Achievement of Goals in U.S. Diabetes Care, 1999–2010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Emory University · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Tracking national progress in diabetes care may aid in the evaluation of past efforts and identify residual gaps in care.
We analyzed data for adults with self-reported diabetes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine risk-factor control, preventive practices, and risk scores for coronary heart disease over the 1999-2010 period.
From 1999 through 2010, the weighted proportion of survey participants who met recommended goals for diabetes care increased, by 7.9 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.8 to 15.0) for glycemic control (glycated hemoglobin level
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 66.78
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 40
Authors
6- MKMohammed K. AliCorresponding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- KMKai McKeever Bullard
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- JSJinan Saaddine
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- CCCatherine C. Cowie
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- GIGiuseppina Imperatore
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Glycemic
- Glycated hemoglobin
- Diabetes mellitus
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Blood pressure
- Confidence interval
- Risk factor