Racial disparity in the co-occurrence of depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus. An electronic medical record study involving African American and White Caucasian adults from the US.

Introduction: Depression and diabetes commonly co-exist, however the temporal trends in the bidirectional association of both diseases in different sociodemographic setting has not been explored. We investigated the trends in prevalence and likelihood of having either depression or type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in African American (AA, or black) and White Caucasians (WC, or white).

Methods: In this nationwide population-based study, the US Centricity Electronic Medical Records was used to establish cohorts of >2.