Diabetes Screening: Different Thresholds for Different Racial/Ethnic Groups
Authors: Quyen Ngo-Metzger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2022)

EditorialsJune 2022Diabetes Screening: Different Thresholds for Different Racial/Ethnic GroupsQuyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPHQuyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPHDepartment of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, California Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1235 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In the United States, diabetes prevalence varies in different racial/ethnic groups. Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans have higher age- and sex-adjusted diabetes rates than non-Hispanic White Americans (1). Further, NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) found that the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes also varies, with 3.9% of non-Hispanic White Americans, 5.2% of non-Hispanic Black Americans, 7.5% of Hispanic Americans, and 7.5% of non-Hispanic Asian Americans having undiagnosed diabetes (1). Racial/ethnic disparities also occur in diabetes complications, including higher rates of retinopathy, chronic kidney disease, lower-extremity amputation, and cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease among Black, Hispanic, and Asian persons than ...References1. Cheng YJ, Kanaya AM, Araneta MRG, et al. Prevalence of diabetes by race and ethnicity in the United States, 2011-2016. JAMA. 2019;322:2389-2398. [PMID: 31860047] doi:10.1001/jama.2019.19365 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Haw JS, Shah M, Turbow S, et al. Diabetes complications in racial and ethnic minority populations in the USA. Curr Diab Rep. 2021;21:2. 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J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018;5:7-14. [PMID: 28078660] doi:10.1007/s40615-016-0335-8 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPHAffiliations: Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, California Disclosures: The author has reported no disclosures of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M22-1235.Corresponding Author: Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, 100 South Los Robles, Suite 301, Pasadena, CA 91101; e-mail, Quyen.N.[email protected].org.This article was published at Annals.org on 10 May 2022. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDiabetes Screening by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Equivalent Body Mass Index and Age Thresholds Rahul Aggarwal , Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo , Robert W. Yeh , Yang Song , Nicholas Chiu , Rishi K. Wadhera , Changyu Shen , and Dhruv S. Kazi Metrics June 2022Volume 175, Issue 6Page: 895-896KeywordsAfrican American peopleAsian peopleBody mass indexDiabetes mellitusHealth screeningHispanic peopleRacial and ethnic issues ePublished: 10 May 2022 Issue Published: June 2022 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2022 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...