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Hyperinsulinemia, present in people with diabetes mellitus type 2 or insulin resistance where excess levels of circulating insulin are in the blood. It is not diabetes, but it is often associated with metabolic syndrome and type 2 Diabetes.

Causes

• diabetes mellitus type 2
• insulin resistance
• neoplasm, pancreatic cancer

Effects

• may lead to hypoglycemia

See also

• Metabolic syndrome