In research out of Columbia from the University of Cartagena, scientists looked at many of the impacts type 2 diabetes is having on people that are not as well-known as renal failure, high blood pressure, and other complications.

Their work, using data from thousands of patients and tools from the Centers for Disease Control in the US, uncovered a startling fact about women who have type 2 diabetes.

After adjusting for other health factors, researchers found that women with type 2 diabetes were alarmingly more likely to begin menopause early- as soon as age 40- as non-diabetic women.

Menopause is a normal stage of life for all women who menstruate, with an average age of onset at about 50.  However, women with type 2 diabetes are almost 3 times as likely to begin menopause 10 years sooner.

They also found that problematic conditions that can come with menopause are much worse overall when diabetes is present, such as deeper depression, worsened osteoarthritis, and other complications.

The study did not address the factors as to why early menopause happened at such a startling rate, but note that the complications diabetes causes are still being uncovered all the time, underscoring the need to get diabetes under control.

Due to the fact that worldwide, almost 340 million people have type 2 diabetes (more than the entire US population), and by 2030 more than 550 million people will have it, according to the International Diabetes Federation, it is even more critical to get the problem under control now.

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