Association of Social Risk Domains With Poor Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in US Adults With Diabetes, From 2006 to 2016.

Importance: Few studies have examined the association between social risk factors and poor control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.

Objective: To examine the sequential association between social risk domains and CVD risk control over time in older adults with diabetes.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study analyzed core interviews from 4877 US adults with diabetes who were participating in the Health and Retirement Study, a national longitudinal survey of US adults.

The relationship between financial hardship and incident diabetic kidney disease in older US adults - a longitudinal study.

Background: Financial hardship is associated with poor health, however the association of financial hardship and incident diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is unknown. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationship between financial hardship and incident DKD among older adults with diabetes.

Methods: Analyses were conducted in 2735 adults age 50 or older with diabetes and no DKD using four waves of data (2006-2012) from the Health and Retirement Study, a national longitudinal cohort.