High Prevalence of Prediabetes Among Asian and Pacific Islander Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity in a Primary Care Population
Asian/PI adolescents with overweight or obesity have considerably higher prediabetes prevalence than NHW adolescents, independent of BMI. Findings varied by ethnicity. Prediabetes screening is essential for the high-risk population of Asian/PI adolescents with overweight or obesity.
Authors
- Luis A. Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-6842)
- Adrian Matias Bacong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0157-4754)
- Latha Palaniappan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1245-665X)
- Nitya Rajeshuni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9624-2578)
- Veronica Njuguna
- Joan Chia-Mei Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-0648)
- Jeanne Darbinian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4390-1445)
- Erica P. Gunderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2039-1964)
- Louise C. Greenspan
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (US)
- Colorado Permanente Medical Group (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Care
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc25-0343
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Stanford University