Association of Marital Status and Marital Transition With Metabolic Syndrome: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study
| Author | Somayeh Hosseinpour-Niazi | en |
| Author | Parvin Mirmiran | en |
| Author | Farhad Hosseinpanah | en |
| Author | Arefeh Fallah-ghohroudy | en |
| Author | Fereidoun Azizi | en |
| Orcid | Fereidoun Azizi [0000-0002-6470-2517] | en |
| Issued Date | 2014-10-01 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Most existing reports indicate that body weight gradually increases following marital status and thereby enhances health status and decreases mortality; however, the association between marital status and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been thoroughly investigated in a longitudinal study. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the potential effects of marital status and marital transition on MetS during a 9.6-year follow-up in Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Patients and Methods: For this study, 5221 participants (2060 males and 3161 females), aged 15 to 90 years at baseline, were followed for a median of 9.6 years. Marital status was categorized as consistent marital status and marital transition. We measured MetS risk z score and its components and calculated their changes. Then the effects of marital status and marital transition on MetS risk z score and its components were assessed using multivariable linear regression. Results: In comparison to participants who were married, no significant changes in MetS risk z score was found in single participants. Employed females in the transition to married group had significant increase in MetS risk z score than single employed females. No significant changes in MetS risk z score were observed between widowed/divorced subjects and compared to consistently married subjects. Conclusions: Marital status may affect MetS risk z score differently in both genders. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijem.18980 | en |
| Keyword | Marital Status | en |
| Keyword | Metabolic Syndrome X | en |
| Keyword | Marital Transition | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Association of Marital Status and Marital Transition With Metabolic Syndrome: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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