Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders that have in common hyperglycemia resulting from defects in secretion and/or insulin action. In 2014, the estimated of diabetes global prevalence was 8.3%, representing 387 million people, while in Brazil the prevalence in the same year was approximately 8.7%. Patients with type 2 diabetes have a risk of two to four ti…