Study Finds Fatal Heart Attack Risk Grows By 50% For People With Diabetes
- 8 years ago
Researchers at the University of Leeds are advising people with diabetes and the health professionals who care for them to be extra vigilant about addressing heart attack risks.
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Leeds are advising people with diabetes and the health professionals who care for them to be extra vigilant about addressing heart attack risks.
The team has found that individuals affected by diabetes are, on average, 50% more likely to suffer fatal consequences from such cardiac events.
In conducting their research, the scientists followed the cases of 700,000 heart attack sufferers who had been admitted to hospital, just over 120,000 of these patients were diabetic.
According to a press release issued by the University, "People with diabetes were 56 per cent more likely to have died if they had experienced a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) heart attack – in which the coronary artery is completely blocked – than those without the condition. They were 39 per cent more likely to have died if they had a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) heart attack – in which the artery is partially blocked - than those without diabetes."
Dr. Chris Gale, the lead author of the study, said, “Although these days people are more likely than ever to survive a heart attack, we need to place greater focus on the long-term effects of diabetes in heart attack survivors.”
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Leeds are advising people with diabetes and the health professionals who care for them to be extra vigilant about addressing heart attack risks.
The team has found that individuals affected by diabetes are, on average, 50% more likely to suffer fatal consequences from such cardiac events.
In conducting their research, the scientists followed the cases of 700,000 heart attack sufferers who had been admitted to hospital, just over 120,000 of these patients were diabetic.
According to a press release issued by the University, "People with diabetes were 56 per cent more likely to have died if they had experienced a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) heart attack – in which the coronary artery is completely blocked – than those without the condition. They were 39 per cent more likely to have died if they had a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) heart attack – in which the artery is partially blocked - than those without diabetes."
Dr. Chris Gale, the lead author of the study, said, “Although these days people are more likely than ever to survive a heart attack, we need to place greater focus on the long-term effects of diabetes in heart attack survivors.”