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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged
>40 Years with Diagnosed Diabetes Who Have Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c),
Total Blood Cholesterol, and Blood Pressure Under Control, by Race/Ethnicity
--- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States,
2003--2006
* 95% confidence interval.
During 2003--2006, non-Hispanic white adults aged
>40 years with diabetes were more likely than their
non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American counterparts to have HbA1c controlled to the recommended level. No statistically
significant differences were observed by race/ethnicity in the percentage of adults aged
>40 years with diabetes whose total
blood cholesterol and blood pressure were controlled to recommended levels.
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