Diabetes Risk Increased by 3 Independent Factors

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes. It is a disease of choice. So are the conditions strongly correlated with it, in almost all cases.

Insulin resistance (IR), overweight/obesity, and fatty liver commonly occur together but are independently associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to results from a Korean study published online February 14 and in the April print issue of Diabetes Care...

Although IR, overweight/obesity, and fatty liver are strongly correlated, the dissociation between these risk factors suggests that different pathogenetic mechanisms may be in play.

"The clustering of IR, overweight/obesity, and fatty liver is common and markedly increases the odds of developing type 2 diabetes, but these factors also have effects independently of each other and confounding factors," the authors write, adding that treatment for each factor may be warranted.

The diabetes trif**kta.