, the analysis and the synthesis were used; the documentary and statistical analysis.
Results: female sex prevailed (69,5 %). The main associated acute illness was infection (42,3 %). A high prevalence of arterial hypertension was reported (67,8 %). Ischemic heart disease was the most frequent chronic complication (39 %). Patients with undesirable blood sugar levels prevailed over those with desirable levels.
Conclusions: diabetes mellitus is more frequent in females. The main reason for admission was infection, with a high prevalence of comorbidities and complications, corresponding to the time of evolution, with the highest incidence being arterial hypertension and coronary disease, respectively.