{"doi":"10.1016/j.focus.2023.100156","title":"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Glycemic Control Among Patients With SARS-CoV-2 in the Baltimore–Washington, District of Columbia Region","abstract":"Introduction: Diabetes is a leading risk factor for COVID-19, disproportionally impacting marginalized populations. We analyzed racial/ethnic differences in glycemic control among patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the Baltimore-Washington, District of Columbia region. Methods: Glycemic control measured by HbA1c was compared by race and ethnicity among patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test at the Johns Hopkins Health System between March 1, 2020, and March 31, 2022. Risk factors associated with poor glycemic control (HbA1c≥8) were identified using logistic regression. Results: Black, Latino, and Asian patients had a higher rate of prediabetes (HbA1c=5.7%-6.49%) and diabetes (HbA1c≥6.5%) than non-Hispanic White patients. Among patients with diabetes, poor glycemic control (HbA1c≥8%) was significantly higher among young adults (aged ≤44 years), Latino patients (AOR=1.5; 95% CI=1.1, 1.9), Black patients (AOR=1.2; 95% CI=1.0, 1.5), uninsured patients (AOR=1.5; 95% CI=1.2, 1.9), and those with limited English proficiency (AOR=1.3; 95% CI=1.0, 1.6) or without a primary care physician (AOR=1.6; 95% CI=1.3, 2.1). Conclusions: Disparities in glycemic control among patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were associated with underlying structural factors such as access to care, health insurance, and language proficiency. There is a need to implement accessible, culturally and language-appropriate preventive and primary care programs to engage socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in diabetic screening and care.","journal":"AJPM Focus","year":2023,"id":412387,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9308,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":311687,"name":"Diego A. Martínez","orcid":"0000-0003-3236-2471","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":518016,"name":"Maya Venkataramani","orcid":"0000-0002-2805-2035","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":106030,"name":"Peng Yang","orcid":"0000-0003-0144-2575","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":701168,"name":"Kathleen R. Page","orcid":"0000-0002-6859-1973","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1193263,"name":"Cassandra Parent","orcid":"0000-0002-0573-3081","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":10,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:21:50.261851Z","pmid":"38149079","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}