Parental caregiving trajectories and Metabolic Syndrome: A longitudinal study among Chinese women

Caregiving stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). However, few studies have investigated the consequences of caregiving on this objectively measured health outcome. This study used population based longitudinal data to examine the causal relationship between caregiving trajectory and MetS among Chinese women. This is a retrospective analysis of 741 women using three waves of data from the Ever-Married Women...