Women with high levels of work-related stress and little social support may be more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, according to a recently published article from Reuters Health.
Researchers examined 5,895 British civil servants over a nearly 12-year period. They found that 92 women and 216 men from that group developed Type 2 diabetes. While researchers did not find a connection between job stress and diabetes in male workers, it did find a link between stress and diabetes in women.
Specifically, the researchers looked at clerical and support jobs that are typically very demanding but provide the worker with little or no control over the tasks or schedules. The researchers suggest that 10% of diabetes cases could have been prevented if such stressors and environment were eliminated.
Researchers also said that those in the study that developed diabetes were more likely to be older and holding low-level jobs. They also tended to be heavier and get stressed out easier from life’s events.
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