data on a control group of more than 1.5 million without the disease, and compared the two for about five years.
They found that people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before age 40 fared the worst. They had the highest increased risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure, a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, and death.
Women generally had higher increased risk of heart disease and death than men in most categories.
The findings on seniors were less worrisome. The researchers found that increased risk of death, regardless of cause, for people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 80 or older significantly decreased and was the same as those of similar age without diabetes.
The study was published April 8 in
