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What is the probability of getting type 2 diabetes?
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Diabetes guidance: A tremendous determinant is genetics. The highest rate of DM is (in order): Pima Indians; Pacific Rim Asians; Blacks, Hispanics. It is also very prevalent in India and the Middle East. The predilection is genetic, the trigger tends to be obesity. A reduction in Insulin secretion mated with Insulin resistance is type II DM. There is also type I DM and type III DM (PDAC, PCOD, etc.)
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