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The prevalence of diabetes in the Pima Indians living in
Mexico is only one-sixth of that in the Pima Indians
living in the USA. Among Mexican Pima Indians, the
prevalence is only slightly higher than that found in
non-Pima Mexicans living in the same area. Given the
genetic makeup of the Pima Indians from the USA and in
Mexico is similar, the only explanation for the
difference in the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is that
environmental factors are the major determinant of the
difference in prevalence in the two locations.
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