BEIJING, Sept.
26 (Xinhuanet) -- Researchers from two southern universities in the U.S.
found that people with diabetes are more at risk of developing a critical
illness and dying than people that are obese.
Studies conducted at the University of Kentucky
Chandler Hospital in Lexington and Emory University School of Medicine in
Atlanta analyzed data from 15,408 people between the ages of 44 and 66.
Results of the study, published in the Sept. 24 issue
of Critical Care, took into account body-mass index (BMI), the presence of
diabetes and history of critical illness and death within a three-year time
frame.
Researchers discovered obese people not
suffering from diabetes have less risk of suffering from acute organ failure or
dying from acute organ failure than people who are not obese.
But people with diabetes -- regardless of their
BMI -- are three times more likely to become critically ill from acute organ
failure and three times more likely to die from any cause than people without
diabetes.
The study authors concluded the relationship between
obesity, diabetes and critical illness is complex, and obesity by itself may not
predict poor health outcomes. Enditem
(Agencies)
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