Flu Vaccine May Confer Reduced Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease In People With T2D, Study Indicates.

After controlling for sex, age, smoking, body mass index, hypertension, medications and other health and behavioral factors, they found that people with Type 2 diabetes who had gotten the flu vaccine had a 30 percent lower risk of stroke, a 22 percent lower risk of heart failure and a 24 percent lower risk of dying from all causes. They also had a slightly lower, but statistically insignificant, risk for heart attack. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/flu-vaccine-has-added-benefits-for-people-with-diabetes/?_r=0 Other than preventing flu, no other reason for how it protected was mentioned.