Why the study?
Disparities in diabetes complications by race and ethnicity are known, but little is known about how diabetes subgroups vary across racial and ethnic groups.
Population
1293 participants with diabetes from the MASALA and MESA studies
Comparison
Diabetes subgroups identified by k-means clustering across racial and ethnic groups
Design
Pooled cohort study
Authors
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Caution against applying uniform diabetes clusters across ethnicities now; extends White-limited clustering work and leaves open disparity-targeted trials.
Diabetes subgroups vary significantly by race/ethnicity and are associated with differential risks for renal and subclinical coronary complications, suggesting targeted approaches may be needed to reduce disparities.
Bancks et al. (2021) studied this question.
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