Discrimination and Type 2 Diabetes-Related Health Outcomes among Hispanic Adults in the United States: An Integrative Literature Review.

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) incidence continues to rise in the United States, and T2DM prevalence in Hispanics living in the United States is 16.7% in men and 17.2% in women, compared to 8.6% in non-Hispanic White men and 6.6% in non-Hispanic White women. Among adults ≥ 18 years, 4.9 million Hispanic Americans are diagnosed with T2DM (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [CDC], 2020). T2DM prevalence among Hispanic older adults (> 65 years) is not fi ed the CDC, but this group is disproportionately affected by the micro- and macrovascular complications of T2DM 2009).