Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a complex pathology with a global distribution that poses a challenging context to achieve its adequate control. Interventions from primary care have an unquestionable relevance within the treatment of the population that presents it. Objective: To evaluate the fulfillment of the proposed goals in type 2 diabetic patients, who entered a cardiovascular risk program in a Colombian health institution, after 1 year of management between January and December 2022. Methods: Observational and descriptive study, which included all the medical records of type 2 diabetic patients (146 subjects) who entered a cardiovascular risk program at an outpatient health services institution in Cali, Colombia and met the inclusion criteria; follow-up was 1 year. Data were exported to statistical software for a univariate analysis with measures of central tendency and dispersion. A bivariate analysis and a binary logistic regression were also done. Results: No patient managed to comply with all the parameters evaluated; the female gender obtained better results in the majority. On the one hand, the paraclinical with the greatest achievement of control was the urine albumin/urine creatinine ratio -UACR- (82.0%), on the other hand, the one with the least achievement was glycosylated hemoglobin (41,0%). Obesity and dyslipidemia demonstrated a statistically significant relationship as factors that do not allow the achievement the glycemic control. Conclusions: Achieving adequate control of type 2 diabetes mellitus can be challenging, involving the self-care adopted by the patients and an interdisciplinary health approach. Due to the nature of this morbidity, a comprehensive management with a solid educational component could favor this achievement.