Assessing predictors for sustainable management of type 2 diabetes using evidence-based guidelines in public primary care in a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population.

Purpose: The purpose of our study was to assess the success in the public primary health care clinics in Barbados, a developing nation with a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population, of achieving the targets for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) set by local guidelines introduced in 2006. The targets are: A1C < 6.5% (48 mmol/mol), blood pressure (BP) ≤130/80 mm Hg and LDL cholesterol < 1.