People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as adults have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, according to a new study done by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

The study, published recently in the European Heart Journal , was a registry-based study. The study shows that people with adult-onset type 1 diabetes had a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death from all causes, including cancer and infections, compared with the control group.

“The main reasons for the poor prognosis are smoking, overweight/obesity and poor glucose control. We found that they were less likely to use assistive devices, such as insulin pumps,” first author Yuxia Wei, postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska, said in a news release.

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