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Effects Of Exercise And Diet On Body Composition And Physical Function In Older Hispanics With Type 2 Diabetes, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Fabricia Azevedo Da Costa Cavalcanti, Fernanda Civitella, Monica Hollifield, Stephanie Caceres, Jorge Carreno, Trudy Gaillard, Fatma G. Huffman, Jorge Camilo Mora, Marcos Roberto Queiroga
Effects Of Exercise And Diet On Body Composition And Physical Function In Older Hispanics With Type 2 Diabetes, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Fabricia Azevedo Da Costa Cavalcanti, Fernanda Civitella, Monica Hollifield, Stephanie Caceres, Jorge Carreno, Trudy Gaillard, Fatma G. Huffman, Jorge Camilo Mora, Marcos Roberto Queiroga
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Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM2) affects 9.3% of the U.S. population. Health disparities are evident in DM2; twice as many Hispanics as non-Hispanic Whites have DM2. The objective of this study was to pilot test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating trends of nutrition and exercise interventions to improve diabetes management and physical function in 29 disadvantaged older Hispanics with DM2. We delivered combined diet and exercise (n = 8) and diet-only (n = 6) interventions and compared the results to a control/no intervention group (n = 15). We cluster-randomized the participants into the three arms based on the senior …
The Association Between Social Determinants Of Health And Self-Reported Diabetic Retinopathy: An Exploratory Analysis, Emily L. Silverberg, Trevor W. Sterling, Tyler H. Williams, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodriguez De La Vega, Noël C. Barengo
The Association Between Social Determinants Of Health And Self-Reported Diabetic Retinopathy: An Exploratory Analysis, Emily L. Silverberg, Trevor W. Sterling, Tyler H. Williams, Grettel Castro, Pura Rodriguez De La Vega, Noël C. Barengo
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One-third of Americans with diabetes will develop diabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading cause of blindness in working-age Americans. Social determinants of health (SDOHs) are conditions in a person’s environment that may impact health. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between SDOHs and DR in patients with type II diabetes. This cross-section study used data from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This study included people with self-reported diabetes in the US in 2018 (n = 60,703). Exposure variables included homeownership, marital status, income, health care coverage, completed level of educa-tion, and …