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Type 2 diabetes raises risk of early dementia

27.07.2021

Scientists from the University of Paris found that type 2 diabetes significantly increases the risk of developing early dementia.

Patients with this diagnosis between the ages of 60 and 64 require close monitoring by doctors. Experts studied data from more than 10 people collected as part of the Whitehall II study.

This long-term experiment involved people aged 35 to 55 years. All of them were tested every 4 years and recorded in an electronic medical record. Thus, scientists received the most complete data over a long period, in particular, about the health status of people with type 2 diabetes.

It turned out that the risk of developing dementia increases by 25% if the disease was diagnosed at 60-64 years old. If high blood sugar began to bother respondents aged 65 to 70, in this case they were 24% more likely than others to suffer from senile dementia. In cases where the disease developed in people older than 70 years, this did not have any effect on dementia.

Researchers are sure that the whole thing is in the work of the cardiovascular system. Typically, people with type 2 diabetes have low blood pressure. Also, the body suffers from insulin-dependent therapy and is depleted. As a result, in old age, the risk of stroke increases, and already against its background, Alzheimer's disease or dementia develops.

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