London: Diabetes rates among young people are on the rise globally, and researchers say it could shorten life expectancy at a young age.
A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes at age 30 can reduce life expectancy by 14 years, according to new research. Even a diagnosis at age 50 can reduce life expectancy by six years.
Study author Emmanuel D’Angelonto, professor of clinical epidemiology at the Victor Philip Heart and Lung Research Institute at the University of Cambridge in the UK, said type 2 diabetes was seen as a disease that affected older adults but We are increasingly seeing it being diagnosed in younger people’s lives, which means their life expectancy is at risk of being greatly reduced.
For the new study, scientists from Cambridge, Glasgow and other universities examined data from two large international studies – the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration and the UK Biobank – of over 1.5 million people.
The researchers found that an early diagnosis of diabetes was associated with a reduced life expectancy of about four years per decade.
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