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Americans Not Meeting ADA Clinical Practice Recommendations

A group of researchers at MedStar Research Institute reviewed data from the 1999–2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which included 11,441 people 18 years. They identified 998 adults with self-reported diabetes.

Records showed that only about 50% had glycated hemoblobin (A1C) levels of 7, 27% were classified as low risk for HDL cholesterol, 40% met blood pressure recommendations, 66% had normal renal function, 38% had received a pneumococcal vaccine, and 28% reported getting the recommended level of physical activity.

"Achievement of ADA clinical practice recommendations is far from adequate in U.S. adults with diabetes," the group concludes.

Resnick HE, Foster GL, Bardsley J, et al.: Achievement of American Diabetes Association clinical practice recommendations among U.S. adults with diabetes, 1999–2002: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes Care 29: 531–537, 2006[Abstract/Free Full Text] .

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