Which type of diabetes has a slow onset and is often diagnosed in North American only when a complication is present?

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Both type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and MODY have a rather sudden new onset. Although gestational diabetes may take only weeks to produce symptoms, it usually is of short duration and does not cause the person to manifest the usual complications of DM. Millions of people in North America do have type 2 DM, have had it for years, and are not aware of it. The two most common ways it is discovered are when complications start to appear and become bothersome and when blood tests are drawn for other reasons, and significant hyperglycemia is found.

Which Type of Diabetes Has a Slow Onset and Is