Black and Hispanic children with Type 1 diabetes are more likely than their white peers to develop stiffened arteries — a precursor to heart disease and stroke — during the first decade of their diabetes diagnosis, new research finds.
All of the higher risk for Hispanic children — and one-fourth of it for Black children — can be explained by socioeconomic and cardiovascular risk factors that could potentially be reduced, according to the study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
