Lifestyle Behaviors, Chronic Diseases, and Ratings of Health Between Black and White Adults with Pre-diabetes

Minority Diabetes Reports Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Tde.sagepub.com: Qiuping (Pearl) Zhou, PhD, Robin Remsburg, PhD, RN, Kristin Caufield, MSN, Elizabeth W. Itote, CNM.

The purposes of this study were to assess differences in lifestyle behaviors and other health-related factors between black and white adults with pre-diabetes and to identify predictors for lifestyle behaviors.

Methods

Using the 2007 and 2009 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an annual cross-sectional survey of randomly selected samples from each state, black (n = 1156) and white (n = 9539) adults with pre-diabetes were compared on lifestyle behaviors, general health practices, perceptions of health, chronic diseases, and access to care. Predictors for participating in regular physical activity and adequate intake of fruits and vegetables were identified for each racial and gender group using multiple regression procedures. Read More

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