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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting glucose, a pre-diabetes condition that increases the risk for diabetes. According to a 2006 study, a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.

Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children. Given...

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Expert & Community Posts

Presidential diabetes

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...weighed as high as 280-300 pounds. Prompted by this diagnosis ... Huckabee began eating a... Read more »

The Diversity of Diabetes

By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...medication-induced diabetes, cystic fibrosis related diabetes or type 2 diabetes? The... Read more »

Type one-and-a-half diabetes

By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...LADA are diagnosed with what initially appears to be type 2 diabetes, and then rapidly progress... Read more »

Flatbush diabetes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...from the other parent and you'll get MODY. Type 2 diabetes is polygenic, meaning a lot of... Read more »

Thinking About Genes

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...and gluttony. In fact, the genetic connection to type 2 diabetes is even stronger than that to... Read more »

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Pre-Diabetes Risks, Symptoms & Prevention

...diabetes. People develop this condition, and if it goes undiagnosed, it can lead to the more serious type 2 diabetes. Medical research has revealed that people with pre-diabetes may already be... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

The major treatment goals for people with type 2 diabetes are:Treat all conditions that place the patients at risk for heart disease and stroke, which are the major killers of people with... Read more »

What do I need to know about diabetes?"

...type occurs when the body doesn't make enough insulin. Adult-onset diabetes mellitus, also known as type 2 diabetes mellitus - This type of diabetes happens when the body either produces low... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes

...study, low-dose aspirin was associated with a 30% lower risk for death from heart disease in adults with type 2 diabetes.Reducing Blood Pressure. Strict control of blood pressure is critical for... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes: Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose

...history of gestational diabetesSome experts recommend that children over age 10 should be tested for type 2 diabetes (even if they have no symptoms), if they are overweight and have at least two... Read more »

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