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At 01:04 19/04/97 -0400,Ivan Suzman Asked... > DO YOU HAVE A DIABETIC RELATIVE?? > > My older brother is a young onset diabetic, and I am a young onset >PWP. >And it turns out that 17 of 21 PWP's I initially surveyed in MAINE have a >diabetic relative!! That's an 81% incidence in this small sample of >PWP's! Snipped. Only significant if it differs from the normal incidence in such a population. How do you define "relative" If sufficiently distant it wouldn't be too hard to find diabetes, in almost everyone's background except possibly Eskimos. Another quibble is that diabetes comes in two flavours Young Onset and Mature Onset. The latter variety is almost as much a lifestyle outcome as a genetic inheritance, and I think you would have to exclude this variety from your survey even though some young onset cases are misdiagnosed as such. Anyway, FWIW, Margaret's only relative with diabetes (MOD) is her carer, and I control it by exercise and diet. Take Care, M. (CG for Margaret, 65/27 yrs) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Atyeo 51 Alexander Mackie Circuit Isaacs, 2607 Australia +61 6 286 2606 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an apple.