Latest study shows that people who have diabetes has a 70% chances of dying due to liver disease.
Diabetic people are most likely to have liver complication, such as cirrhosis or the scarring of liver and cancer, due to the bodies lack of ability to control blood sugar.
The study was conducted by Edinburgh researchers and they have observed records from people of aged 35 to 48 over a six years period to 2007.
Researchers have used the numbers of 1,267 people who has diabetes and compared it to 10,000 people without such kind of condition but all died in liver disease.
Result shows that about one in four (24%) of people with diabetes died of liver disorder, compared one in ten or (9%) of non-Diabetics.
They also found out that most of the people who have no diabetes died from alcoholic liver disease which reaches to 63% while those with diabetes are only 38%.
Studies made in the past which have found a link between diabetes and liver disease has made a great contribution to the latest study according to the researchers in Edinburgh University.
Most of the doctors advised their patients who have diabetes not to drink too much alcohol because of its potential impact on your blood sugar levels and can increase your weight.
“Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become much more common recently, particularly among people with diabetes” Dr. Sarah Wild said, one of the researchers who conducted the study.
She also added that being overweight is one of the factors that contribute of having type 2 Diabetes and Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease increase the risk of cirrhosis, which in time if not cured will become a liver cancer.
Doctor Sarah, advised people to have a healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk because options for treatment are limited.
The latest study is presented at the ongoing Diabetes UK Annual professional conference and will end at Friday.
Dr. Lain Frame, Diabetes UK director of research have acknowledge the great help of the previous studies that have found the link between diabetes and liver disease.
“We now need further investigation into how diabetes affects the liver to find new methods of preventing this complication.” She said.