Sex differences in the association between spousal metabolic risk factors with incidence of type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study of the Iranian population

We investigated whether metabolic risk factors in one spouse were associated with an excessive risk of type 2 diabetes in the other. The study cohort (1999–2018) included 1833 men and 1952 women, aged ≥ 20 years with information on both their own and their spouse’s diabetes status and metabolic risk factors including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein...