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Sex, ancestry play roles in diabetes rates in Hispanics
Major finding: Overall, about 35% of participants had metabolic syndrome, 36% had prediabetes, and 17% had diabetes, but measures differed by sex...
LAS VEGAS – When it comes to treating Hispanic patients, one size doesn’t fit all, according to results from the ongoing Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
In a video interview, Dr. Larissa Avilés-Santa, a medical officer at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., talks about the study’s findings and provides advice to physicians at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
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