Myongji Hospital Endocrinology Department Professor Lee Min-kyung.
[헬스코리아뉴스 / 이시우] Among young adults in their 20s and 30s, a study found that the risk of diabetes increased by up to 2.36 times for those with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
This is the result of a research team led by professors Lee Min-kyung and Lee Jae-hyeok of the Department of Endocrinology at Myongji Hospital, Professor Lee Soo-young of the Department of Mental Health Medicine, and Professor Han Kyung-do of the Department of Information Statistics and Actuarial Science at Soongsil University.
Although it is known that mental illness increases the risk of diabetes, the research team conducted a study to identify this as large-scale studies using big data of domestic patients were lacking. In particular, as the incidence of diabetes has recently shown a significant increase in young adults under the age of 40, the analysis was conducted focusing on those in their 20s and 30s.
The research team used national health insurance data from 2009 to 2012 to analyze about 6.5 million people, including the general public aged 20 to 39 and patients diagnosed with mental illness. The range of mental disorders included schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and five sleep disorders that have been reported to be related to diabetes.
As a result of the study, the incidence rate of diabetes was 2.56 in the general population per 1,000 people per year, which is the number of occurrences when 1,000 people were observed for one year, while it was 2.89 in the case of mental illness, showing a significant difference.
In particular, the risk of developing diabetes by mental disorder was 2.36 times higher for schizophrenia (6.05 people) and 1.96 times higher for bipolar disorder (5.02 people) than the general population. Sleep disorders (3.23 people), depression (3 people), and anxiety disorders (2.78 people) were also found to increase the risk of developing diabetes.
Regarding these results, the research team analyzed that not only medications for mental illness or physiological characteristics, but also the lifestyle of patients with mental illness can affect the occurrence of diabetes. This explained that patients with mental illness lack awareness of diabetes and have difficulty managing proper lifestyles such as exercise and dietary restrictions, making them relatively easily exposed to obesity or diabetes.
Professor Lee Min-kyung said, “This study is of great significance in that it identified the relationship between mental illness and diabetes in young adults using domestic big data. It is important to prevent diabetes through regular checkups.”
The results of this study were published in the SCI-level international journal ‘JAMA network open’ under the title of ‘Type 2 Diabetes and Its Association With Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults in South Korea’.
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2023-07-15 04:49:27
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