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. 2020 Jun 3;36(7):2152–2154. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05860-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants With and Without a Diagnosis of Diabetes (Weighted %)

Diagnosed diabetes (n = 1224) No diagnosis of diabetes (n = 8385)
All Uncontrolled DM (n = 522) All Undiagnosed DM (n = 287)
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic White 61.7 56.5* 67.8 46.4
  Non-Hispanic Black 14.4 14.2* 10.5 19.8
  Hispanic 14.9 19.3* 14.2 19.0
  Non-Hispanic Asian 5.2 5.5* 5.0 10.4
  Other 3.8 4.6* 2.5 4.5
Male 50.2 54.0 48.2 56.3
Age group
  21–34 3.3 3.4* 28.2 7.4*
  35–49 16.9 19.7* 29.3 28.4*
  50–64 41.9 50.8* 26.5 38.1*
  65+ 38.0 26.1* 16.1 26.1*
BMI
  Underweight 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.0
  Normal 11.7 10.4 29.9 8.7
  Overweight 26.2 23.6 34.7 20.3
  Obese 61.5 65.8 34.1 71.0
Adverse SDH
  Low education 23.5 21.2 14.6 24.4
  Low income 23.4 26.4* 19.1 19.8
  No health insurance 12.3 16.5* 19.5 24.0
  Food insecurity 26.4 31.6* 21.7 33.4*
  Poor housing 2.4 1.7 2.8 6.1*
  No/limited employment 26.8 28.9 19.3 19.2
  Limited English proficiency 9.3 12.3* 7.6 16.7*

*The p value < 0.05 when comparing controlled vs. uncontrolled diabetes among participants with diagnosed diabetes or comparing no diabetes vs. undiagnosed diabetes among participants without a diagnosis of diabetes

†Uncontrolled diabetes defined as HbA1c > 7.5% for 70 years or older and HbA1c > 7 for younger than 70 years old