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Study finds a link between early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause
People with diabetes are at higher risk of a range of health problems, including eye and foot problems, heart attacks and strokes, and kidney and nerve damage. A new study suggests that the earlier a woman develops diabetes, the sooner she is likely to enter menopause. The study results will be presented at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) annual meeting in Atlanta, October 12-15, 2022. In recent decades, the incidence of type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes has steadily increased. As a result, more women than ever before are expected to spend a larger portion of their reproductive lives with a diabetes diagnosis. The risk...
Study finds a link between early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause
People with diabetes are at higher risk of a range of health problems, including eye and foot problems, heart attacks and strokes, and kidney and nerve damage. A new study suggests that the earlier a woman develops diabetes, the sooner she is likely to enter menopause. The study results will be presented at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) annual meeting in Atlanta, October 12-15, 2022.
In recent decades, the incidence of type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes has steadily increased. As a result, more women than ever before are expected to spend a larger portion of their reproductive lives with a diabetes diagnosis. The risk of developing diabetes after menopause has already been examined in a number of studies. This new study, which involved more than 11,000 women, sought to understand the long-term effects of premenopausal diabetes on women's reproductive health, including their age at natural menopause.
Based on the analysis, researchers found that early age of diagnosis in type 1 diabetes (40 years) was associated with later age at natural menopause compared to those without diabetes. No significant association was found between gestational diabetes and age at menopause
"Our large retrospective cohort study shows that even after accounting for covariates associated with age at natural menopause, we still find an association between an early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause, and a later diagnosis of diabetes with later age at menopause, compared to those who do." "I did not have diabetes. We hope that our work will lay the foundation for further research in this area so that we can better understand and prevent the long-term effects of diabetes on the human body and reproductive system," says Dr. Vrati Mehra, lead author of the study, from the University of Toronto.
This research adds to the growing evidence regarding the collective burden that diabetes causes on the human body. This case shows that young women diagnosed with diabetes are more susceptible to accelerated ovarian aging and early menopause.”
Dr. Stephanie Faubion, medical director of NAMS
Source:
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
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