MARRIAGE or cohabiting cuts your risk of type 2 diabetes, a study shows.
Researchers found couples have lower blood sugar levels whatever the state of their relationship.
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They tracked 3,300 people in England aged 50 to 89 for nine years from 2004.
Three-quarters were married or cohabiting.
They had 0.21 per cent lower blood sugar than singles, meaning they were less likely to develop diabetes.
Those without a partner had more chance.
Katherine Ford, of Luxembourg University, said single people should get support to reduce risk.
The study, published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, said: “Marital or cohabitating relationships were inversely related to blood sugar levels regardless of spousal support or strain.”