Risk Factors of Diabetes
Certain groups of people are ata higher risk for T2DM, therefore, asymptomatic individuals with the following criteria should be screened for diabetes:¹ 

• Age more than 45 years
• History of GDM
• Impaired glucose tolerance
• Excess body weight
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Family history of diabetes
• History of delivery of big baby weighing more than 3.5 kg
• Dyslipidemia
• Hypertension (blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg)
• Clinical cardiovascular diseases (myocardial infarction, angina and stroke) or peripheral vascular diseases.

Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date last updated: December 15,2008

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