SUMMARY
ABSTRACTIntroduction: the prediabetes or disglucemia are considered as a metabolic condition that proceeds to the development of the diabetes type mellitus 2. Objective: to stratify the risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 in patient with prediabetes of the clinic of the doctor of the family 26 of the University Policlinic “Heroes del Moncada” in Cárdenas’ city, county Matanzas, Cuba. Methods: was carried out an observational, descriptive study, traverse in 120 mature patients diagnosed with prediabetes, from January of 2014 until January of 2015. To the diagnosed patients they were applied the Score of FINDRISC. Results: it prevailed the feminine sex and the groups of ages of among 40-49 years. The most frequent factors of risk that were identified were: obesity and overweight (38,8%), dyslipidemia (19%) and arterial hypertension (14,1%). The glycemic in you fast altered the diagnostic category that contributed bigger quantity of cases with 53,3% of patient with this condition was. The predominant concomitant illnesses was the obesity and overweight. The moderate risk prevailed of developing diabetes mellitus type 2, with 43 cases representing 35,8% of the total, continued by the group of lightly high risk with 39 patients for 32,5%.Conclusions: the associate concomitant illnesses that more prevailed was the obesity and overweight. It is related directly with cardiometabolic risk factors. They were identified several seemingly healthy patients with prediabetes and with moderate risk of developing diabetes mellitus in next 10 years.Keywords: prediabetes; diabetes; screening; prevention; cardiometabolic risk factors; obesity.