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Prediabetes Screening Risk Factors (Most docs can't ID.. .)
RalfLott
Posts: 5,036 Member
94% of PCPs surveyed could not identify 11 (of 13) risk factors for prediabetes.
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/prediabetes-risk-unrecognized-by-most-pcps/
*Body mass index ≥25 kg/m2
*Age>45y/o
*Hypertension (Part of the metabolic syndrome)
*Dyslipidemia, (Part of the metabolic syndrome)
*Heart disease
*Family history of diabetes in a first-degree relative
*Sedentary lifestyle
*Races with darker skin as African-Americans, Asian-American, HIspanics, American Indian, Alaskan Natives, Chinese, Asian Indians, and Chinese
*History of gestational diabetes or women who have had a baby that weighed more than 9 lb (4kg) at birth are at higher risk
*Low birth weight; people who weighed less than 5.5 lb (2.5kg) at birth are more likely to get type 2 diabetes later in life
*High visceral fat around the abdomen
*Smoking
*Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
[The following risk factors are more for screening for diabetes:
Increased Urination
Increased Thirst
Increased Hunger
Fatigue ]
http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/prediabetes-risk-unrecognized-by-most-pcps/
*Body mass index ≥25 kg/m2
*Age>45y/o
*Hypertension (Part of the metabolic syndrome)
*Dyslipidemia, (Part of the metabolic syndrome)
*Heart disease
*Family history of diabetes in a first-degree relative
*Sedentary lifestyle
*Races with darker skin as African-Americans, Asian-American, HIspanics, American Indian, Alaskan Natives, Chinese, Asian Indians, and Chinese
*History of gestational diabetes or women who have had a baby that weighed more than 9 lb (4kg) at birth are at higher risk
*Low birth weight; people who weighed less than 5.5 lb (2.5kg) at birth are more likely to get type 2 diabetes later in life
*High visceral fat around the abdomen
*Smoking
*Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
[The following risk factors are more for screening for diabetes:
Increased Urination
Increased Thirst
Increased Hunger
Fatigue ]
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"Although 42% of the respondents found the ADA guidelines helpful, 30% were unfamiliar with them."
I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.0 -
MyriiStorm wrote: »"Although 42% of the respondents found the ADA guidelines helpful, 30% were unfamiliar with them."
I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.
I trust the ADA in terms of getting people with diabetes enlisted; it's their stubborn resistance to the thought of discharging anyone that's so scurrilous....0 -
LOL I really don't fit any of those risk factors! LOL
Well, my last child was 9lbs but we are a big family - professional football players. Plus he was almost 22 inches tall at birth so he needed the mass; he was actually a slim baby.
No gestational diabetes.
My older too were practically considered runty by my family.
Hmm. My hip to waist ratio is around 81% so I do/did have visceral fat. That could be better...1 -
LOL I really don't fit any of those risk factors! LOL
Well, my last child was 9lbs but we are a big family - professional football players. Plus he was almost 22 inches tall at birth so he needed the mass; he was actually a slim baby. No gestational diabetes.
My older too were practically considered runty by my family.
Hmm. My hip to waist ratio is around 81% so I do/did have visceral fat. That could be better...
@nvmomketo - My daughter was 21.75 inches, but only 8 pounds 3 oz!!! LOL She had linebacker shoulders (sigh) and is a now slim, taller than me but still fairly short almost 17 year old...
It's crazy the path my health took after the stress of pregnancy and childbirth... I talk to folks all the time about it... No GD or thyroid probs at the time, either...THANKFULLY...
Sadly, I fit about half of the risk factors above, which I already knew...0
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