Association Between Social Vulnerability and Achieving Glycemic Control Among Pregnant Individuals With Pregestational Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between community-level social vulnerability and achieving glycemic control (defined as hemoglobin A1c [Hb A1c] less than 6.0% or less than 6.5%) among individuals with pregestational diabetes.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort of individuals with pregestational diabetes with singleton gestations from 2012 to 2016 at a tertiary care center. Addresses were geocoded using ArcGIS and then linked at the census tract to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2018 SVI (Social Vulnerability Index), which incorporates 15 Census variables to produce a composite score and four scores across thematic domains (socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing type and transporta

SUBMITTER: Venkatesh KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature