ArticleBMJ open2020
Concordance of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia in married couples: cross-sectional study using nationwide survey data in Japan.
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- The association between an individual's development of non-communicable diseases and their spouse's development of the same disease: the Longitudinal Survey of Middle-aged and Elderly Persons.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Patterns of Gestational Hypertension or Preeclampsia Across 2 Pregnancies in Relationship to Chronic Hypertension Development: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Relationship between health checkups and cancer screenings of wives and health checkups of their husbands: A cross-sectional study in Japan.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Aggregation of type-2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome in German couples.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Concordance of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Associated Factors among Older Married Couples in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Spousal Similarities in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Northern China: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Correlates of blood pressure and blood glucose screenings in Cameroon: insights from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey.International health · 2022Article
- Spousal Concordance of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Newly Married Couples in China.JAMA network open · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveBecause married couples have many environmental influences in common, spouses may develop similar diseases. This study aimed to determine the concordance of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia, which are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, among married couples in Japan. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study of married couples who were both aged ≥40 years using the 2016 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions, which is a Japanese national survey. We first determined the proportions of wives and husbands who were receiving therapy for each of the diseases of interest. We then conducted logistic regression analyses using the wives undergoing therapy for each disease as outcomes and the husbands undergoing therapy for the same disease as the principal exposure, adjusting for covariates.
resultsThe subjects of the analyses were 86 941 married couples. The wives of male patients were significantly more likely to be receiving therapy for the same disease. Logistic regression revealed that when husbands were undergoing therapy for these diseases their wives had ORs (95% CIs) of 1.79 (1.72-1.86) for hypertension, 1.45 (1.34-1.58) for diabetes, 2.58 (2.41-2.75) for dyslipidaemia and 1.87 (1.80-1.93) for any of these diseases.
conclusionsIf men have hypertension, diabetes or dyslipidaemia, their wives were also more susceptible to the same disease. Medical professionals and couples may need to recognise these results and consider couple-based interventions to help the prevention, early detection and treatment of these diseases.
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