The relationship between loneliness and blood glucose: a cross-sectional survey among Japanese.

ABSTRACT: Recently, researchers have uncovered a correlation between loneliness and both the development and management of diabetes. Nevertheless, previous studies employing an unvalidated loneliness questionnaire impair result accuracy. Furthermore, this aspect has not been researched in the Japanese population. Therefore, this cross-sectional study analyzed data from the Kanagawa prospective "ME-BYO" Cohort Study (ME-BYO cohort) to investigate the correlation between loneliness, as measured by 20 items on the UCLA Loneliness Scale, and blood glucose levels. A total of 666 participants were included in the analysis, with a mean age of 54.1 years and a mean BMI of 23 kg/m². Half of the participants had obtained an education level beyond high school. The mean household income and physical

SUBMITTER: Tran QA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264398 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature