Chinese adults diagnosed with diabetes live nine years less on average
Study of 513,00 adults from across China ran from 2004 to 2014 and found significantly increased probability of dying in those with diabetes. In other health news: acupuncture might help colicky babies stop crying
Among adults in China, those with diabetes diagnosed in middle age lose, on average, nine years of life compared with those without diabetes, according to new research published in the January 17 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
In China the prevalence of diabetes has quadrupled in recent decades, with an estimated 100 million adults now affected. Researchers from the University of Oxford and Peking University analysed data from nearly 513,000 adults aged 30 to 79 years from 10 areas (five rural and five urban) across China, who were recruited between 2004 and 2008 and followed up until 2014. Among the participants, 6 per cent had diabetes.
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The researchers found that, compared with adults without diabetes, individuals with diabetes had twice the risk of dying during the follow-up period, and the increase was higher in rural areas than in urban areas.
The researchers estimated that the 25-year probability of death would be 69 per cent among those diagnosed with diabetes at age 50 compared with 38 per cent among otherwise similar individuals without diabetes, corresponding to a loss of nine years of life (10 years in rural areas and eight years in urban areas).
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