Exposure to a common group of chemicals thought to last almost forever may be connected to an increased risk of diabetes for middle-aged women, according to a new study.
, the scientific journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, on Monday, the study described how in a cohort of more than 1,000 women, the onset of diabetes was associated with higher levels of exposure to PFAs, a group of more than 4,700 synthetic chemicals.
PFAS have been detected in our water, in the ground, and in human and animal bodies themselves, persisting in our environment far beyond the products they are used in.
Researchers were searching for incident diabetes, which is when a patient with no history of diabetes develops new-onset diabetes abruptly.Researchers organized participants into three groups, based on whether they had high, middle or low exposure to PFAS based on their samples. When they compared participants in the high and middle groups to those in the low exposure group, they found that the incidence rate of diabetes was higher in the high and middle exposure groups.
Women who were in the high exposure group for all seven PFAS included in the study were more than two and a half times more likely to develop diabetes than those with low exposure. It’s unknown if the results from this new study are applicable to men as well, but if they are, that would mean that around 370,000 cases out of the 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with onset diabetes each year might be connected to PFAS exposure, the release stated.
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