Objective:

to know the self-report of diabetes in the elderly population of the city of Bogotá and its association with sociodemographic variables, health status and anthropometric measures.

Design:

population-based observational analytical cross-sectional study.

Reference frame:

data from the SABE study (Health, Well-being and Aging Survey) Bogotá, Colombia.

Participants:

one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine people aged 60 or more from Bogotá, Colombia.

Measurements:

sociodemographic variables, diseases, habits, physical activity, treatment, cognitive and affective evaluation, functional status and anthropometric measurements. Bi-varied and multivariate analyzes were performed with the statistical package SAS (version 9.4).

Results:

patients had an average age of 71.2 ± 8.0 and 62% were women; 17.5% made self-report diagnosis of diabetes. In the multivariate analysis, diabetes was associated with the presence of hypertension (OR = 1.62 CI 95% confidence intervals = 1.20-1.18), cataract (OR = 1.71 IC 95% = 1.24-2.36) and increased abdominal circumference (OR = 1.03 IC 95% = 1.02-1.04). It was also associated with lower grip strength (OR = 0.98 95% IC = 0.96-0.99).

Conclusion:

the prevalence of DM according to self-report in Bogotá is found in 17.5% of the surveyed population and represents one of the highest prevalence in the Latin American and Caribbean cities where the SABE study was carried out. (Acta Med Colomb 2017; 42: 230-236).