Racial Disparities Study in Diabetes-Related Complication Using National Health Survey Data

• Main Author: Yan, Fengxia
• Format: Others
• Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2010
• Subjects: CDC; BRFSS; Diabetes; National Health Survey; Complications; SPD; Hypertension; Hypercholesterolemia; Heart Attack; Coronary Heart Disease; Stroke; Retinopathy; Mathematics
• Online Access: http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/math_theses/90; http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=math_theses

The main aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of diabetes-related complications in white to the prevalence in other racial and ethnic groups in United States using 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). By constructing the logistic regression model, odds ratios (OR) were calculated to compare the prevalence of diabetes complications in white and other groups. Compared to white, the prevalence of hypertension and stroke in African Americans were higher, while the prevalence of heart attack and coronary heart disease were lower. The Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders, African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to develop retinopathy compared to white. The prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, heart attack, coronary heart disease, Stroke in Native Americans and “other” group were not significantly different from the prevalence in white. Asian or Pacific Islanders were less likely to experience stroke.