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Factores de riesgo para la diabetes tipo 2 - Overview

Overview

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Factores de riesgo para diabetes tipo 2; Factores de riesgo para diabetes

Información:

Uno tiene un mayor riesgo de padecer diabetes si presenta cualquiera de los siguientes factores:

Edad superior a 45 años
Diabetes durante un embarazo previo
Peso corporal excesivo (especialmente alrededor de la cintura)
Antecedentes familiares de diabetes
Dar a luz un bebé que pese más de 4 kg (9 libras)
Colesterol HDL de menos de 35 mg/dL
Niveles sanguíneos altos de triglicéridos, un tipo de molécula de grasa (250 mg/dL o más)
Hipertensión arterial (superior o igual a 140/90 mmHg)
Trastorno en la tolerancia a la glucosa
Bajo nivel de actividad (hacer ejercicio menos de tres veces a la semana)
Síndrome metabólico
Poliquistosis ovárica
Una afección llamada acantosis pigmentaria, la cual provoca oscurecimiento y engrosamiento de la piel alrededor del cuello o las axilas

Las personas de ciertos grupos étnicos, como los afroamericanos, los hispanoamericanos, los asiáticos americanos y los nativos norteamericanos, tienen todos un mayor riesgo de padecer diabetes.

Toda persona mayor de 45 años debe hacerse revisar el nivel de azúcar (glucosa) en la sangre al menos cada tres años. Los chequeos regulares de los niveles de glucemia deben comenzar a una edad más temprana y realizarse con mayor frecuencia si uno está en mayor riesgo de padecer diabetes.

Ver: diabetes tipo 2

Factores de riesgo de diabetes

Reviewed last on: 6/28/2011
Ari S. Eckman, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Eisenbarth GS, Polonsky KS, Buse JB. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR. Kronenberg: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 31.

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