Diabetes can be literally heart-stopping, a new study asserts.
People with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes have a dramatically higher risk of sudden cardiac death, which occurs when the heart stops beating, researchers reported Thursday in the European Heart Journal.
They also have a shorter life expectancy on average, partly due to sudden cardiac death, results show.
"We found that sudden cardiac death occurs more frequently in people with diabetes across all age groups, and that sudden cardiac death has a substantial impact on the shortened life expectancy in individuals with diabetes," lead researcher Dr. Tobias Skjelbred, a doctoral student with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, said in a news release.
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