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Diabetes Risk
Asian Indians have low risk threshold for acquired diabetogenic factors
December 16th, 2004
Asian Indians have a low risk threshold for acquired diabetogenic factors. According to a study from India, "India is facing an epidemic of type 2 diabetes, with high prevalence in urban areas. Urbanization and associated life style changes adversely affect the risk factors for diabetes unmasking the high genetic tendency existing in the population. "Various epidemiological studies in Indians have shown that the increasing prevalence of diabetes could be attributed to a high genetic risk and lower risk thresholds for acquired risk factors such as age, obesity, abdominal adiposity and a high percentage of body fat." "Diabetes...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-16)
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