Table 3.
The baseline percentage and the mean percentage of patients with type 2 diabetes attaining ADA goals of cardiovascular risk factor control (HbA1c <53 mmol/mol [7.0%], blood pressure <130/80 mmHg, and LDL cholesterol <2.6 mmol/L) in the Louisiana State University Hospital-based Longitudinal Study.
| Men | Women | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African American | White | African American | White | African American | White | |
| Total Sample | ||||||
| Number of participants | 5,633 | 5,447 | 9,313 | 7,311 | 14,946 | 12,758 |
| Baseline | ||||||
| None | 23.6 | 19.9 | 23.0 | 17.9 | 23.3 | 18.6 |
| HbA1c only | 21.6 | 21.7 | 30.8 | 30.1 | 27.4 | 26.9 |
| BP only | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| LDL cholesterol only | 17.0 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 11.1 |
| HbA1c + BP | 5.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 6.7 | 9.5 |
| HbA1c + LDL cholesterol | 16.8 | 18.7 | 15.3 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 17.7 |
| BP + LDL cholesterol | 4.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| All three | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 7.3 |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Follow-up | ||||||
| None | 25.4 | 19.2 | 24.7 | 18.5 | 25.0 | 18.8 |
| HbA1c only | 18.6 | 17.5 | 27.6 | 26.0 | 24.3 | 22.8 |
| BP only | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| LDL cholesterol only | 19.1 | 16.8 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 14.9 | 12.7 |
| HbA1c + BP | 4.3 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 10.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 |
| HbA1c + LDL cholesterol | 17.5 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 17.6 |
| BP + LDL cholesterol | 4.8 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
| All three | 5.9 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 8.9 |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
BP: blood pressure; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; LDL cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Values are age, gender and type of insurance- standardized by the direct method to the African American population of this cohort (age groups: 30–44, 45–59, 60–74, and ≥ 75 years; gender groups: male and female; and insurance types: insured and not insured).