Burden of Uncontrolled Hyperglycemia and Its Association with Patients Characteristics and Socioeconomic Status in Philadelphia, USA.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To examine the burden of uncontrolled hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and their characteristics in a large urban city. Methods: A randomized sample of 4993 patients with DM ≥18 years old who received routine health care in a large university teaching hospital in the city of Philadelphia was analyzed. Uncontrolled hyperglycemia was classified as blood hemoglobin A1c >8%. The associations of uncontrolled hyperglycemia with sociodemographic and cardiovascular factors were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis methods. Results: The results show that patients 18-54 years had the highest prevalence of uncontrolled hyperglycemia (36.0%), followed by those at age 55-64 (30.9%), 65-74 (22.9%), and ≥75 (20.6%) years (p<0.0001).

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175259 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature