Type II diabetes mellitus recognizes a long series of risk factors, which can be taken into account in the development of tests, capable of quantifying the likelihood that a subject will have diabetes or develop the disease over the years.
Among the main risk factors for type II diabetes, we remember:
obesity (BMI> 30), especially abdominal obesity (indicated by a waist circumference - narrowest point of the abdomen - greater than 102 cm in men and 88 cm in women);
sedentary lifestyle;
unhealthy eating habits (which together with a sedentary lifestyle are the main causes of overweight and obesity);
family history and genetics (the risk of developing type II diabetes mellitus increases when there are parents and / or siblings already affected by the disease in your family;
advancing age (type II diabetes mellitus is typical of late adulthood and old age);
hypertension (blood pressure above 140/90 mmHg);
hypercholesterolemia (in particular if sustained by an excess of bad LDL cholesterol, signaled for example by a total cholesterol / HDL ratio higher than 5 in men and 4.5 in women);
history of gestational diabetes or macrosomal child.
The following calculation form allows you to obtain an estimate of the risk of suffering from type II diabetes mellitus, through the analysis of the answers to seven simple questions. specific clinics, such as fasting or oral glucose glucose testing, you can find out if you have type II diabetes mellitus and more accurately quantify your risk of developing the disease in the years to come.
Diabetes mellitus, evaluate your risk of developing it
1. Is your weight, in relation to your height, equal to or greater than that shown in the table on the side?
YES NO
2. Are you under 65 and have a sedentary lifestyle?
YES NO
3. Are you aged between 45 and 64?
YES NO
4. Are you over 65?
YES NO
5. Are you a female mother of a child who weighed more than 4 kg at birth?
YES NO
6. Do you have sisters or brothers with diabetes?
YES NO
7. Do you have at least one parent with diabetes?
YES NO
SOURCE:
ADA (American Diabetes Association) Diabetes Risk Test
