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May 17, 2024 · In 5 studies of African-Americans, HbA1c increased risk for false positives compared with Whites, regardless of glycemic status. In 3 studies of African-Americans, HbA1c of 5.7% to less than 6.5% or 6.5% or more generally increased risk for overdiagnosis vs OGTT or previous diagnosis.
1 day ago · Lire en français. A new tool has been developed in Nigeria for early identification of patients at risk for Type 2 diabetes, which can be routinely administered by doctors in primary health ...
2 days ago · At every age group, African Americans have one of the highest incidences of diabetes in the United States, with over 20% of African Americans between 60 and 74 years old having the disease. The rate of type 2 diabetes is growing fastest in ethnic minorities, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans.
1 day ago · CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE By lowering HbA1c without lowering glucose level, G202A variant for G6PD deficiency—a condition common to African ancestry and largely asymptomatic and undiagnosed—could be misguiding clinical management for 9% of African American Veterans without T2D and 6% of African American adults without T2D in the U.S. and ...
5 days ago · DHH Program, DHH Video, Brandy Gunsolus DCLS MLS ASCP CM, diagnostic testing, Dr. Marilyn Bibbs Freeman, unconscious bias, misdiagnosis, diabetes, African Americans, overweight, underrepresented populations, ethnicity, weight
4 days ago · Abstract. Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of kidney failure and is often complicated by autonomic neuropathy, which may have implications for blood pressure (BP) homeostasis during hemodialysis (HD). Methods In this post hoc analysis of the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial, we used random effects Poisson and linear regression models to estimate the association ...
4 days ago · This was a secondary analysis of 8,262 mother-infant dyads, with delivery at two hospitals between 2014 and 2023. We categorized maternal glycemic status as normal glucose tolerance (NGT), GGI, or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
