Study finds substantially shorter life expectancy for patients with type 1 diabetes

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 18:40 in Health & Medicine

For patients with type 1 diabetes in Scotland, at age 20 years, the average man has an estimated life expectancy loss of about 11 years; for women, it is 13 years, compared with the general Scottish population without type 1 diabetes, according to a study.

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