Diabetes mellitus type 2 risk factors

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Risk Factors

Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include:

• Older age
• Obesity or being overweight
• Family history of diabetes
• Prior history of gestational diabetes (a type of diabetes that only pregnant women get)
  • Or birth of at least one baby weighing more than 9 pounds
  • nearly 40% of women with a history of gestational diabetes developed diabetes in the future
• High blood pressure measuring 140/90 or higher
• Abnormal cholesterol with HDL ("good") cholesterol is 35 or lower, or triglyceride level is 250 or higher
• Impaired glucose tolerance
• Physical inactivity (exercising fewer than 3 times a week)
• Race/ethnicity

African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes. Are you at risk for diabetes mellitus type 2? Take the American Diabetes Association Risk Test!