May 16, 2008
Disparities in blood sugar control
From Reuters:
In general, the study found that black patients had a higher average blood sugar level than white patients did one year after starting drug therapy. They were also somewhat less likely to comply with their medication regimen, which was gauged by how often the patients refilled their prescriptions.
This did not, however, fully explain black patients' poorer blood sugar control, the researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care.
Exactly what does explain the racial gap remains an open question, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Alyce S. Adams.
One possibility, they suggest, is that African Americans tend to have more severe diabetes by the time they are diagnosed and treated. So they may need more intensive treatment off the bat, including higher medication doses.
The full study can be found at the journal Diabetes Care.
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Category: Health Disparities; blood sugar
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