Associated Conditions of Type 2 diabetes

About associated conditions: Associated conditions are those which appear statistically related, but do not have a clear cause or effect relationship. Whereas the complications are caused by Type 2 diabetes, and underlying causes may be causes of Type 2 diabetes, the following list shows associated conditions that simply appear with higher frequency in people who have Type 2 diabetes. In some cases, there may be overlap between this list and risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. People with Type 2 diabetes may be more likely to get a condition on the list of associated conditions, or the reverse may be true, or both. Whether they are causes of, caused by, or simply coincidentally related to Type 2 diabetes is not always clear. For general information, see Associated Condition Misdiagnosis.

Associated medical condition statistics for Type 2 diabetes: The following are statistics from various sources about associated diseases and Type 2 diabetes:

144 women per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes are sedentary in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
187 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes are sedentary in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
488 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes do insufficient exercise in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
213 women per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have low HDL in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
4599 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have low HDL in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
424 women per 1,000 population aged 25-59 who have type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
401 men per 1,000 population aged 25-59 who have type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressurein Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
523 men per 1,000 population over 60 who have type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
536 women per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes do insufficient exercise in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
560 women per 1,000 population over 60 who have type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
60 women per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have fasting hypertriglyceridaemia in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
178 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have fasting hypertriglyceridaemia in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
673 women per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have high cholesterol in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
525 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes also have high cholesterol in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
556 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes are obese in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
327 men per 1,000 population over 25 who have type 2 diabetes are overweight but not obese in Australia 1999-2000 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)

Associated conditions list: The list of conditions mentioned by various sources as associated with Type 2 diabetes includes:

Type 2 diabetes as a risk factor: Another type of associated condition is one for which Type 2 diabetes is itself a risk factor. The conditions for which Type 2 diabetes is listed as a risk factor includes:

Associated conditions: Among persons who have been diagnosed with type 2 (noninsulin-dependent) diabetes, 67 percent have a BMI 27 and 46 percent have a BMI 30. ¹² An estimated 15.6 million adults in the U.S. (8 percent of men and women age 20 or older) have diabetes, with type 2 diabetes accounting for about 90-95 percent of these cases. The relative risk of diabetes increases by approximately 25 percent for each additional unit of BMI over 22¹

As many as 65 percent of those with diabetes have high blood pressure.²

About 80 percent of those with NIDDM are overweight.²

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NIDDK _ Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity: NIDDK
2. excerpt from Heart Disease & Women Controlling High Blood Pressure A Woman's Guide: NHLBI

Last revision: April 10, 2003

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