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Chronic Conditions Profiles And Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Control Among A Diverse Sample Of Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Tsion Kidanie
Theses and Dissertations
Background: Multiple chronic condition is common in older adults with diabetes. Several prior studies have shown that having multiple chronic condition impact cardiometabolic risk factor controls (i.e., blood pressure, High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level, and high glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). However, it is not clear whether these results extend to a multiethnic sample of older adults.
Objectives: 1). Examine the association between Comorbidity profile and ABCs goals achievement. 2). Examine whether the association between comorbidity profile and ABCs goals achievement is moderated by race/ethnicity.
Methods: A sample of 3532 participants from Health and Retirement Study (HRS) years 2010 and 2012 and …