Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Shared in Marriage

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Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Shared in Marriage

Risk for type 2 diabetes is shared, with around a 20% increased risk for individuals whose partners have the disease, confirms a new study, whose authors suggest that behavioral and environmental factors might have a significant role to play.

“If you diagnose diabetes in one spouse, consider evaluating the other,” senior author Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, from McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Quebec,  “If possible, work with both members of the couple to achieve optimal diabetes management. They may be able to support each other.”
Family history of diabetes usually refers to biological relatives, and there is an underlying assumption that genetic programming is the most significant determinant of the disease. But looking into the influence of socioenvironmental factors, Dr. Dasgupta and her colleagues investigated the possibility that individuals may have a similar type 2 diabetes risk to other family members because of shared dietary habits and/or physical-activity patterns.


Findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis are published online January 24 in BMC Medicine.

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