Higher levels of psychological distress are associated with a higher risk of incident diabetes during 18 year follow-up: results from the British household panel survey

BMC Public Health

François Pouwer²  Sven Schneider¹  Wobbe P Zijlstra³  Raphael Herr¹  Paula MC Mommersteeg² 

[1] MIPH, Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany;CoRPS, Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands;Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

关键词: British household panel survey;    Risk factor;    Prospective;    Psychological distress;    Type 2 diabetes;   

Others  :  1162699
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-1109

 received in 2012-05-30, accepted in 2012-12-10,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Reviews have shown that depression is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. However, there is limited evidence for general psychological distress to be associated with incident diabetes. The aim of the present study was to test whether persons who report higher levels of psychological distress are at increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes during 18 years follow up, adjusted for confounders.

Methods

A prospective analysis using data from 9,514 participants (41 years, SD=14; 44% men) of the British Household Panel Survey. The General Health Questionnaire 12 item version was used to assess general psychological distress, diabetes was measured by means of self-report. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to calculate the multivariate-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of incident diabetes during 18 years follow up, comparing participants with low versus high psychological distress at baseline (1991).

Results

A total of 472 participants developed diabetes 18 year follow up. Those with a high level of psychological distress had a 33% higher hazard of developing diabetes (HR=1.33, 95% CI 1.10–1.61), relative to those with a low level of psychological distress, adjusted for age, sex, education level and household income. After further adjustment for differences in level of energy, health status, health problems and activity level, higher psychological distress was no longer associated with incident diabetes (HR=1.10, 95% CI 0.91-1.34).

Conclusions

Higher levels of psychological distress are a risk factor for the development of diabetes during an 18 year follow up period. This association may be potentially mediated by low energy level and impaired health status.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Mommersteeg et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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