Poor glucose regulation is associated with declines in well-being among older men, but not women.
Konstantinos MantantzisJohanna DreweliesSandra DuezelNikolaus BuchmannElisabeth Steinhagen-ThiessenGert G WagnerNaftali RazUlman LindenbergerIlja DemuthDenis GerstorfPublished in: Psychology and aging (2019)
Glucose regulation is a key aspect of healthy aging and has been linked to brain functioning and cognition. Here we examined the role of glucose regulation for within-person longitudinal trajectories of well-being. We applied growth models to data from the Berlin Aging Study II (N = 955), using insulin resistance as an index of glucoregulatory capacity. We found that poor glucose regulation (higher insulin resistance) was consistently associated with lower levels of well-being among older men but not women. Our study provides novel evidence for the relevance of glucose regulation for well-being among older men. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- blood glucose
- adipose tissue
- emergency department
- middle aged
- skeletal muscle
- high fat diet
- pregnant women
- multiple sclerosis
- machine learning
- mild cognitive impairment
- blood pressure
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- functional connectivity
- blood brain barrier
- cervical cancer screening
- cerebral ischemia
- drug induced