According to a recent study conducted by the researchers of the University of Cambridge, having diabetes in middle-age could lead to the reduction of life expectancy by six years.

The study particularly pointed out the Type-2 diabetes and several risks associated with it including cancer and infection.

The researchers analyzed a decade long collected data of 820,900 people and after studying other major risk factors such as age, sex, obesity and smoking, they found that diabetics are at higher risk of death from several common cancers, infections, mental disorders, and liver, digestive, kidney and lung diseases.

The findings from this study holds a great significance as the disease affects more than 2.5 million people in the UK and nearly 285 million people worldwide.

Professor John Danesh, Principal Investigator of the study, from the University of Cambridge, said, " In particular, the findings highlight the need for more detailed study of whether treatments against diabetes may also be relevant to lowering the risk of a range of diseases, including common cancers”.

Talking about prevention of this disease, Stephen Holgate of Britain's Medical Research Council said that prevention becomes quite easy when they had a complete picture of the debilitating effect it has across the body.