An exhaustive study, conducted between 1969 and 1997, and that analyzed 97-98% of all men of 18 years of Sweden (1,534,425 in total) has shown that a reduced capacity to deal with stress, increases 50%The risks of suffering from type 2 diabetes.
In the first step of the investigation, more than a million and a half young people who had no family history of diabetes were studied.Participants were subject to various psychological tests related to stress and then, between 1987 and 2012, tests were performed to detect the aforementioned type of diabetes.
Of the 39 million results obtained in this last period (all men who had more than 18 and up to 62 years were submitted annually to this test), 34,008 were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
After adjusting the body mass index, family history of diabetes and individual socioeconomic factors and their surroundings, it was discovered that 20% of men who punctuated stress resistance tests, had 51% more to suffer diabetes, compared to those who had obtained the highest score.
The study, published in Diabetologia, the magazine of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) suggests, according to their authors, that those who have less capacity to deal with stress, are the ones that are most likely involved in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking like smoking, will carry an unhealthy or not exercise diet.
"More specific studies will be specified to determine the most determining factors - concludes the work - which will help create more efficient preventive measures to prevent diabetes."
