Genetics and Type 2 Diabetes

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Rad Warrier

Discussion Starter · Sep 18, 2010

There is a strong consensus among the medical community that genetics play a significant role in why people become type 2 diabetics. Type 2 diabetes appears mainly in the middle age normally after the age 40. (Nowadays, many young people, some even in their teens are diagnosed type 2 but it is still an exception to the rule.) Why is it that the genes responsible for type 2 diabetes choose to "express" themselves mainly after age 40?

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Rad

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breezeonby

· #2 · Sep 18, 2010

Rad Warrier said:
There is a strong consensus among the medical community that genetics play a significant role in why people become type 2 diabetics. Type 2 diabetes appears mainly in the middle age normally after the age 40. (Nowadays, many young people, some even in their teens are diagnosed type 2 but it is still an exception to the rule.) Why is it that the genes responsible for type 2 diabetes choose to "express" themselves mainly after age 40?

Regards,
Rad

That is a really good question and I will be interested in what others have to say. I was diagnosed at age 40 and my grandmother had T2 diabetes. I wasn't seeing a doctor between the ages of 30-40 and I don't remember if I had an A1C done when I was diagnosed 10+ years ago. I could have had diabetes for several years.

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