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All are true about Type-2 diabetes mellitus except :

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It is a genetic disease Disease of life style Caused due to increase in insulin production Correct Caused due to inability of cells to respond to normal levels of insulin

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Type 2 diabetes shows strong heritability and lifestyle association with obesity and inactivity. Pathophysiology involves peripheral insulin resistance at muscle and liver with inadequate compensatory beta-cell secretion, not excess insulin production. Hyperinsulinemia early is compensatory but failure leads to hyperglycemia and glucotoxicity.

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