World Diabetes Day

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Across
  1. 3. The trend direction in Singapore between 2017 to 2022 in adult diabetes prevalence.
  2. 9. is not affected by ____-term changes in glucose levels.
  3. 11. Increased ____-cell deficiency and ____-cell apoptosis are observed in the pancreatic islets of patients with type 2 diabetes.
  4. 12. Diabetes mellitus is characterised by high blood sugar, also known as _____
  5. 13. Smoking can increase diabetes risk by ___ blood vessls, raising blood pressure, and stimulating the release of catecholamines (fight-or-flight hormones), which promote insulin resistance.
Down
  1. 1. Among all residents with this disease in Singapore, close to one in every five are undiagnosed.
  2. 2. One in ____ older adults aged 70 to 74 years old are diabetic.
  3. 4. Diabetes prevalence increases with age, with the proportion almost _____ with each successive age group from those aged 20 to 29 years to those aged 60 to 69 years.
  4. 5. The word "diabetes" is Greek for "siphon" which refers to the copious urine of uncontrolled diabetes, while “mellitus” is Latin for “____”.
  5. 6. Did the younger diabetes patients aged 30 to 39 years old or older diabetes aged 40 years and above have poorer glycaemic control?
  6. 7. Total deaths from diabetes globally is projected to rise by more than ___% in the next 10 years.
  7. 8. The measurement for blood sugar levels, of which the mean for diabetes is 7.7%.
  8. 10. The gender with a higher proportion of diabetics in Singapore.