Abstract:In low and middle-income countries in Africa, β-cell-failure in the absence of obesity is increasingly recognized as a frequent cause of type 2 diabetes (DM) . DM risk scores assume that insulin resistance (IR) is the primary cause of DM. Therefore, their ability to detect DM due to β-cell-failure is unknown. In 529 African-born Blacks living in the United States (age 38± (mean±SD) ; 64% male; BMI 28±5 kg/m2) , we assessed (1) DM prevalence, (2) prevalence of DM due to IR versus β-cell failure; and (3) the abi… Show more
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