Psychosomatic medicine
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Psychosomatic medicine · Sep 2009
Comparative StudyLiving alone is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in men but not women from the general population: the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study.
To examine sex-specific associations between living alone and incident Type 2 diabetes mellitus in a representative population sample in Germany. ⋯ Living alone is an independent predictor of Type 2 diabetes in men but not in women from the general population.