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Diabetes risk factors
Alternative Names
Risk factors for diabetes
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You have a higher risk for diabetes if you have any of the following:
- Family history of diabetes
- Low activity level
- Poor diet
- Excess body weight (especially around the waist)
- Age greater than 45 years
- High blood pressure
- High blood levels of triglycerides (a type of fat molecule)
- HDL cholesterol of less than 35
- Impaired glucose tolerance (identified by your doctor)
- Diabetes during a previous pregnancy, or a baby weighing more than 9 pounds
- Certian ethnicities -- African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans all have high rates of diabetes
Everyone over 45 should have their blood glucose checked at least every 3 years. Regular testing of random blood glucose should begin at a younger age, and be performed more often, if you are at higher risk for diabetes. See diabetes.
Review Date:
8/1/2005
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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