Diabetes Risk Factors

Increased mental stress and decreased physical activity anybody can be affected by diabetes. Although the being of certain risk factors increases the possibility of having diabetes. Following are the persons at a greater risk of having diabetes:

1. Family History of Diabetes:
Family history of diabetes is the greatest risk factor for developing diabetes. Persons with first degree blood relatives having diabetes like father, mother, and brother, sister are at the greatest risk of having diabetes.

Following table shows risk of developing diabetes:

2. Obesity:
Obesity causes insulin conflict, which increases the possibility of having diabetes. The risk of having diabetes is more in persons with central obesity

Obesity can be defined in two ways:
I. A Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) greater than 25
II. Increased Waist Hip Ratio
The Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) is calculated by the following formula

Weight grading according to Body Mass Index:

Central Obesity:
For calculating central obesity, waist and hip size are taken and theWaist Hip Ratio i.e. WHR is obtained. For example if the waist of a man measures 90 cm and his hip measures 80 cm then the WHR is 1.12.

For males risk of diabetes is greater if WHR is more than 0.90
For females risk of diabetes is greater if WHR is more than 0.85

OR

If in males waist is more than 102 cm and in female’s waist is more than 88 cm, risk of diabetes is more.

3. Lack of Physical Activity
4. High Cholesterol
5. High Blood Pressure
6. History of Gestational Diabetes
7. Female with history of having high birth weight baby
8. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in women
9. Person with Low Birth Weight