These are the benefits of exercise in type 2 diabetes

People with a recent diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes And without a history of cardiovascular disease, they have a positive association between the physical activity declared by the person and the risk of mortality due to any cause and major adverse heart events such as infarcts and accidents brainaccording to the study that will be presented in the ‘Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes’ (EASD) This year, in Vienna, Austria (from September 15 to 19).

Previous studies have shown that exercise improves insulin sensitivity, glycemia control and body composition in people with type 2 diabetes, and is associated with a Cardiovascular risk reduction in the general population. In this new study, the authors have analyzed whether self -decorated physical activity can serve as a prognostic marker of cardiovascular disease (ECV) and risk of mortality in people with recent ECV diagnosis and without a history of ECV.

The study led by the doctors of the Odense Steno Diabetes Center Odense University Hospital (Denmark), Line Eriksen and Sidsel Domazet, used data from the ‘Danish Center for Strategic Research in Type 2 Diabetes’ which included 11,355 participants born between 2010 and 2023 and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (DT2) in the previous two years. Likewise, the physical activity self -declared by the participants was categorized in sedentary, light and moderate to vigorous (AFMV).

Following a statistical model, the researchers found that 18% of the participants reported to be sedentary, while 62% and 20% carried out light and AFMV physical activity, respectively. During an average follow -up time of 8.4 years, 1149 ECV events and 1048 deaths occurred and the highest levels of physical activity were inversely associated with major adverse cardiac events and mortality for any cause.

Specifically, participants who carried out light and AFMV physical activity had a Risk 23% and 28% lower cardiac events major adverse, and a 27% and 33% risk of mortality due to any cause, respectively, compared to sedentary participants.

However, after adjusting the risk factors of ECV (cholesterol, systolic blood pressure …), the reduction of AMFV risk remained both for higher adverse heart events (a 30%reduction) and for mortality by all causes (a 31%reduction) compared to sedentary participants. Likewise, the reduction of light physical activity risk also remained both for major adverse cardiac events (a 20%reduction) and for mortality due to all causes (a 22%reduction).

“The Physical activity Self -demolated was a Independent Mortality Predictor For any cause and major adverse cardiac events in people with a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes without a history of cardiovascular disease. These associations persisted even after adjusting for classic ECV risk factors, “the researchers underline.

“This highlights the possible health benefits of doing at least some physical activity instead of doing nothing, in terms of prevention of cardiovascular diseases and premature deaths in people with recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes,” they conclude.