Type 1 Diabetes

Study shows heart disease risk factors linked to juvenile diabetes

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, February 18th, 2005

For decades, people with so-called juvenile diabetes have been told that controlling their blood sugar was all they could do to prevent nerve damage that can lead to the amputation of a foot or leg.

But a large new British study suggests they should follow the same advice given to other diabetics: Don't smoke, and watch your weight and blood pressure.

These heart disease risk factors were almost as important as blood-sugar levels in predicting which diabetics would develop nerve problems.

In light of the findings, diabetes experts said cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and other heart disease treatments should be studied to see if...

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