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. 2012 May;35(5):1181-8.
doi: 10.2337/dc12-0210.

Understanding and addressing unique needs of diabetes in Asian Americans, native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

George L King  1 , Marguerite J McNeely, Lorna E Thorpe, Marjorie L M Mau, Jocelyn Ko, Lenna L Liu, Angela Sun, William C Hsu, Edward A Chow
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Understanding and addressing unique needs of diabetes in Asian Americans, native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

George L King et al. Diabetes Care. 2012 May.
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Adjusted prevalence of diabetes and IFG by BMI and race. *Models were adjusted for age, sex, place of birth, income, and physical activity. aEstimate is higher than all other racial/ethnic groups at P < 0.05. bEstimate is higher than whites at P < 0.05. cEstimate is higher than whites at P < 0.01 and Hispanics at P < 0.05. dEstimate is higher than blacks at P < 0.05. Reprinted from Thorpe et al. Prevalence and control of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in New York City. Diabetes Care 2009;32:57–62. (A high-quality color representation of this figure is available in the online issue.)
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