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An exploratory, retrospective, and cross-sectional study was conducted from a total of 6570 individuals aged 18\u2013102 years, among which 3865 were women (57.4 \u00b1 18.1 years) and 2705 were men (60.0 \u00b1 16.8 years). T2D diagnosis, IFG, and the diabetes risk score (low to very high risk) were assessed. The prevalence of T2D in this adult and an older north-eastern Portuguese population was 17.4%. A higher prevalence of T2D was reported in men (22.2%) than in women (14.0%); however, this was without significant differences (p = 0.086). Otherwise, the prevalence of T2D was significantly different among the age groups and increased with age (p &lt; 0.001). Regarding IFG, a higher percentage of cases was observed in men (14.1%) than in women (8.4%) (p &lt; 0.001). The risk of developing T2D in the next 10 years showed an association with sex and age group (p &lt; 0.001) with a small-to-moderate effect (V = 0.1\u20130.3). Men and the elderly had the highest percentage of cases in the moderate-to-very high-risk bands. The current research confirmed a higher prevalence of T2D, IFG, and diabetes risk than previous Portuguese epidemiological reports. The results also suggest potential prediabetes cases, which should be carefully monitored. 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