Article: Most US diabetics not controlling their blood sugar

Most US diabetics not controlling their blood sugar

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Two thirds of the 18 million Americans with Type 2 diabetes do not have their blood sugar under control and risk early death from the disease's complications including stroke, heart attack and kidney failure, showed a report released Wednesday.

A survey during 2003 and 2004 on 157,000 Type 2 diabetics in the United States found 67 percent of the patients did not have an adequate level of A1C, a blood sugar reading. The survey was sponsored by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American College of Endocrinologists.

The A1C test indicates average blood sugar level over the ...

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