(19-10-06) Type 2 Diabetes Erases 15 Years From Your Life

Although it's known that type 2 diabetes increases
the risk of heart disease, a new study found that the
condition brings on fatal and non-fatal heart attacks,
strokes and other cardiovascular events 15 years
earlier than in those without diabetes, as well as
significantly shortens lifespan.

The researchers studied hospital and death records
of close to 9.5 million Canadians, 379,000 of whom
had diabetes. They found that men with type 2
diabetes reached "moderate-risk" for heart disease
at an average age of 39 years, compared to age 55
for non-diabetics.

The "high-risk" category was reached at age 49 for
the diabetic men, compared with 62 years for those
without diabetes.
Among women with type 2 diabetes, moderate-risk
was reached at an average age of 46 and high-risk
at an age of 56, compared to 62 and 69,
respectively, for women without diabetes.

Diabetes Shortens Life Expectancy by Nearly Two
Decades

Life expectancy also took a major hit among those
with type 2 diabetes who were also at moderate or
high risk of cardiovascular disease. Those falling
into that category lived an average of 18 years less
than non-diabetics.

It's estimated that 16 million to 18 million Americans
have type 2 diabetes. Those who are obese have
five times the risk of type 2 diabetes as those with a
normal weight.

Source: The Lancet July 1, 2006, Vol. 368, No. 9529: 29-36

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