Key result
Disadvantaged Mexican Americans experience ~28% diabetes prevalence with nearly half of cases undiagnosed.
Population
2,838 Mexican American adults residing on the US-Mexico border with severe health disparities, recruited to…
Design
Cohort
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May support enhanced screening in underserved Mexican American communities; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes.
Cross-Sectional (n=2,838)
No
More than 50% of a minority Mexican American population in South Texas has diabetes or pre-diabetes, with only a third of diabetes cases being diagnosed, highlighting a critical need for targeted screening and intervention in underserved communities.
Fisher‐Hoch et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes (n=2,838). Disadvantaged Mexican American population was evaluated on Prevalence of diabetes. In a disadvantaged Mexican American population, diabetes prevalence was 28.0% (with nearly half of cases undiagnosed) and pre-diabetes prevalence was 31.6%.
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