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Multiple Biomarker Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: T ype 2 diabetes is predictable andpreventable. Obesity, familial diabe-tes, and higher-than-normal blood glucose levels are well-known risk factors for development of type 2 diabetes by middle age; recent prediction models have incorporated these with other readily measurable features of metabolic syndrome (elevated blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol, and elevated triglycer-ides) to generate validated prediction rules (1–3). In clinical care, a patient of European descent with a family history of diabetes, obesity, and features of meta-bolic syndrome is at 25-fold increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes in the next few years relative to a patient without

Source: Diabetes Care

DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0754

Author: James B. Meigs

Institutions: Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases