Women with type 1 diabetes have significantly higher risk of dying than men

Women with type 1 diabetes are at raised risk of dying from any cause and twice as likely to die from heart disease as men with type 1 diabetes, a meta-analysis has found.1

It is well known that people with type 1 diabetes have a shorter life expectancy than the general population. “But, until now, it was not clear whether this excess risk of mortality is the same in women and men …