Latinas with Elevated Fasting Plasma Glucose: an Analysis Using NHANES 2009-2010 Data

Overview

Journal Hisp Health Care Int

Specialty Health Services

Date 2014 May 29

PMID 24865436

Authors

Shiela M Strauss

Marlena Vega

Helene D Clayton-Jeter

Sherry Deren

Mary Rosedale

David M Rindskopf

Affiliations

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Abstract

For Latinas with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels in the prediabetes and diabetes ranges, early detection can support steps to optimize their health. Data collected in 2009-2010 indicate that 36.7% of Latinas in the United States had elevated FPG levels. Latinas with elevated FPG who were unaware of their diabetes status were significantly less likely than non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black women to have seen a health care provider in the past year (75.8%, 92.9%, and 90.2%, respectively; p = .018). With almost 1 million Latinas in the United States with elevated FPG unaware of their diabetes risk, and less likely than other at-risk women to see health care providers, there is an urgent need to establish alternate sites of opportunity for their diabetes screening.

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