Diabetes Latest | Features | CDC

Diabetes Latest | Features | CDC

Diabetes Snapshot in the US: Role of Genetics & Family History

CDC information: More than 29 million Americans have diabetes; 1 in 4 doesn’t know

If you have a mom, dad, brother or sister with type 2 diabetes you have a greater chance of getting the disease, the National Diabetes Education Program

CDC article: Family history can help find many cases of undiagnosed diabetes in the United States

CDC information: Prediabetes: Am I at risk?

Did you know? More than 3300 genes have been reported with risk of type 2 diabetes and its outcomes, including more than 150 genomewide association studies. To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator

Check out genetic disorders and tests associated with diabetes at the NIH Genetic Testing Registry

Genetic screening for the risk of type 2 diabetes. Worthless or valuable? 
Valeriya Lyssenko,  et al. Diabetes Care (2013)