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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Prev Chronic Dis, 3 December 2015 Introduction This study aimed to assess the trends in tooth loss among adults with and without diabetes mellitus in the United States and racial/ethnic disparities in tooth loss patterns, and to evaluate trends in tooth loss by age, birth cohorts, and survey periods. … Conclusion Substantial differences in tooth loss between adults […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Ann Intern Med, 1 December 2015 Description: Update of the 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for diabetes in asymptomatic adults. … Recommendation: The USPSTF recommends screening for abnormal blood glucose as part of cardiovascular risk assessment in adults aged 40 to 70 years who are overweight or obese. Clinicians should offer or refer […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
NIH Director’s Blog, 10 November 2015 In recent years, there’s been a lot of talk about how “Big Data” stands to revolutionize biomedical research. Indeed, we’ve already gained many new insights into health and disease thanks to the power of new technologies to generate astonishing amounts of molecular data—DNA sequences, epigenetic marks, and metabolic signatures, to name […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
JAMA, 8 September 2015 Importance Previous studies have shown increasing prevalence of diabetes in the United States. New US data are available to estimate prevalence of and trends in diabetes. Objective To estimate the recent prevalence and update US trends in total diabetes, diagnosed diabetes, and undiagnosed diabetes using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. … […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
JAMA, 8 September 2015 Importance Chronic diseases have overtaken acute diseases, such as infections, as the major cause of premature mortality worldwide. Diabetes mellitus, a chronic degenerative metabolic disease, has reached epidemic proportions in the past 30 years, with worldwide prevalence approaching 400 million people. … Conclusions and Relevance Improved glycemic control and better management of other identified […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 6 January 2016 Context: A higher prevalence of diabetes-related complications is reported in minority populations; however, it is not known if there are racial disparities in diabetes care and outcomes in hospitalized patients. Objective: To determine the association between hyperglycemia, in patients with and without DM (non-DM), and complications among different racial groups. … […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Diabetes Care, 30 December 2015 OBJECTIVE Cross-sectional studies suggest that lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) may be associated with obesity and metabolic disorders. However, prospective studies examining LBP are lacking. This prospective study investigated the association between LBP and metabolic abnormalities in 580 African ancestry men (mean age, 59.1 ± 10.5 years). … CONCLUSIONS LBP may be a marker of […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 20 November 2015 Asians and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are fast-growing U.S. minority populations at high risk for type 2 diabetes. Although national studies have described diabetes prevalence, incidence, and risk factors among Asians and NHPIs compared with non-Hispanic whites, little is known about state-level diabetes prevalence among these […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Diabetes Care, July2015 OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes and the associated risk factors in two Asian Indian populations living in different environments. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed cross-sectional analyses, using representative samples of 2,305 Asian Indians aged 40–84 years living in Chennai, India, from the Centre for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Urban Indian Health Institute, March 2015 Diabetes Mellitus is a major public health problem among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), and the prevalence of diabetes among AI/AN adults is twice that of non-Hispanic white adults. In an effort to reduce the burden of diabetes among AI/ANs, Congress established the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) […]
