Risk Factors

1 out of 3 adults have prediabetes and 9 out of 10 do not know it.

Type 2 diabetes/prediabetes risk factors include:


  • Age, especially over 45 years old
  • Overweight or obese
  • Family history of diabetes 
  • Previous pregnancy with gestational diabetes
  • Impaired glucose tolerance
  • Physical inactivity
  • Race/ethnicity*

Type 1 diabetes risk factors

 are less well defined than for type 2 diabetes. Autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved in developing this type of diabetes.

Gestational diabetes risk factors include:

  • Age, over 25 years old
  • Overweight or obese
  • Family history of diabetes
  • Previous pregnancy with gestational diabetes
  • Had a baby born weighing over 9 pounds
  • Race/ethnicity* 

     * African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 and gestational diabetes.

Know Your Risk, Take the Test


Click here to go to the Cabarrus County Network of Care Service Directory to learn if you are at risk for prediabetes.
To find physical activity, nutrition, and medical services for individuals with prediabetes or those who have already been diagnosed, click here. You will be taken to the Network of Care Diabetes Prevention and Management section of the service directory. Diabetes Prevention or Self-Management Classes may also be available.























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