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Diabetes complications in racial and ethnic minority populations in the USA.

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Haw, J. Sonya, Shah, Megha, Turbow, Sara, Egeolu, Michelle, Umpierrez, Guillermo·2021·Current Diabetes Reports

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Purpose of review Racial and ethnic minority populations have a higher burden of diabetes-related complications. There have been many epidemiologic studies to better define these racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes outcomes with additional studies offering interventions to mitigate them. This narrative review highlights the epidemiologic trends in diabetes complications specific to racial and ethnic minorities and underscores differences in microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes, health care utilization, and diabetes prevention efforts and also reviews interventions aimed to reduce racial/ethnic disparities and their limitations.Recent findings While we have seen in general an overall improvement in complication rates for all people with diabetes, the disparities between Black and Hispanic compared to non-Hispanic White people with diabetes seem to persist. There is a continued need to better understand the underlying causes of and strategies to mitigate race/ethnicity disparities in diabetes complications in the USA.

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  • Studies have focused on African American and Latinx populations with type 2 diabetes who experienced higher mean HbA1c levels than non-Latinx White populations.

    “Studies have focused on African American and Latinx populations with T2D who experienced higher mean hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels than non-Latinx White populations.11,12,13,14”

    From Mobile Health Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [11]

    The Introduction reports worse glycemic control in non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic adults with diabetes than in non-Hispanic White adults. The Macrovascular Complications section reports higher HbA1c in Mexican Americans than in non-Hispanic Whites, but our copy does not establish higher mean HbA1c for both groups specifically among people with type 2 diabetes. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • African American and Latinx adults have greater risk of diabetes complications compared with non-Latinx White adults.

    “Given their greater risk of diabetes complications compared with non-Latinx White adults”
  • Minority racial and ethnic populations have a disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated complications compared to White individuals.

    “Minority racial and ethnic populations have disproportionately higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated complications compared to White individuals.1–3”

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Authors
Haw, J. S., Shah, M., Turbow, S., Egeolu, M., & Umpierrez, G.
Affiliations
Emory University (US)
Corresponding author
Haw, J. Sonya
Venue
Current Diabetes Reports
Published
2021-01
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
2-2
ISSN
  • 1534-4827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-0829
OpenAlex
W3119845375
Cited by
240
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 7
FWCI
3.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Diabetes Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (K23MD015088)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
Keywords
diabetes complications, racial and ethnic disparities, racial and ethnic minorities, microvascular complications, macrovascular complications, health care utilization, diabetes prevention, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
MeSH terms
Diabetes Mellitus, Ethnicity, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Minority Groups, United States, White People, Diabetes Complications, Healthcare Disparities

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