POOR GLUCOSE REGULATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER WELL-BEING AMONG OLDER MEN, BUT NOT WOMEN

Glucose regulation is a key aspect of healthy aging, but little is known about gluco-regulatory capacity and older adults’ well-being. In this study, we examine whether gluco-regulatory capacity is predictive of within-person age-related trajectories of three major well-being indicators. We applied growth models to multi-year longitudinal data obtained in the Berlin Aging Study II (N = 1437; age 60-89; 53% women) and used insulin resistance as...