Negative Personality Traits Associated With Elevated Diabetes Risk In Postmenopausal Women,

reports a study examining negative personality traits and diabetes risk among postmenopausal women found “compared with women in the lowest quartile of optimism, women in the highest quartile had 12% lower risk for diabetes (hazard ratio [HR], 0.88),” and “compared with women in the lowest quartile of [negative emotional expression (NEE)] or hostility (lowest level of NEE or least hostile), women in the highest quartiles had 9% and 17% higher risk for diabetes, respectively.” The study was published in Menopause. https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/home/topics/diabetes-resource-center/type-2-diabetes-information-center/negative-personality-traits-in-postmenopausal-women-associated-with-increased-risk-for-type-2-diabetes/