Smokers have Risk of Diabetes

 Smokers have Risk 

        Of Diabetes

1 Chronic smokers have higher

     risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes

      as compared to non smokers

2.    People having 20 cigarettes a

         day had  61% higher  risk of 

          Developing Type 2 diabetes.

          Less than 20 cigarettes a day 

           had 29% higher risk of         developing   Type 2 diabetes .

  3 A higher dose of insulin was needed

       to achieve the same metabolic  control

In smokers as compared to non smokers

      This risk rises due to the insulin 

       Insensitivity resulting from nicotine

       One of the active chemicals in cigarettes.

 4    smokers have higher abdominal 

       Obesity than non smokers , which

       Is a key risk factor for diabetes.

        Ref Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Sep :55(9):546

               

               Radia Marium  Modhumi Khan

                Zoey Jia Yu Chu

                 Jia Chi Tan

                 Yingying Yang

                  Zehuan Liao and Yanzhao