Endocrinology

Influenza vaccination may improve outcomes in patients with diabetes, according to a study published online July 9 in Diabetes Care. Daniel Modin, from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and colleagues used a nationwide register to identify patients with diabetes (defined as use of glucose-lowering medication) during nine consecutive influenza seasons (2007 to 2016). Cardiovascular outcomes...

Diabetes-related lower-extremity complications (DRLECs) are a large and increasing contributor to the global burden of disability, according to a study published online March 5 in Diabetes Care. Yuqi Zhang, from the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues examined global disability burden estimates for DRLECs using Global Burden of Disease 2016 data. The prevalence...

Higher levels of stressful life events are associated with a higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) among postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online June 4 in Diabetes Care. Junmei Miao Jonasson, Ph.D., from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and colleagues used data from the Women’s Health Initiative to...

Changes in total lean body mass with aging are associated with the development of diabetes among men and women, according to a study published online April 30 in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Rita R. Kalyani, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues examined the association of lean body mass with aging...

Type 2 Diabetes is more common in patients with hypertension or dyslipidemia, women with previous gestational diabetes, and non-Caucasian patients including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics/ Latinos, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. In general, studies show that regardless of educational attainment, household earnings, and occupational status, the prevalence of physical inactivity is the highest among African...

Racial and ethnic minority groups are disparately affected by the burden of diabetes. Minorities have higher rates of the disease, worse diabetes control and higher rates of complications. Minority groups are more likely to have diabetes than non-minorities. Per the CDC, while 7.4% of white non-Hispanic adults were diagnosed with diabetes in 2017, 12.1% of...

According to the Office of Minority Health African Americans and Hispanics have the highest prevalence of diabetes. African Americans are 60% are more likely than Non Hispanic whites to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician. Furthermore, the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma is two to three times higher in patients with diabetes. A study performed...

A new study has found that Type 2 diabetes in black patients is driven by a different mechanism than the the conventional concept of visceral fat deposition generating insulin resistance, as largely determined by research history in the white European population.  The results imply that Black patients have a very different reason for developing Type...

Within the United States, there are over 2.5 million Latino Americans suffering with type II diabetes mellitus.  This is alarming, not only because Latinos are 17% more likely to develop diabetes than their white counterparts, but also because Hispanic women are 1.5 times more likely to die from diabetes than white woman.  The lack of...