Urban and rural differences in new onset type 2 diabetes: Comparisons across national and regional samples in the diabetes LEAD network.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Geographic disparities in diabetes burden exist throughout the United States (US), with many risk factors for diabetes clustering at a community or neighborhood level. We hypothesized that the likelihood of new onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) would differ by community type in three large study samples covering the US.

Research design and methods

We evaluated the likelihood of new onset T2D by a census tract-level measure of community type, a modification of RUCA designations (higher density urban, lower density urban, suburban/small town, and rural) in three longitudinal US study samples (REGARDS [REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke] cohort, VADR [Veterans Affairs Diabetes Risk] cohort, Geisinger electronic health records) representing the CDC Di

SUBMITTER: McAlexander TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9385670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature