Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms and type 2 diabetes onset: Findings from the Prospective Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg F4 and FF4 studies

To investigate the association of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptomology on the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Participants from the prospective KORA F4/FF4 German cohort were followed for a mean of 6.5 years. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) was used to assess GAD symptoms and incident type 2 diabetes cases were confirmed using a standard oral glucose tolerance test. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to...