A Patient with Several Risk Factors Is Concerned About Developing

question 27

Multiple Choice

A patient with several risk factors is concerned about developing type 2 diabetes. The healthcare professional advises the patient to lose weight, explaining that obesity is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus because it causes what?

• A)Reduced insulin production by the pancreas
• B)Increased resistance to insulin in the cells
• C)Obstructed outflow of insulin from the pancreas
• D)Stimulation of glucose production by the liver

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution, symmetric around the mean, shows that datasets close to the mean are encountered more often than ones farther away.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A goodness-of-fit test is a statistical test used to determine how well a set of observed values fits a specific distribution or model.

Normally Distributed

Characterized by its symmetry around the mean, this probability distribution highlights a more frequent occurrence of data near the mean compared to far from the mean.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical method utilized to assess the adequacy of observed data conforming to a particular distribution.