Diabetes and Heart Disease: What to Know About Your Risk Diabetes and Heart Disease Adults with type 2 diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to develop heart disease than those who don’t have diabetes.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e5976292cd74227-d28a-4c7a-b0dc-0526410a2dd5 They’re also twice as likely to die from it.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e5976297a4c6ac4-7eb4-4245-b8a7-70de2bb9051a In addition to diabetes being a state of chronic infla…