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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors
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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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