22 black and 29 white adults with type 2 diabetes were included in the analysis. Approximately 42 measurements (fasting and postprandial glucose) were collected over three months and compared to HbAl1 of the third month. The effect of race was evaluated by ANCOVA and X2 analysis testing the slope and intercepts simultaneously for HbA1c and its relationship to fasting glucose and to postprandial glucose.