The diabetes white blood cell count is an elevated one, studies have shown. The findings are that a high white blood cell count is a marker of inflammation and may be a predictor of worsening insulin action, insulin secretory function, and the development of type-2 diabetes. On study was recently conducted on Pima Indians, who by the way have one of the highest incident rates of diabetes in the world, showed that a chronic activation of the immune system may play a role in the development of type-2 diabetes.
Another study on a diabetes white blood cell count, which can be found on DiabetesJournals.org, studied the connection between the diabetes white blood cell count of patients and their glucose tolerance. The patients either had an impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), an impaired fasting glucose (IFG), a normal glucose tolerance and fasting glucose, or both IGT and IFG. The results found that the IGT group had a significantly higher diabetes white blood cell count than the IFG group. The study showed that the diabetes white blood cell count is directly related to components of metabolic disorders.
Diabetes White Blood Cell Count & Complications
An elevated diabetes white blood cell count has been found to be a predictor of cardiovascular events too. There seems to be a link between an increased risk of coronary heart disease and an elevated diabetes white blood cell count. It is still uncertain whether the genetic predisposition to type-2 diabetes plays a role in elevated diabetes white blood cell count levels. One Italian study shows that there are a higher number of elevated white blood cell counts among subjects with a family history of diabetes than for those without.
In addition, a study was recently conducted on the connection between elevated diabetes white blood cell count levels and macro-/micro-vascular complications in type-2 diabetes. The results showed that patients with higher diabetes white blood cell count levels had higher blood pressure levels, a higher BMI (body mass index reading), and fasting plasma glucose levels. They had a higher LDL (bad) cholesterol, triglycerides, and urinary albumin excretion levels. They also had lower levels of the HDL (good) cholesterol. The study, which can be found on DiabetesJournals.org, concluded that elevated diabetes white blood cell count levels were associated with both macro- and micro-vascular complications and may play a role in their development.
