Young adults with prediabetes at higher risk of suffering from heart attack

Young adults with higher than normal blood sugar levels that signal prediabetes were more likely to be hospitalised for heart attack compared to their peers with normal blood sugar levels according to a researchHaving prediabetes means that ones blood sugar levels are higher than normal with fasting blood sugar between 100 to 125 mgdL although not high enough to be diagnosed as Type 2 diabetesPrediabetes is common and increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetesThe study found that young adults with prediabetes had 17 times higher chances of being hospitalised for a heart attack compared to their peers without prediabetesPrediabetes if left untreated can significantly impact health and can progress to Type 2 diabetes which is known to increase a persons risk for cardiovascular disease said Akhil Jain a resident physician at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in the USWith heart attacks happening increasingly in young adults our study was focused on defining the risk factors pertinent to this young population so that future scientific guidelines and health policies may be better able to address cardiovascular disease risks in relation to prediabetes he addedThe findings were presented at the American Heart Associations Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022Researchers reviewed patient health records from the year 2018 for heart attackrelated hospitalisations among young adults ages 18 to 44 years oldThe analysis found that of the more than 78 million young adults hospitalised for heart attack more than 31000 had blood sugar levels correlating to prediabetesAmong those with prediabetes the incidence of heart attack was 215 per cent compared to 03 per cent in young adults with normal blood sugar levelsAdults with prediabetes were also more likely than their peers without prediabetes to have high cholesterol and obesityHowever despite having higher chances of having a heart attack the young adults with prediabetes did not have higher incidences of other major adverse cardiovascular events such as cardiac arrest or stroke Jain saidWhile prediabetes is a precursor to Type 2 diabetes and other serious health complications it can be reversed Many of the steps taken to prevent prediabetes are the same steps to prevent heart diseaseEating a healthy diet quitting smoking cutting down on stress being physically active and losing weight if needed are all meaningful ways to reverse a prediabetes diagnosisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever