GAY,LESBIAN & BISEXUAL WOMEN MORE PRONE FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

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One 24 yrs study has shown that Gay,lesbian & bisexual women suffer more Type 2 Diabetes as these are subjected to more stressful life due to their choice of enjoying the life as they like.So a new research suggests that sexual orientation might also be a risk factor of diabetes beside specific genes in a family,area of living,few caste,race,ethinicity,obesity, type 1 personality etc.

             The new study — which was led by Heather L. Corliss, a professor at San Diego State University's Graduate School of Public Health in California — suggests that women who identify as lesbian or bisexual are at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.The findings were published in the journal Diabetes Care.To study the incidence of type 2 diabetes among gay and bisexual women, Corliss and colleagues studied 94,250 women who had taken part in the Nurses' Health Study II — which is one of the largest longitudinal studies to ever investigate risk factors for major chronic conditions among women.

Of the study participants, 1,267 identified as lesbian or bisexual. The women were aged between 24 and 44 at the beginning of the study in 1989. In 1989–2013, every 2 years, the women were clinically assessed for diabetes.Overall, the study discovered that lesbian and bisexual women were 27 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes in the 24-year study period.

The study also revealed that gay and bisexual women tended to develop the condition earlier on than heterosexual women. Additionally, a higher body mass index (BMI) seemed to mediate this correlation.Corliss and team also highlight the importance of stress in preventing chronic disease in this group of women.

"[T]here is a reason," they go on to explain, "to suspect that [lesbian and bisexual] women may have disparities in chronic physical health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, because they are more likely than heterosexual women to have risk factors such as obesity, tobacco smoking, heavy alcohol drinking, and stress-related exposures."

The study authors suggest that the discrimination and psychological distress that these women may be prone to could take a toll on their health and raises the risk of various health problems. Corliss and colleagues conclude: