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DIABETES DIGEST – July 14, 2015 – People who have diabetes and experience high rates of complications are more likely to develop dementia as they age than people who have fewer diabetic complications, according to a new study published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
The 12-year-long population-based study analyzed records from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database dating back to 1999 to identify 431,178 people who were older than 50 and newly diagnosed with diabetes. The researchers reviewed the records to determine how many people in the cohort were admitted to a hospital or had at least three outpatient medical visits for dementia after they were diagnosed with diabetes.
