The Results of a Huge Study Done by the US Department of Health Show That Smoking Increases Diabetes Risk
The findings of a new study include the analysis of data from about four million more subjects. The worrisome conclusion: smokers have a 37% increased risk of developing diabetes. It was also found that the heavier the smokers, i.e., the more often they smoke more cigarettes each day, the more likely they are to develop diabetes.
The findings of this prospective study initially included all the subjects without diabetes. The research covered 50 years of smoking, and about 4 million people were involved in it. The results showed that over 140,000 people developed diabetes during this period. After weighing various data, the researchers found that smokers have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes to the tune of 37% on average.
The researchers also found that among people who smoked in the past, the risk increased by 14%. Among smokers of up to 15 cigarettes per day, the risk of developing diabetes increased by 25%, and among smokers of more than 15-20 cigarettes per day, the risk of developing diabetes increased by 54%. At the same time, the authors of the study made it clear that there is hope and that it is advisable to stop smoking because after quitting smoking, eventually, after 12 years, the risk of a former smoker is equal to that of a person who never smoked at all.
