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The death of a healthy spouse is associated with increased HbA\n                    <jats:sub>1c</jats:sub>\n                    levels for both genders. Discussion: Stressful life transitions may compromise the glycemic levels of older adults. Taking on a caregiving role may erode some of the benefits of marriage and interfere with women’s maintenance of their own health.\n                  </jats:p>","journal":"Journal of Aging and Health","year":2014,"id":668480,"datarank":0.38474240361923057,"base_score":2.5649493574615367,"endowment":2.5649493574615367,"self_citation_contribution":0.38474240361923057,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.38474240361923057,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":12,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1745622,"name":"Germán Rodríguez","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":393326,"name":"Dana A. 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We use changes in spousal health and death of a spouse to predict changes in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA\n                    <jats:sub>1c</jats:sub>\n                    ) levels over a 6-year period. Results: A decline in spousal health is associated with increased HbA\n                    <jats:sub>1c</jats:sub>\n                    levels for women, but not for men. The death of a healthy spouse is associated with increased HbA\n                    <jats:sub>1c</jats:sub>\n                    levels for both genders. Discussion: Stressful life transitions may compromise the glycemic levels of older adults. 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