life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15 years

August 19, 2012

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Issue 639

Lifespans for Type 1 Diabetes Patients Getting Longer by 15 Years

Life expectancy significantly increased among individuals with type 1

diabetes during a 30-year, long-term prospective study....

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that study participants

diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1965 and 1980 lived around 15 years

longer than participants diagnosed between 1950 and 1964. During the same

period, the life expectancy of the general U.S. population also increased by

less than one year.

, M.S., statistician at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate

School of Public Health, stated that, " The estimated 15-year life expectancy

improvement between the two groups persisted regardless of gender or age at

diagnosis. "

The study findings are based on individuals who took part in the Pittsburgh

Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study. Participants of the

study were diagnosed with the disease between 1950 and 1980.

Trevor Orchard MD, senior author and professor of epidemiology, pediatrics

and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, said, " Type 1 diabetes

mortality rates are known to have decreased over time, but recent life

expectancy estimates for those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United

States are lacking. "

" Therefore, we estimated life expectancy of the EDC study cohort and were

impressed to see such an improvement - a tribute to how modern day treatment

has dramatically changed the outlook for those with childhood onset of type

1 diabetes. "

The researchers found that the mortality rate for participants diagnosed

with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 was 35.6% vs. 11.6% of those

diagnosed between 1965-1980.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin to

control blood glucose levels. The disease, which is generally treated with

insulin replacement therapy, is usually diagnosed in children and young

adults.

This disease is caused by an overactive immune system - the patient's body

attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them for

harmful pathogens.

" Improvements in the life expectancy of type 1 diabetes " Trevor Orchard et

al Diabetes July 30, 2012, doi: 10.2337/db11-1625

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August 19, 2012

Nice to see a study which affirms something most of us could have probably

guessed. I was diagnosed in 1967, so I just fit in the latter group who have

a longer life expectancy. The keys are pretty easy to summarize: Personal

blood testing meters, and quick acting insulins in combination with multiple

daily injections.

Dave

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at Facebook and " like " me!

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of LaFrance-Wolf

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 3:01 PM

To: Acb-Diabetics (AT) Acb (DOT) Org

Subject: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15 years

<http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/diabetes-in-control-newsletters/639>

Issue 639

Lifespans for Type 1 Diabetes Patients Getting Longer by 15 Years

Life expectancy significantly increased among individuals with type 1

diabetes during a 30-year, long-term prospective study....

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that study participants

diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1965 and 1980 lived around 15 years

longer than participants diagnosed between 1950 and 1964. During the same

period, the life expectancy of the general U.S. population also increased by

less than one year.

, M.S., statistician at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate

School of Public Health, stated that, " The estimated 15-year life expectancy

improvement between the two groups persisted regardless of gender or age at

diagnosis. "

The study findings are based on individuals who took part in the Pittsburgh

Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study. Participants of the

study were diagnosed with the disease between 1950 and 1980.

Trevor Orchard MD, senior author and professor of epidemiology, pediatrics

and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, said, " Type 1 diabetes

mortality rates are known to have decreased over time, but recent life

expectancy estimates for those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United

States are lacking. "

" Therefore, we estimated life expectancy of the EDC study cohort and were

impressed to see such an improvement - a tribute to how modern day treatment

has dramatically changed the outlook for those with childhood onset of type

1 diabetes. "

The researchers found that the mortality rate for participants diagnosed

with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 was 35.6% vs. 11.6% of those

diagnosed between 1965-1980.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin to

control blood glucose levels. The disease, which is generally treated with

insulin replacement therapy, is usually diagnosed in children and young

adults.

This disease is caused by an overactive immune system - the patient's body

attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them for

harmful pathogens.

" Improvements in the life expectancy of type 1 diabetes " Trevor Orchard et

al Diabetes July 30, 2012, doi: 10.2337/db11-1625

Related Articles

ADA:

<http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/articles/53-diabetes-news/12935-ada-first-

us-type-1-registry-with-25000-participants-publishes-results> First U.S.

Type 1 Registry with 25,000 Participants Publishes Results

August 19, 2012

I was diagnosed in 1944 and am still here!

