New Study Suggests Type 2 Diabetes Is Undiagnosed In Nearly 650K African Americans

2,005 views · Published 2 October 2017 · 4:57 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2017 · News & Politics

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According to a new study, 650,000 Black people may have undiagnosed type-two diabetes. That's because a genetic variant found only in African-Americans reduces the accuracy of the test used to detect diabetes. About eleven-percent of lack people have that genetic variant. 

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