While diabetes patients are generally divided into two categories—Type 1 or Type 2—individual experiences with the disease can vary widely. This simplistic classification often fails to capture the complexity of diabetes and its manifestations across different populations. Consequently, diabetes researchers and clinicians have highlighted the need to deepen our understanding of diabetes subtypes.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham focused on clustering analysis of diabetes in the Deep South to explore how the disease and its subtypes manifest within a diverse population. Their findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, reveal that Black/African American individuals are at a heightened risk for severe insulin-deficient diabetes (SIDD), a subtype of Type 2 diabetes.