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Bond

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 1:36 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15

years

Nice to see a study which affirms something most of us could have probably

guessed. I was diagnosed in 1967, so I just fit in the latter group who have

a longer life expectancy. The keys are pretty easy to summarize: Personal

blood testing meters, and quick acting insulins in combination with multiple

daily injections.

Dave

Visit <http://www.facebook.com/pages/-Bond/161496407291957> Bond

at Facebook and " like " me!

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of

LaFrance-Wolf

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 3:01 PM

To: Acb-Diabetics (AT) Acb (DOT) Org

Subject: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15 years

<http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/diabetes-in-control-newsletters/639>

Issue 639

Lifespans for Type 1 Diabetes Patients Getting Longer by 15 Years

Life expectancy significantly increased among individuals with type 1

diabetes during a 30-year, long-term prospective study....

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that study participants

diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 1965 and 1980 lived around 15 years

longer than participants diagnosed between 1950 and 1964. During the same

period, the life expectancy of the general U.S. population also increased by

less than one year.

, M.S., statistician at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate

School of Public Health, stated that, " The estimated 15-year life expectancy

improvement between the two groups persisted regardless of gender or age at

diagnosis. "

The study findings are based on individuals who took part in the Pittsburgh

Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study. Participants of the

study were diagnosed with the disease between 1950 and 1980.

Trevor Orchard MD, senior author and professor of epidemiology, pediatrics

and medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, said, " Type 1 diabetes

mortality rates are known to have decreased over time, but recent life

expectancy estimates for those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United

States are lacking. "

" Therefore, we estimated life expectancy of the EDC study cohort and were

impressed to see such an improvement - a tribute to how modern day treatment

has dramatically changed the outlook for those with childhood onset of type

1 diabetes. "

The researchers found that the mortality rate for participants diagnosed

with type 1 diabetes between 1950 and 1964 was 35.6% vs. 11.6% of those

diagnosed between 1965-1980.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin to

control blood glucose levels. The disease, which is generally treated with

insulin replacement therapy, is usually diagnosed in children and young

adults.

This disease is caused by an overactive immune system - the patient's body

attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them for

harmful pathogens.

" Improvements in the life expectancy of type 1 diabetes " Trevor Orchard et

al Diabetes July 30, 2012, doi: 10.2337/db11-1625

Related Articles

ADA:

<http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/articles/53-diabetes-news/12935-ada-first-

us-type-1-registry-with-25000-participants-publishes-results> First U.S.

Type 1 Registry with 25,000 Participants Publishes Results

August 20, 2012

Hello, All,

I couldn't agree with Dave more. In my private mind I divide diabetes

into two categories: Type B, for Before Meters, and Type A, for After

Meters. I think the meters are the most important tool in keeping a

hold on the D-demon.

Dotty

August 20, 2012

Well, hats off to you Nurse Pat! When did you get your first meter?

Dotty

August 20, 2012

I think it was some time in the late 70's. I don't remember which one it

was, but it di not work very accurately.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Dorothea

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:25 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15

years

Well, hats off to you Nurse Pat! When did you get your first meter?

Dotty

August 21, 2012

Friends of mine, sometime in the late 70s as Pat mentioned, were married and

had a young boy who was diagnosed with diabetes. The parents were all out to

get anything they could get to aid their son. I went over for dinner one

time and they suggested I check my blood sugar just for " fun. " Well, it was

somewhere in the 300s, which I shrugged off as no big deal. Back then,

numbers couldn't convince me to do anything different. I felt fine, I was

active, I of course still had my sight, so what was the big deal?

If I'd followed their lead in how they treated their son, who knows, but I

might not be blind today.

Dave

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at Facebook and " like " me!

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of LaFrance-Wolf

Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:10 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15

years

I think it was some time in the late 70's. I don't remember which one it

was, but it di not work very accurately.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

[mailto:blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Dorothea

Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 7:25 PM

To: blind-diabetics

<mailto:blind-diabetics%40yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Re: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15

years

Well, hats off to you Nurse Pat! When did you get your first meter?

Dotty

August 21, 2012

From: Bond

Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:39 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: RE: life expectancy of type 1 increased by 15 years