It is indicated by the results of a new scientific study on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in marriage.What are the differences in the impact between men and women.
If a man lives with a woman suffering from obesity, her chances of developing type 2 diabetes are many higher than if it happens backwards.At least those are the conclusions of a new research on the subject, the first to investigate the specific effects of obesity in marriage, depending on sex.
The authors of the study sought to discover if the fact that a person suffers from obesity or type 2 diabetes could increase the chances of their partner developing diabetes, due to risk behaviors that lead to this disease and that they are shared within a couplethat lives, such as bad eating habits and lack of physical activity.
It is known for a long time that people suffering from obesity or who have a family history of type 2 diabetes have much more risk of developing the disease than an average citizen.But, according to the results of this analysis, specifically those over 55 years married to a woman suffering from type 2 diabetes, they tend to have more overweight than married to a woman who does not have diabetes.
The chances of a man suffering from type 2 diabetes if they live with an obesa woman (Shuttersock)
The chances of a man suffering from type 2 diabetes if they live with an obesa woman (Shuttersock)
This new research, presented at the annual conference of the European Association for the study of diabetes in Lisbon, was divided into two studies and is the first to specifically analyze this relationship between the couple's obesity and the development of the disease.In the first of the studies (where 3 thousand men and 3 thousand women in England participated) a group of researchers from the Aarthus University, Denmark, analyzed the relationship between obesity and diabetes of one of the members of the couple andThe chances of the other developing type 2 diabetes.
The participants were then interviewed every two and a half years from 1998 to 2015. There they could observe that some participants reported having discovered that type 2 diabetes suffered after clinical tests.To achieve better precision, the results were adjusted depending on the potential factors that could contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, such as age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and the level of obesity (determined by the body mass indexand by the measure of the waist).
After the follow -up over 11 and a half years, the study authors discovered that 12.6 of every thousand men developed type 2 diabetes and, in the case of women, the figure amounted to 8.6.
At first, the researchers did not find statistically relevant signs, beyond the fact that being married to a diabetic woman increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, after a more exhaustive analysis, they concluded that the conclusion that concluded thatParticularly a married man with an obese woman was more likely to develop type 2 diabetes during the monitoring period.
For every 5 kilos of body mass index in women, the probabilities of the man to develop type 2 diabetes increased by 21%.In another investigation, the authors analyzed whether the development of obesity over the years varied if the couples of the more than 7,000 study participants had type 2 diabetes.
The researchers who carried out the study - which were carried out only with heterosexual couples - could verify that people over 55 who lived with aSpouse with type 2 diabetes had much higher levels of obesity compared to individuals whose partners did not suffer from diabetes.
"This is the first study to investigate the specific consequences in each sex of obesity and propensity to diabetes in marriage. If a man is married to a woman who suffers from obesity, increases her risk of developing diabetes; instead, theMarried women with an obese husband have no added risk beyond their own level of obesity, "the study authors explained."The results indicate that if a person suffers from obesity, it is recommended that their spouse investigate whether it has a family history of diabetes."
"Recognizing the shared risk in a marriage can help the detection of diabetes and serve as motivation for couples to eat healthier and increase the level of activity," they said."That one of the two members of the couple suffers from obesity or diabetes of type 2 can give rise to the other to begin to control the weight of a regular basis and to inform themselves of whether it has a family history of diabetes. Specifically, it is recommended that menwhose women have obesity carry a slightly more detailed follow -up. "
