((b) When a crime is punishable, in the discretion of the court, by imprisonment in the state prison or by fine or imprisonment in the county jail, it is a misdemeanor for all purposes under the following circumstances: (1) After a judgment imposing a punishment other than imprisonment in the state prison.
But there is also a genetic basis. In general, if you have type 2 diabetes, the risk of your child getting diabetes is 1 in 7 if you were diagnosed before age 50 and 1 in 13 if you were diagnosed after age 50. Some scientists believe that a child's risk is greater when the parent with type 2 diabetes is the mother.
Diabetes mellitus is also closely related to a hormone â insulin. It is caused by either a deficiency of insulin or a resistance to insulin, or both. Several populations-such as Indians and African Americans-have a higher genetic predisposition to diabetes.