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A How old are you? Write your score in the box. Lessthan40years(0points) 40 — 49years(l point) 50 — 59 years (2 points) 60 years or older (3 points) Are you a man or a woman? Man (1 point) Woman (0 points) lf you are a woman, have you ever been diagnosed with gestational diabetes? Yes (1 point) No (0 points) Do you have a mother, father, sister, or brother with diabetes? Yes (1 point) No (0 points) Have you ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure? Yes (1 point) No (0 points) Are you physically active? Yes(0points) No{1 point) What is your weight status? (see chart at right) lf you scored 5 or higher: Add You are at increased riskfor havinaType 2 diabetes. ,,, ., , , yourscore. However,only your doctor ean tell for sure you do type 2 diabetes or prediabetes (a condition the precedes type 2 diabetes in whieh blood glucose levels are higher than normal). Talktoyour doctor to see if additional testing is needed. Type 2 diabetes is more eommon in African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos,American lndians,Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,and Pacific lslanders. Higher body weights increasediabetes riskfor everyone.Asian Americans are at increased diabetes risk at lower body weights than the rest of the general public (about 15 pounds lower). For more information, visit us at diabetes.org/hawaii or eall (808) 947-5979 DVisit us on Facebook facebook.com/adahawaii

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