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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2018 Dec 13;9(1):1–58. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c170040

Figure 7. Type 2 diabetes is an aging-associated disease.

Figure 7.

The prevalence of diabetes increases with age, and is substantially increased in the 65 and older population as compared to the 45 – 64 year old population (65).

Teaching points: The prevalence of diabetes increases with age and is nearly doubled in the 65 and older population as compared to the 45 – 64 year old population (65). Aging is also associated with insulin resistance that may be largely explained by a shift in adiposity from subcutaneous to visceral depots and an increase in ectopic fat accumulation.