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Diabetes risk factorsDefinition:
Alternative Names: Risk factors for diabetes
Information: 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.
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| 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.
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