ABSTRACT
To estimate and compare the management of diabetes among Arab, Asian, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic Whites attending a large health system in metropolitan Detroit. Data were electronically abstracted for 6622 adult patients with diabetes. Dependent variables were uptake of A1c testing and results, LDL-C testing and results, and eye examination frequency. The independent variable was race/ethnicity. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between Arab Americans and non-Hispanic Whites for each of the dependent variables while controlling for confounders. Arab Americans were 38% more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to report an A1c > 7% (OR 1.38; 95% CI 1.03, 1.87). Arab Americans were 62% less likely to receive an eye exam compared to non-Hispanic Whites (OR 1.62; 95% CI 1.21, 2.17). Population based studies about diabetes management among Arab Americans will facilitate tailored interventions aimed at preventing/delaying diabetes complications and reducing premature mortality due to diabetes.
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Arabs/statistics & numerical data , Diabetes Mellitus/ethnology , Diabetes Mellitus/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Black or African American/statistics & numerical data , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Asian/statistics & numerical data , Cholesterol, LDL/blood , Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological/statistics & numerical data , Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data , Female , Glycated Hemoglobin , Hospitals, Urban/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Logistic Models , Male , Michigan/epidemiology , Middle Aged , Sex Factors , Socioeconomic Factors , United States , White People/statistics & numerical data , Young AdultABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: There is a sizable proportion of elderly, both men and women, with fragility fractures, approximately 2 million fractures per year in the United States. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 365 patient presented between January 2012 and December 2017 with vertebral compression fractures. Pre-post study design to determine refracture between Group A (before Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)) and Group B, after. Calcium, Vitamin D, DEXA scans, FRAX scores, and refracture rates were measured. RESULTS: Mean age for group A and B were 79.0 and 74.9 years, respectively, and predominantly females. Serum calcium was higher in group B (9.51â¯mg/d/L versus 9.40â¯mg/dL) but not significant (pâ¯=â¯0.19). Fracture score among the groups was similar (20% versus 22%; pâ¯=â¯0.44). The total refracture rate for both vertebral and other fracture was significantly less in the post FLS patients, 36.5% versus 56% p-valueâ¯=â¯0.01. CONCLUSION: FLS program benefited patients with fragility fractures by decreasing the incidence of all refracture rates.
