title: Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes: focus on ethnic minorities.
abstract: African Americans and other ethnic minority groups suffer disproportionately from type 2 diabetes and its complications than do white Americans. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to the ethnic disparities in diabetes and its complications. The key elements of a comprehensive diabetes management strategy include monitoring, education, dietary modification, exercise, and medications. The progressive nature of diabetes requires the use of more than one agent. Drug combinations should be selected for their therapeutic fire power and complementary mechanisms of action, and exogenous insulin need not be delayed unnecessarily if oral agents are ineffective.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Egede
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dagogo-Jack
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D044466:Asian People; D001786:Blood Glucose; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000208:ethnology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007198:Indians, North American; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents