Carolyn N. Kinder
Quiz Answers
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1. D, 90 to 95 percent.
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). In type 2 diabetes, the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or the body isn't able to use the insulin that's produced.
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2. C, 20 to 50 percent. The ADA estimates that women who have had gestational diabetes have a 20 to 50 percent change of developing diabetes in the next five to 10 years.
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3. B, pancreas
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Insulin is produced by the pancreas.
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4. A, it enables glucose to enter cells
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Insulin unlocks the cell door so that a chemical reaction can take place and produce energy. Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood sugar. These levels are the result of defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both.
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5. D, A and C. Heart disease is the leading cause of diabetes-related deaths. Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes. The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes. In addition, diabetes causes other complications: It is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20 to 74 years old; 60 to 70 percent of people with diabetes have forms of nervous system damage that include impaired sensation pain in the feet or hands, slowed digestion of food in the stomach, carpel tunnel syndrome, and other nerve problems.
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6. A, the immune system
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Type 1 diabetes develops when the body's immune system destroys the cells in the body that make insulin. Type 1 diabetes usually appears in children and young adults and accounts for up to 10 percent of diabetes cases. People with type 1 diabetes need to have insulin injections several times a day or an insulin pump.
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7. D, B and C. According to the ADA, nearly 8 percent of Caucasian Americans who are not Hispanic have diabetes, and 13 percent of African Americans have diabetes. African Americans are two times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic Caucasians, says the ADA. Ten percent of Hispanic Americans have diabetes, and Hispanic Americans are nearly twice more likely to have diabetes than Caucasian Americans.
D, all of the above
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Risk factors for diabetes include older age, obesity family history of diabetes, gestational diabetes, impaired glucose intolerance, physical inactivity and race or ethnicity, the ADA says. Type2 diabetes is increasing more common in children and teens
Source: Adapted from mercksource.com 2006, Copyright 2003 Health Ink & Vitality Communications