Type 2 diabetes risk factors

Women with a history of gestational diabetes have a significantly increased risk for long-term mortality regardless of whether or not they subsequently developed type 2 diabetes.

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is associated with similar risks for mortality and cardiovascular disease and an increased risk for retinopathy compared with type 2 diabetes.

Younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis is associated with shorter life expectancy, with 3 to 4 years lost for every decade of earlier diagnosis.

Novel model for risk prediction of kidney disease progression and efficacy of SGLT2 inhibition in patients with type 2 diabetes.

SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists appear to offer the best protection against major adverse cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes.

The TIMI Risk Score for Atherothrombosis in Diabetes categorises risk of myocardial infarction or stroke in people with type 2 diabetes.

Hypertension has the largest impact on mortality risk in younger people with type 2 diabetes, whereas chronic kidney disease is a greater threat for older people, shows a population-based study.

Levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein decrease in people with or without type 2 diabetes taking weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg, shows analysis of three STEP trials.

Researchers find that controlling modifiable risk factors limits the risk for developing type 2 diabetes in women with previous gestational diabetes, even if they have overweight or high genetic risk.

The highest risk for type 2 diabetes occurs in people who progress from a low body size in childhood to a high body size in adulthood, shows an analysis of data from the UK Biobank.

A number of factors are associated with severe hypoglycemia risk in people with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin or sulfonylureas, suggests research reported at the 58th EASD Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Among people with early type 2 diabetes, levels of C-peptide are more strongly associated with the risk for future cardiovascular events than levels of C-reactive protein, research suggests.

Researchers find that a single questionnaire item assessing vitality predicts major adverse cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes.

Smoking is associated with an increased risk for albuminuria in both people with prediabetes and those with diabetes, but quitting may not immediately circumvent this risk, researchers report.

Two large cohort studies have demonstrated an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the months following SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Researchers have identified 24 clinical and lifestyle variables associated with a significantly increased risk for severe hypoglycemia among people using insulin for type 2 diabetes.

Researchers assessing 22 predictive models of cardiovascular disease risk find that none accurately predict its occurrence in a population of people with type 2 diabetes.

Keeping meals to their usual daytime slots may help prevent glucose dysregulation in night-shift workers, research shows.

Having first-degree relatives with type 2 diabetes may be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and microvascular complications among people with type 1 diabetes, particularly those diagnosed at a young age, study findings suggest.

Reducing blood pressure may be an effective strategy for the prevention of new-onset type 2 diabetes, suggest researchers from the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration.