Recent research suggests that adults with type 1 diabetes that smoke could have worse levels of HBA1C (glycosylated hemoglobin) and worse metabolic results than non -smokers.
Scientists from the University of Medicine of Innsbruck, Austria have also shown that smoking could increase the risk of vascular complications in people with type 1 diabetes, which we remember is the first cause of mortality of people with diabetes.
Sabine E. Hofer, MD, PHD and his colleagues analyzed data from the DM1 Change Registry in the United States and the Prospective Diabetes Monitoring in Germany and Austria.In total, the study included 20,405 adults with type 1 diabetes.
The study team sought to determine the association between smoking and metabolic results, with the participants defined as smokers if they smoked at least one cigarette per day.The other groups included former smokers and non -smokers.
In that study it was found that those who smoked had significantly higher levels of HBA1C compared to non -smokers (70 vs. 62 mmol / mol).This association remained even after adjustment by sex, age and duration of diabetes.
It was also found that smokers have higher levels of triglycerides and LDL cholesterol compared to non -smokers.
The study has been published in the Diabetes Care magazine.So if you have diabetes and smoke, we imagine that they will have told you, but try to quit smoking.It is harmful to your general health and as the study we publish today, for your particular diabetes.
