A scientific team led by experts from the University of Cambridge and the University of Glasgow found that diabetes shortens life expectancy by 14 years. Research results published In Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Approximately 1.5 million people from 19 countries participated in the research. The British scientists’ studies were based on data from two large international studies on the impact of diabetes on human life expectancy. The researchers collected information about the participants’ health and recorded the age at which they were diagnosed with the disease.
It turns out that the earlier type 2 diabetes is detected, the shorter the person’s life expectancy. Scientists have calculated that people diagnosed with diabetes at age 30 die about 14 years earlier than healthy people. Life expectancy was reduced by ten years for people diagnosed with the disease at age 40. People who learned their diagnosis at age 50 lived 6 years less.
The authors of the study stated that their study refutes the widespread belief that diabetes is mainly dangerous for the elderly. Scientists said that the decrease in life expectancy can be prevented if the disease is diagnosed in time and treatment is started.
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Source: Gazeta
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