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Published on 05/02/2008 at Fri May 02 08:32.
Tagged: Diabetes,Jay Cutler.

Daily Links – Cutler’s Disease Rare, but Not Too Rare

Type 1, the form Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has been diagnosed with, is the rarer type of the disease. [Denver Post]
Yet plenty of other athletes have dealt with diabetes just fine. [Denver Post]
A look at Type 1 symptoms. [Hashmarks]
While it may not affect him next year, it definitely had its effects in 2007. [ProFootballTalk]
The Chargers are the first in the West to head to mini-camp. [Hashmarks]
NHL: That’s all she wrote for the Avalanche. [Yahoo! Sports]

http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

I think it is a rather odd fact that Colorado has a lower percentage of the population affected by Type 1 than the rest of the country. CO had 5% vs the 7% nationwide. You all must have really good genes up there! :)
http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

This may come off sounding racist, but it’s completely not, just statistics. It is probably because we have a lower African American population compared to most states in the U.S. and they have a 2 to 1 rate for Type 1 compared to other ethnic groups.
http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

That’s interesting… Since the quote only mentioned CO, I wonder if there are other states with similar percentage differences based on the level of population diversity. Maybe some medical wiz could write a paper on it. :)
Aerobroncos

Josh is right. The risk for type 1 is much higher in African Americans. We talked quite a bit about it in my Nutrition class. Working in the OR at a hospital i see quite a bit of patients coming in for surgery who dont take care of their diabetes. But its not always type 1 and I’m sure Cutler will be taking much beter care of himself.

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