Latinas with elevated fasting plasma glucose: an analysis using NHANES 2009-2010 data

Hisp Health Care Int. 2014;12(1):16-23. doi: 10.1891/1540-4153.12.1.16.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / ethnology*
  • Fasting / blood*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glucose Tolerance Test / statistics & numerical data
  • Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis
  • Health Status
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Prediabetic State / blood
  • Prediabetic State / ethnology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Women's Health / ethnology*

Substances

  • Glycated Hemoglobin A