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Seven Diabetes Risk Factors
Following are some risk factors for diabetes. This diabetes information
can help you to figure out when you need to go to your
doctor for a diabetes test.
Diabetes Risk factors -
The following factors put you at risk for
diabetes:
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You are at risk for diabetes if your blood pressure is
high - over 140/90
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Your diabetes risk increases if you have a sister, brother or
parent who had diabetes
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Another diabetes risk characteristic is being overweight, the
more overweight you are, the more likely that you may have diabetes or that you may develop it in the near future.
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Your diabetes risk will be more if you have high total cholesterol
readings or low HDL (under 40) and or high triglyceride levels (over 250).
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Another diabetes risk factor is that you come from one of the following
ethnic groups: African American, Native American, Asian,
Hispanic/Latino or Pacific Islander
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Diabetes risk increases when you exercise less than 3 times per
week.
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You're more likely have a diabetes risk if you had gestational diabetes or a
baby weighing over 9 pounds.
Diabetes risk factors are important to
discover because this disease can cause such unpleasant or
even life threatening conditions.
Be sure to ask your doctor for a diabetes
test regularly, especially if you have a background with
the above diabetes risks. Since the diabetes test
is relatively simple, it’s a good idea to be tested at
least every year if you have two or more of these risk
factors.
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