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# Heart disease more likely in obese diabetes mellitus type 2 patients
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/heart_disease_obesity_diabetes_mellitus_type_2_0730120602/
- Published: 2012-07-30T19:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:05:00.000Z
- Description: Among 711 people under 65 with type 2 diabetes, body mass index tracked with ischemic heart disease and albuminuria but not with cerebrovascular disease, neuropathy, retinopathy or renal function, an Australian team reports in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

By David Liu PHD

Monday July 30, 2012 ([foodconsumer.org](http://www.foodconsumer.org/)) -- Obese men and women with type 2 diabetes mellitus are more likely to develop heart disease, according to a study published in July 2012 in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.

The study found body mass index of diabetes mellitus type 2 patients was associated with the incidence of ischemic heart disease and albuminuria, but not with the incidence of cerebrovascular disease, neuropathy, retinopathy or renal function.

John M. Wentworth of Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and colleagues found the associations after analysing data from 711 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 who were aged younger than 65 years.

The researchers also found body mass index was not associated with glycosylated hemoglobin, a parameter that indicates the severity of type 2 diabetes mellitus, although obese patients used insulin both more frequently and at high doses.

They concluded "In people with long-standing type 2 diabetes who attend a tertiary hospital outpatient clinic, ischemic heart disease, in contrast to other vascular complications, correlates robustly with BMI. These findings indicate that clinical trials of weight loss in type 2 diabetes should use cardiac endpoints as their primary outcomes."

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. This disease in many cases can be reversed by following a healthy diet and many modifiable risk factors have been identified. For instance, high vitamin D levels may reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes mellitus.