Kidney disease in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their sociodemographic characteristics.

Objective. To determine in patients without social security with type 2 diabetes mellitus the prevalence of kidney disease (KD), their clinical and sociodemographic characteristics. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional and analytical study. 980 patients without a diagnosis of KD from 86 health centers participated. For the association of KD with other variables, the Fisher test and the Pearson chi(2) test were used; Also, a multiple ordinal logistic regression model was fitted. Results. The prevalence of KD was 53%, stage 2 with 33.98% and 2.76% for stages 4-5. Furthermore, 75% of patients have glycated hemoglobin >= 6.5 and multiple comorbidities. The fac-tors associated with KD were age, proteinuria, and consump-tion of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Conclusions.The challenge of the health system is to improve the skills of health personnel to control non-communicable diseases, make early diagnosis and provide care by stage of KD.