Restrictive Lung Disease Linked to Incident Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

Restrictive lung function impairment is associated with incident type 2 diabetes and fatal coronary heart disease (CHD), partially because of traditional and metabolic risk factors and inflammation, according to the results of a prospective study reported online June 2 in Diabetes Care.

"The association between impaired lung function and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality is well established, although the mechanisms remain unclear," write S. Goya Wannamethee, PhD, from University College Medical School in London, United Kingdom, and colleagues. "Reduced lung function is also one of the many clinical features associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Diabetes has been shown to be associated with impaired pulmonary function in a restrictive pattern and prospective studies have suggested that reduced lung function may be associated with the development of T2DM."

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