(Health Korea News / Lee Chang-yong) A study found that people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 40 are much more likely to develop cardiovascular disease or die prematurely than the general population of the same age.
The Endocrinology Research Team at Inha University Hospital (Professors Seo Da-hye, Jo Yong-in, Ahn Sung-hee, Hong Sung-bin, and Kim So-heon) announced on the 5th that they obtained these results through a six-year follow-up analysis using data from the National Health Insurance Corporation targeting 634,000 adults aged 18 or older who were first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes between 2012 and 2014 and 1,268,700 normal controls matched for gender, age, and history of cardiovascular disease.
The research team compared the prevalence and mortality of cardiovascular disease by age of type 2 diabetes diagnosis with the control group. As a result, patients diagnosed with diabetes before the age of 40 had a five-fold higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, a seven-fold higher probability of being hospitalized for heart failure, and at least a five-fold higher probability of dying from cardiovascular disease or other causes.
As the age of diabetes diagnosis increased by 10 years, the risk of developing cardiovascular disease gradually decreased, but still remained statistically significant. For example, even if type 2 diabetes was diagnosed after age 91, the risk of developing cardiovascular disease was approximately 3 times higher than in the control group, and the risk of being hospitalized for heart failure was 1.2 times higher.
Professor Seo Da-hye said, “The results of this study clearly show that early onset of type 2 diabetes in young adults has serious health consequences,” and “The risk was especially prominent in diabetic patients without a history of cardiovascular disease. This suggests that even in young adults, effective health management through regular checkups and early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.”
The results of this study were recently published in the international journal ‘Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice’.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that there are more than 500 million people with diabetes worldwide. In Korea, one in six adults over 30 years old suffers from diabetes. Diabetes increases the risk of various vascular complications, including myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and kidney disease, which can lead to premature death. In particular, type 2 diabetes in young adults tends to show early complications and a high hospitalization rate.
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