Marital Quality and Occurrence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Women | Zendy

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Marital Quality and Occurrence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Women

Author(s) -

Wendy Troxel,

Karen A. Matthews,

Linda C. Gallo,

Lewis H. Kuller

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.9.1022

Subject(s) - marital status , confidence interval , odds ratio , multivariate analysis , demography , psychology , metabolic syndrome , medicine , gerontology , endocrinology , population , diabetes mellitus , sociology

Marital status is associated with the early stages and progression of cardiovascular disease, an association that may stem in part from the influence of marital quality on metabolic factors. The objective of this study was to examine whether women reporting marital satisfaction are at reduced risk of developing the metabolic syndrome compared with other women.

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