ORLANDO (EGMN) – The long-term consequences of diabetes appear to vary even more widely among Asian subgroups than among whites, blacks, and Latinos, according to a new epidemiologic study. The differences in the rates of heart attack, stroke, renal disease, and other problems are so striking among Asians that they warrant a new way of looking at Asians in epidemiology, Dr. Alka Kanaya asserted at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association.