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South Asians over 40 face a ~3-fold higher type 2 diabetes risk than white individuals.
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#### The bottom line A 38 year old South Asian man comes to see you for a medication review. He takes bendroflumethiazide for hypertension, which is well controlled. His last recorded body mass index (BMI) was 29. As part of the review, you decide to discuss his risk of developing diabetes. This man is at high risk of diabetes because of his ethnicity, his hypertension, and his BMI; in general, obesity accounts for 80-85% of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In adults over 40 years, the risk of diabetes is two to three times greater in South Asians than in age matched white people.
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Rupal Shah (2015) conducted a review in Type 2 diabetes risk. South Asian ethnicity and obesity vs. Age-matched white adults was evaluated on Risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Obesity accounts for 80-85% of type 2 diabetes risk, and South Asians over 40 have a 2- to 3-fold greater risk than age-matched white people.
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