The Association Between Social Support, Body Mass Index and Increased Risk of Prediabetes: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study



: Serlachius A, Elovainio M, Juonala M, Shea S, Sabin M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L

: 2017

: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

: 24

: 2

: 161

: 170

: 10

: 1070-5503

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-016-9597-0


Low perceived social support in young adulthood is associated with high fasting glucose and prediabetes in mid-adulthood in women but not men. The association between social support and prediabetes in women can be partly explained by BMI.



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