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The costs associated with diabetes are expected to more than double in Canada by 2035, according to a new global study looking at the economic impact of the disease.

British researchers broke down both the health-care costs and the indirect costs of the disease, such as income loss because of lost work hours and early retirement.

"Our findings underline the fact that diabetes not only has strong adverse effects on people's health but also presents a large — and at least partly avoidable — economic burden," lead researcher Till Seuring of the University of East Anglia said in a news release.

For Canada, the researchers estimate a 1.7-fold increase in diabetes health-care costs from 2000 to 2016 and a 2.4-fold increase from 2008 to 2035.

The study also found that men with diabetes are 19% less likely to be employed, women 17% less likely.