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Old Fri, Mar-16-18, 23:59
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Plan: No gluten, CAD
Stats: 196.0/158.5/149.0 Female 62
BF:36/29.0/27.3
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This is from my text on medical lab testing.

Diabetes Risk Factors
Overweight tendencies (BMI > 25 kg/m2
Habitual physical inactivity
Family history of diabetes in a first-degree relative
High risk minority population-African American, Latino, Native American
History of gestational diabetes or delivering a baby > 9lbs
Hypertension > 140/90

Four Methods of Diagnosis (each must be confirmed by one of the first 3 methods on a subsequent day).

1. HbA1c > 6.5% using National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program-certified method. In patients with red blood cell destruction A1c may be falsely low.

2. Diabetes symptoms + random glucose level of > 200 mg/dL

3. A fasting plasma glucose of > 126 mg/dL, Fasting blood glucose should be obtained in the morning after 8-10 hr fast.

4. An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) w/2-hour post-load (75-g glucose level) > 200mg/dL. Not recommended by ADA

You may have inherited a genetic predisposition to insulin secretion, insulin resistance or both. Other specific types of type 2 are associated with genetic defects of beta cell function or insulin action, pancreatic/endocrine diseases etc.
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