The Menopause Does Not Affect Diabetes

Thu, 28 Jul 2011
American research claim that the menopause has minimal or no effect at all on whether women become more at risk for diabetes.

University of Michigan Health System researchers state that post-menopausal women do not have any higher risk of developing diabetes whether or not they experienced natural menopause or have had their ovaries removed.

1,237 women aged between 40 and 65 who are at high risk of diabetes were monitored.

The research highlights that the menopause is a part of aging and it does not necessitate that women's health is going to be worse afterwards.

Previous evidence intimates that the menopause speeds the progression to diabetes as post-menopausal women have relatively higher levels of the hormone testosterone, which increases your chances of developing diabetes.

This recent study shows healthy results for postmenopausal women.

For every year 100 women were monitored, 11.8 premenopausal women developed diabetes, in contrast to 10.5 amongst women in natural menopause and 12.9 cases among women who had their ovaries removed.

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