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Glycemic control among Americans still isn t quite as good as it used to be, a new study indicated.
In a cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, the number of adults with diabetes achieving glycemic control a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) under 7% dropped in recent years, reported Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues.
About 57% of adults were able to achieve glycemic control from 2007-2010, reaching peak levels, but this proportion dropped down to 50.5% by 2015-2018, the group wrote in the
In 1999-2002, only 44% of adults had an HbA1c under 7%. This later rose to 56.7% in 2003-2006. After the peak in 2007-2010, the proportion of patients achieving an HbA1c under 7% slowly declined, dropping off to 51.8% in 2011-2014, and then further down in 2015-2018.