Optimizing therapeutic options for Hispanic patients with diabetes mellitus and prediabetes: A review of the literature and clinical pearls
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levels of both fasting blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 18.8 million people had diabetes mellitus and 79 million people had prediabetes in the United States in 2010.1,2 Diabetes mellitus is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, as well as the leading cause of nontraumatic amputations, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.1,2 Optimizing therapeutic options for Hispanic patients with diabetes mellitus and prediabetes:
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