<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b><\/p>\n
TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2019 (HealthDay News) — For women going through menopause, type 1 diabetes is associated with higher coronary artery calcium (CAC) volume and accelerated progression of CAC over time, according to a study published in the December issue of Diabetes Care<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Amena Keshawarz, from the University of Colorado School of Public Health in Aurora, and colleagues followed 311 premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes and 325 premenopausal women without diabetes enrolled in the Coronary Artery Calcification in Type 1 Diabetes study for more than 18 years. Computed tomography scans were used to measure CAC volume.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that CAC volume was higher at baseline and increased more over time in women with type 1 diabetes versus women without diabetes. A significant diabetes-by-menopause interaction was seen, with postmenopausal women with type 1 diabetes having significantly higher CAC volumes than premenopausal women. There was no difference noted for women without diabetes. Even after adjusting for cardiovascular disease risk factors, the interaction remained significant.<\/p>\n
“Given that type 1 diabetes incidence is increasing globally by 3 to 5 percent per year, and that improved treatment has increased longevity, a growing number of women with type 1 diabetes are living through menopause and into older age,” the authors write. “It is imperative to examine how diabetes and sex-specific risk factors may interact to affect cardiovascular risk in this growing population, and how treatments could modify this risk.”<\/p>\n