Post by Ravi Subramanian
Lifespan Nutritionist, Exercise Physiology Advisor, Therapeutic Diabetes Patient Mentor, Patient Advisory Council Member & Diabetes Lived Experience Expertise and Advocacy
Wow! What an insightful post from Salih Hendricks. Cross-sectional and prospective studies have consistently found that people with diabetes have 50%–90% increased risk of disability, including mobility loss, reduced instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and activities of daily living (ADL), and work disability. The association of diabetes with increased disability risk is multifactorial, with age, longer diabetes duration, obesity, coronary heart disease, lower extremity complications, depression, and stroke among the most consistently observed factors explaining the difference in disability rates between people with and without diabetes. Additionally, several studies have suggested that specific physiological factors, including inflammation, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and their contribution to loss of muscle mass, may also mediate the higher diabetes-related disability risk.
