Diabetes Rate Among US Veterans More Than Double Than Diabetes Rate In Overall US Population,

“More than 20% of US veterans have diabetes and 3.4% have undiagnosed diabetes, a combined figure that is more than double the diabetes rate in the overall US population,” researchers concluded after analyzing “five cycles of US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data conducted between 2005 and 2014.” The findings were published in the CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease journal. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/%7B8b380efc-a265-455b-bbe3-3ec13918c412%7D/nhanes-nearly-25-of-us-veterans-have-diabetes