OBJECTIVE To determine whether spouses of patients with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of diabetes compared with spouses of subjects with normal glucose tolerance. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A random sample of spouses of patients with type 2 diabetes (group 1S) attending a general practice diabetes clinic was compared with spouses of nondiabetic subjects (as determined by oral glucos...

BACKGROUND The aggregation of mental disorders in couples, as reported by prior research, indicates the effect of familial environments and warrants attention. However, the concordant categories of mental disorders in couples remain unclear. This study investigated spousal concordance for the category of mental disorders among couples throughout Taiwan by using factors associated with such diso...

Recent work shows strong evidence of ancestry-based assortative mating in spouse pairs of the older generation of the Framingham Heart Study. Here, we extend this analysis to two studies of human longevity: the Long Life Family Study (LLFS), and the New England Centenarian Study (NECS). In the LLFS, we identified 890 spouse pairs spanning two generations, while in the NECS we used data from 102...

Identifying the important ways in which attributes of persons correlate with features of the interpersonal environment is perhaps one of the most intriguing issues facing the development of an interactional psychology. Little empirical progress has yet been made, however, in documenting the domains within which person-environment (PE) correspondence occurs, in identifying the mechanisms by whic...

BACKGROUND Despite ample evidence of the presence of mental and psychological disorders observed in the family members of drug users, few studies have attempted to focus on suicidal behavior in women whose spouses are drug users. METHODS This cross-sectional study focused on 131 women who had a drug user spouse. They had all been married for >2 years, with no mental or psychological disorders...

BACKGROUND People with mental illness have been identified as being more likely to experience type 2 diabetes and the complications arising from this, necessitating more complex chronic illness self-management. Social support has been identified as a significant factor in the successful adoption of lifestyle change for people with type 2 diabetes, however people with mental illness often have i...

OBJECTIVE To identify determinants for discharge destination of older (≥ 70 years) and younger (< 70 years) acute stroke patients. DESIGN Multicentre prospective cohort. PATIENTS A total of 395 patients, within 7 days of clinically evaluated stroke, were included from 6 hospital stroke units. METHODS The main outcome measure was discharge destination (home vs clinical rehabilitation). Ind...

Diabetes (DM), hypertension (HTN), and metabolic syndrome (MS) are established cardiovascular risk factors with a complex etiology. The aim of the present study was to estimate the rates of concordance for the above coronary risk factors between siblings in Asian Indian families with premature coronary artery disease (CAD). Spouse concordance rates were used to evaluate the relative contributio...