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Review
. 2020 Mar 31:13:121-129.
doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S226010. eCollection 2020.

Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Development of Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Literature

Yacob Pinchevsky  1 , Neil Butkow  1 , Frederick J Raal  2 , Tobias Chirwa  3 , Alan Rothberg  4
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Review

Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Development of Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Literature

Yacob Pinchevsky et al. Int J Gen Med. .

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a complex and chronic condition that requires lifelong management and interaction with a healthcare system. Failure to control risk factors through preventive care may lead to a host of diabetes-related complications. Underperforming healthcare systems and poor awareness among the general population/healthcare professionals has been suggested as reasons why so many patients remain undiagnosed. Due to the asymptomatic nature of early and even intermediate diabetes mellitus, several years may pass without any diagnosis before complications begin to manifest. Other factors include age, gender, ethnicity, education, marital and unemployment status which may also increase the risk of developing morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes mellitus. This review summarizes the current demographic risk factors and clinical characteristics associated with diabetes mellitus. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE, and Sabinet by using the following search terms: diabetes mellitus, risk factors, characteristics and complications.

Keywords: characteristics; complications; diabetes mellitus; risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing/conflicts of interest pertaining to this work.

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