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Who is at risk?
Who gets type 1 diabetes?
Type I diabetes usually begins before the age of 40, the peak incidence being around 14. Most people who have diabetes have type 2 diabetes (between 80 and 90%).
Who gets type 2 diabetes?
Certain population groups have a much higher incidence of diabetes than others. But there are also general risk factors to take into consideration.
Insulin resistance and diabetes
There is a rising incidence of type 2 diabetes in the same populations affected by obesity and coronary artery disease, since type 2 diabetes is also a disease of lifestyle.
Do you have pre-diabetes?
Two different tests are used to find out whether you have pre-diabetes. The first one is the fasting plasma glucose test and the other the oral glucose tolerance test.
Facts about pre-diabetes
Before most people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, they have pre-diabetes – a condition in which the blood glucose levels are higher than normal.
Diabetes and our Indian population
Diabetes is a growing problem among the South African Indian population, and in India more than 30 million people are estimated to be diabetic.
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