{"id":13898,"date":"2019-07-08T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=13898"},"modified":"2019-07-08T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T13:54:28","slug":"study-statins-increase-risk-of-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/diabetes\/study-statins-increase-risk-of-type-2-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Statins Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New research indicates that taking statins in hopes of lowering your cholesterol may put you at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although previous research has suggested that statins\u2019 ability to lower cholesterol can help reduce the risk of heart attacks and coronary heart disease, they may boost the risk for diabetes. A new study from a team at The Ohio State University set out to further explore the correlation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The new research<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team analyzed the health records of more than 4,600 people who were at risk of heart disease but didn\u2019t have diabetes. Of those 4,600+, 755 people were taking statins when the study started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for factors like age, sex, ethnicity BMI, education, waist circumference, number of doctor visits and triglyceride and cholesterol levels, the team looked for correlations to develop over the three-year study. They found that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Men and women who took statins were 2x more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (compared to those who didn\u2019t take statins).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Men and women who took statins for more than two years were 3x more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Men and women who took statins had a 6.5% higher risk of elevated blood sugar.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t stop taking statins<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe fact that increased duration of statin use was associated with an increased risk of diabetes\u2014something we call a dose-dependent relationship\u2014makes us think that this is likely a causal relationship,\u201d explains the study\u2019s lead researcher, Victoria Zigmont. \u201cThat said, statins are very effective in preventing heart attacks and strokes. I would never recommend that people stop taking the statin they\u2019ve been prescribed based on this study, but it should open up further discussions about diabetes prevention and patient and provider awareness of the issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research was published in the journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research indicates that taking statins in hopes of lowering your cholesterol may put you at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Although previous research has suggested that statins\u2019 ability to lower cholesterol can help reduce the risk of heart attacks and coronary heart disease, they may boost the risk for diabetes. 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