Enrollment of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (URG) is rapidly increasing in incidence and has worse outcomes than diabetes in non-Hispanic White individuals. Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT) established recruitment targets based on the racial and ethnic distribution of the USA to enroll a diverse study population. We examined participation of URG across RADIANT study stages and described strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of URG.

Materials and methods

RADIANT is a multicenter NIH-funded study of people with uncharacterized forms of atypical diabetes. RADIANT participants consent online and progress through three sequential study stages, as eligible.

Results

We enrolled 601 participants with mean age 44 ± 16.8 yea

SUBMITTER: Tosur M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947614 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature