title: Undiagnosed prediabetes among food insecure adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify sub-populations at risk for diabetes based on having prediabetes. Although food insecurity has been linked to diabetes, to our knowledge, no studies have examined whether food insecure individuals are more likely than fully food secure individuals to have undiagnosed prediabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was based on a cross-sectional analysis of 6577 adults in the 2005-08 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. USDA's Food Security Survey Module, self-reported prediabetes status and clinical measures were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas men who were food insecure were more likely than fully food secure men to have undiagnosed prediabetes, no association was observed among women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prediabetes screening appears warranted for food insecure men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Norbert L W
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Care Systems, Auburn University, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Kimberly B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, AL, USA. Zizzaca@auburn.edu.
authors.forename: Claire A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zizza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult