Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Comorbidities in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes in the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium (PDC).

Fida BachaPeiyao ChengRobin L GalLindsey C BeaulieuCraig KollmanAnne AdolphAshley H ShoemakerT Y Alvin LiuGeorgeanna J KlingensmithWilliam V Tamborlane

Published in: Diabetes care (2021)

NHB and H youth with type 2 diabetes presented with worse metabolic control and had persistently worse HbA1c trajectories compared with NHW. Comorbidities exist in a large percentage of these youth independent of race-ethnicity, except for NAFLD being less prevalent in NHB. Greater efforts are needed to mitigate racial-ethnic disparities at diagnosis and in the management of youth with type 2 diabetes.

Keyphrases

mental health
physical activity
young adults
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
healthcare
affordable care act
african american