Family History of Diabetes Increases the Risk of Prediabetes by 26 Percent...

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A study involving more than 8,000 participants has shown that people with a family history of diabetes see their risk of prediabetes increase by 26%. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, and is by Dr Andreas Fritsche and colleagues from the German Center for Diabetes Research.

Prediabetes is a condition most often described as the 'state between normal blood sugar control and full diabetes', and indeed prediabetes progresses to full blown diabetes in up to 20% of individuals affected per year.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822091024.htm
 
Ummm - NSS? It's already known that family history increases the risk of diabetes. Surely pre-diabetes MUST also carry the same risk? The clue being in the prefix? Or am I missing something fundamental?!
 
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