Diabetes Risk Not Linked to Menopause Timing or Type

Women aged younger than 45 years who experience⁣ menopause are at a higher risk of coronary heart ‍disease and stroke.However, despite such diabetes-related risk factors as increased fat and insulin resistance occurring⁤ during menopause, a ⁣new large-scale study found no autonomous relationship between age or type of menopause and the ‍onset of diabetes.

Study results are published ⁤in the article “Timing⁢ and type of menopause are not risk factors for ⁣the onset of diabetes: a UK Biobank cohort study,“⁢ online in⁤ Menopause.

Natural menopause and menopause with a surgical cause have been associated with a higher risk of alterations in glucose metabolism in postmenopause. That led many researchers to theorize that early onset (women aged ⁣40-45 years) or‍ premature (women aged⁣ < 40 years) menopause would increase a woman’s risk of type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

However,a new large-scale study analyzed ⁣nearly 147,000 women⁣ over a mean follow-up of 14.5 years and concluded that there was no independent or clinically meaningful ⁣relationship between age or type of menopause and the onset of diabetes.

The ⁣mean age of women‍ in the study was 60 years, and more ⁢than ha

Journal details: Menopause

Jose Antonio Quesada, et al. Timing and type of menopause are not risk factors for the onset of diabetes: a UK Biobank cohort study,⁢ Menopause (2026). DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000002720

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