Unknown Factors May Protect Patients From Ravages of Diabetes

More evidence that they have no idea what they are talking about.

A select group of patients appear to have some novel protective factors that allow them to live with type 1 diabetes for a half-century or more without development of serious adverse effects, investigators report in the April issue of Diabetes Care.

The study authors saw no significant relationship between the prevalence of complications and glycemic control, as measured by hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in this group of patients.

Comforting.

Then deal with the known factors that protect people from diabetes and other bad diseases - fitness.