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Study: Women With Endometriosis Face 46% Higher Diabetes Risk
A new study looked at almost three million women over many years.
Some of these women have a health problem called endometriosis, which can cause bad belly pain and painful periods.
The study found that women with endometriosis are 46% more likely to get type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes is a disease where the body has trouble controlling sugar in the blood.
The researchers found that the risk was especially high for younger women and women who were not overweight.
Doctors think swelling inside the body from endometriosis might be one reason for this higher risk.
The results were printed in a science magazine called Diabetologia.
Scientists say more studies are needed to understand exactly why this happens.
They hope this information will help doctors check women with endometriosis for diabetes earlier.
Women with endometriosis have a 46% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
Researchers at George Mason University analyzed nearly 3 million women in the Utah Population Database between 1996 and 2021.
Nearly 100,000 of the women studied had been diagnosed with endometriosis.
The diabetes risk was strongest among premenopausal women and women without obesity.
The findings were published in the journal Diabetologia and suggest chronic inflammation may play a role.
- Who
- Researchers led by George Mason University in the US, including lead author Fuzak Nunziato, studied women in Utah.
- What
- The study found that women with endometriosis have a 46% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than women without the condition.
- Where
- The research drew on the Utah Population Database in the United States.
- When
- The study used data collected between 1996 and 2021; the findings were published in the journal Diabetologia.
- Why
- Chronic inflammation in endometriosis may contribute to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, though researchers say more studies are needed.
Key facts
- Condition studied
- Endometriosis
- Increased diabetes risk
- 46% higher risk of type 2 diabetes
- Study population
- Nearly 3 million women
- Endometriosis cases
- Nearly 100,000 women diagnosed
- Data source
- Utah Population Database (1996-2021)
- Journal
- Diabetologia
- Highest-risk groups
- Premenopausal women and women without obesity
Quotes
Lead author Fuzak Nunziato
Lead author from George Mason University’s College of Public Health
“Previous studies largely evaluated endometriosis as a single condition and generally reported little or no overall association with type 2 diabetes”
NDTV
“Endometriosis was associated with a 46 per cent higher risk of type 2 diabetes compared with no endometriosis”
NDTV
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