Swedish scientists said that the regular abuse of alcohol from adolescence leads to a steady increase in blood glucose levels in women over 40 years of age.

Specialists from the University of Umea told that in men this dependence is not observed. In the course of the experiment, the researchers analyzed the data of thousands of men and women. The collection of information on their consumption of alcohol continued for 27 years. At the start of the study the participants were 16 years old, and at the end of the study - 43 years. At this age, all participants submitted an analysis to the fasting blood glucose level.

It was found that in women after 40 years the elevated fasting blood glucose level is strongly associated with the systematic abuse of alcohol that has been observed all these years. In men, there was no relationship between regular drunkenness and a high risk of diabetes. This is despite the fact that men drank about three times more women all these years and their blood glucose level was on average higher than that of women. In men, unlike women, the development of diabetes contributed to overweight and hypertension.

Vladtime. En.

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