People in China diagnosed with diabetes in middle age lost an average nine years of life, according to a new study published Tuesday.
本周二发布的一份新研究显示，在中国患糖尿病的中年人一般会减寿九年。
The study, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), said that
inadequate treatment, particularly in rural areas, was mainly to blame for that loss.
The prevalence of diabetes in China has quadrupled in the past decades, with an estimated 100 million adults now
affected -- more than any other country worldwide, but the full
eventual effect on mortality is unknown.
In the new study, researchers from the University of
Oxford and Peking University examined the association of diabetes with mortality in 500,000 adults from 10 areas
scattered throughout China, including five from rural areas and five from urban.
Participants were recruited between 2004 and 2008 and followed up until 2014 for cause-specific mortality.
At the start of the study, six percent had diabetes, including four percent from rural areas and eight percent from urban.
Three percent of these patients were
previously diagnosed while another three percent were detected by screening.
The researchers found that people with diabetes had twice the risk of dying during the follow-up period in comparison with other study participants, and that these risks were higher in rural than in urban areas.
相关单词：diabetes
diabetes解释：n.糖尿病
diabetes例句：
In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。
相关单词：inadequate
inadequate解释：adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的
inadequate例句：
The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
相关单词：affected
affected解释：adj.不自然的，假装的
affected例句：
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
相关单词：eventual
eventual解释：adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
eventual例句：
Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
相关单词：Oxford
Oxford解释：n.牛津（英国城市）
Oxford例句：
At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
相关单词：scattered
scattered解释：adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的
scattered例句：
Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
相关单词：previously
previously解释：adv.以前，先前（地）
previously例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
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