Associations between stressful life events and diabetes: Findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank study of 500,000 adults.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Evidence has shown that stressful life events are associated with the development of diabetes, yet studies in mainland China are scarce. In the present study, we explored the associations between cumulative and specific stressful life events and the prevalence of diabetes in Chinese adults.

Materials and methods

The cross-sectional data were from the China Kadoorie Biobank study, which enrolled approximately 500,000 adults aged 30-79 years from 10 diverse regions of China. Logistic regression models were used to calculate the adjusted odds ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (CI).

Results

Of the 473,607 participants, 25,301 (5.34%) had type 2 diabetes (2.68% clinically-identified and 2.66% screen-detected). Participants who experienced one and

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717902 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature