Nontraditional Risk Factors as Mediators of Racial Differences in Diabetes Risk

Williams and Egede commen on a study by Chatterjee et al in which they present evidence that nontraditional risk factors contribute substantially to the excess risk of diabetes incidence in African American adults compared to white adults. Even in the current study, 41% of excess risk of diabetes in...

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Published in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 271 - 272
Main Authors:	Williams, Joni L. Strom, Egede, Leonard E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01-02-2014 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	African Americans Continental Population Groups - ethnology Continental Population Groups - psychology Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - ethnology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - psychology Editorial Humans Internal Medicine Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental Disorders - ethnology Mental Disorders - psychology Racial differences Risk Factors Excess Risk Diabetes Risk Force Vital Capacity Traditional Risk Factor Incident Diabetes
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Summary:	Williams and Egede commen on a study by Chatterjee et al in which they present evidence that nontraditional risk factors contribute substantially to the excess risk of diabetes incidence in African American adults compared to white adults. Even in the current study, 41% of excess risk of diabetes in African Americans was explained by traditional risk factors. Aggressive efforts to address these well-established risk factors are needed, while we await confirmatory studies on the nontraditional risk factors.
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ISSN:	0884-8734 1525-1497
DOI:	10.1007/s11606-013-2650-7