Women who suffer from two diseases, diabetes and depression, have a greater risk of dying from heart disease. Both the disease is like a vicious circle which are equally life threatening. Diabetics are more prone to depression because they have had a long-term psychosocial stress, especially if diabetes already have complications.
Type 2 diabetes and depression often triggered an unhealthy lifestyle, such as smoking, high fat foods, and not exercising. In addition, depression was also triggered changes in the nervous system which adversely affects the heart. During this often undiagnosed diabetes patients experiencing depression. According to the data, in the United States 15 million people suffer from depression and 23.5 million people suffer from diabetes. A quarter of patients with diabetes also suffer from depression, which means the amount of two times higher than people without diabetes.
In his research, Dr. Frank B. Hu, a professor at Harvard Medical School and colleagues collected data 78 282 women aged 54-79 years in 2000. Continue their medical history was followed for 6 years. During this period, 4654 women died, including 979 who died from cardiovascular disease. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of death 35 percent higher risk of depression and that 44 per cent compared with women who do not suffer from two diseases. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of death 35 percent higher risk of depression and that 44 per cent compared with women who do not suffer from two diseases.
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