Versus whites, blacks with diabetes have poorer control of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), higher systolic blood pressure (SBP), and higher low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as well as higher rates of morbidity and microvascular complications.
Division of General Internal Medicine/Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. kduru@mednet.ucla.edu