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Which factor is a major contributor to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes?
Which factor is a major contributor to the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes?
- Reduction in weight
- Tight control of blood glucose
- Poor control of blood glucose
- Obesity and lack of physical exercise (correct)
What is the relationship between diabetes and physiologic aging?
What is the relationship between diabetes and physiologic aging?
- Diabetes has no effect on physiologic aging
- Diabetes accelerates physiologic aging (correct)
- Diabetes slows down the aging process
- Diabetes has no relationship with physiologic aging
Which type of diabetes is associated with an accelerated aging rate of 1.75 years physiologically for every chronologic year of the disease with poor control of blood glucose?
Which type of diabetes is associated with an accelerated aging rate of 1.75 years physiologically for every chronologic year of the disease with poor control of blood glucose?
- Neither type 1 nor type 2 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes (correct)
- Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes
What is the approximate physiologic aging rate for a patient with type 2 diabetes with tight control of blood glucose and blood pressure?
What is the approximate physiologic aging rate for a patient with type 2 diabetes with tight control of blood glucose and blood pressure?
What are the associated risks for a diabetic patient in terms of physiologic age?
What are the associated risks for a diabetic patient in terms of physiologic age?
What are the key factors to managing blood glucose levels perioperatively in diabetic patients?
What are the key factors to managing blood glucose levels perioperatively in diabetic patients?
What can reduce the accelerated aging associated with type 2 diabetes and possibly delay the appearance of the disease?
What can reduce the accelerated aging associated with type 2 diabetes and possibly delay the appearance of the disease?
What has been observed to correlate with adverse perioperative outcomes?
What has been observed to correlate with adverse perioperative outcomes?
Which of the following has not been confirmed by controlled trials?
Which of the following has not been confirmed by controlled trials?
What are the recommended actions to reduce the accelerated aging associated with type 2 diabetes?
What are the recommended actions to reduce the accelerated aging associated with type 2 diabetes?
