Introduction:

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has increased its prevalence at global, national and local levels, which has become one of the leading causes of morbidity-mortality. Its etiology is multiple, but is strongly associated with inadequate life habits such as low levels of physical activity and excessive consumption of processed sugars.

Objective:

To determine the level of physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the city of Popayán.

Materials and methods:

An observational-descriptive study was conducted with 107 participants, through the application of the international questionnaire of physical activity IPAQ and by taking anthropometric measurements as waist-hip index and cutaneous folds.

Results:

52.3% of participants were overweight, 82.3% showed a risk of comorbidity and 36.4% performed moderate physical activity. The relationship among the variables body mass index-HDLC (p = 0.029), waist hip index (ICC)-blood pressure (p = 0.266), body density-triglycerides (p = 0.278), age and IPAQ (p = 0.000) was calculated.

Conclusion:

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with anthropometric characteristics linked to overweight and obesity, and lack of physical activity.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )