Which Social Variables Predict Diabetes Onset? Robust Findings in Two National Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The role of social factors in diabetes onset has been obscured by wide variation in their conceptualization and operationalization. We apply 3 theoretical frameworks to categorize social relationship variables along several dimensions and identify which dimension(s) are robustly associated with incident diabetes in the older adult population.

Research design and methods

The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (n = 2,365) and the Health and Retirement Study (n =11,824) provided longitudinal data from 57 to 90-year-old respondents over a 4- to 5-year period. Logistic regression models were used to test associations of 15 social variables measured identically in both data sets with diabetes onset measured as respondents' first report of a p

SUBMITTER: Hawkley LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature