Prediabetes Can Shorten a Person's Life
The CDC estimates
that 88
million adult Americans have prediabetes.
And most persons with prediabetes are not aware
that they have the condition. The CDC’s diabetes
prevention program trial that took place between
1996 and 2001 showed that lifestyle intervention
could reduce the risk of progression from
prediabetes to diabetes by 58% compared to people
with prediabetes who were receiving usual care.
And a recent study
suggests that prediabetes can shorten a person’s
life.
The investigators studied 2844 subjects to
determine how the “years of potential life lost,”
or YPLL,
for persons with prediabetes compared with the
YPLL of persons with diabetes and the YPLL of
persons with normoglycemia. The subjects were male
and female with an average age of 52. From 1976 to
1982 the participants were given oral glucose
tolerance tests. Also, anthropometric measurements
were made during the study period.
The researchers concluded “that adjusted life
expectancy of middle-aged individuals with
prediabetes” was two years shorter than the life
expectancy of individuals with normoglycemia, and
the expectancy of individuals with diabetes was
eight years shorter than individuals with
normoglycemia. The researchers went on to
say that “YPLL was
greater in women, younger individuals (less
than 16 year) and in those with moderate
overweight.” The researchers indicated that both
the intrinsic risk associated with prediabetes and
the risk of progressing from prediabetes to
diabetes could be factors impacting lifespan.
The study confirms the importance of addressing
prediabetes, especially in middle-aged adults.
Healthcare providers should endeavor to work with
at-risk prediabetes patients. They should work
with the patients, if appropriate, to get them
into a diabetes prevention program. These programs
can delay or prevent diabetes which could increase
the lifespan of a person with prediabetes.
Delaying or preventing diabetes can not only
increase a person’s lifespan. It could also lower
the person’s healthcare costs.
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