Journal article
The Association Between Social Support, Body Mass Index and Increased Risk of Prediabetes: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
A Serlachius, M Elovainio, M Juonala, S Shea, M Sabin, T Lehtimäki, O Raitakari, L Keltikangas-Järvinen, L Pulkki-Råback
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine | SPRINGER | Published : 2017
Abstract
Purpose: The psychosocial determinants of prediabetes are poorly understood. The aims of our study were (1) to analyse the association between perceived social support in young adulthood and fasting glucose levels and prediabetes in mid-adulthood in a cohort of healthy Finns, (2) to explore whether body mass index (BMI), inflammation or depression mediate this relationship, (3) and to examine the association between social support trajectory groups and fasting glucose. Method: A prospective design was used with an analytic sample of 1250 participants aged 3–18 years at baseline (1980) and aged 12–39 years when social support was measured. Fasting glucose and prediabetes were assessed 32 year..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Young Finns Study has been financially supported by the Academy of Finland: grants 126925, 121584, 124282, 129378 (Salve), 117787 (Gendi), 41071 (Skidi), 265869, 258711, 258578, 265977 and 286284; the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Kuopio, Tampere and Turku University Hospital Medical Funds (grants 9N035 and X51001), the Juho Vainio Foundation, the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, the Paavo Nurmi Foundation, the Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Osk. Huttunen Foundation and the Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation.