Each additional decade of type 2 diabetes shortens lives by about 3.5 years compared to not having diabetes, researchers estimate on the basis of data from studies conducted in 19 high-income countries.
They estimate that among 50-year-olds, life expectancy of those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 30 is 14 years shorter than that of their peers without diabetes. Among those diagnosed at age 50, life expectancy is 6 years shorter.
The study by the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration was recently published in The Lancet – Diabetes and Endocrinology.
