Follow up: Nazik Issa
A recent study found that type 2 diabetes that appears in young adulthood is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
The study was conducted by researchers led by Dr. Da Hye Seo of Inha University School of Medicine in South Korea.
The researchers found that men and women diagnosed with type 2 diabetes aged 40 or younger were more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and early death than the same age group in the general population.
The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for the Study of Diabetes, which will be held in Stockholm from September 19 to 23, and will be published by the “Yurik Alert” website.
“Our findings clearly highlight the serious health effects of developing type 2 diabetes at an early age, and the importance of efforts to prevent diabetes early in life,” said Dr. Da Hee Seo.
Because CVD is a major cause of death, it is important to ensure its burden on people with type 2 diabetes early on, and to assess the age at which CVD risk begins to increase.