Improving Life Expectancy in Type 1 Diabetes

Volume 02, Issue 20
August 2011

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Improving Life Expectancy in Type 1 Diabetes

Interview with:

Trevor Orchard, MBBCh, MMedSci, Professor of Epidemiology, Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Life expectancy in type 1 diabetes

Since the 1950s, life expectancy for people with type 1 diabetes has improved dramatically. Comparing cohorts who were diagnosed between 1965 and 1980 with those diagnosed between 1950 and 1965, life...