High Diabetes Distress Among Ethnic Minorities Is Not Explained by Metabolic, Cardiovascular, or Lifestyle Factors: Findings From the Dutch Diabetes Pearl Cohort.

Behiye ÖzcanFemke RuttersFrank J SnoekMandy RoosendaalEric J G SijbrandsPetra J M EldersFrits HollemanHanno PijlCees J TackEvertine J AbbinkHarold W de ValkBruce H R WolffenbuttelCoen D A StehouwerNicholas C SchaperJacqueline M DekkerMiranda T Schramnull null

Published in: Diabetes care (2018)

Among people with type 2 diabetes in the Netherlands, ethnicity is independently associated with high diabetes distress. Further research is warranted to explain the higher prevalence of diabetes distress in minority groups and to develop effective interventions.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
physical activity
weight loss
adipose tissue