Program completion and glycemic control in a remote patient monitoring program for diabetes management: does gender matter?

Type 2 diabetes (T2D), commonly accompanied by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (e.g. hypertension, high cholesterol, and smoking), has posed a major challenge to society, patients, and families, as an emerging global pandemic [1]. A recent study using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data reported that diabetes and prediabetes (including undiagnosed cases) affected almost half of the US adult population. However the results also exhibited a sex bias with the potential underestimation for the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in women due to physiological differences between men and women [2,3].

Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - November 21, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tzeyu L. Michaud, Mohammad Siahpush, Keyonna M. King, Athena K. Ramos, Regina E. Robbins, Robert J. Schwab, Martina A. Clarke, Dejun Su Source Type: research