Association of socioeconomic position with insulin resistance among children from Denmark, Estonia, and Portugal: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7510, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Harro, Maarike ^c   Wedderkopp, Niels ^d   Andersen, Lars Bo ^e   Sardinha, Luis B ^b,f   Riddoch, Chris J ^b,g   Page, Angie S ^a   Anderssen, Sigmund A ^b,e   Froberg, Karsten ^d   Stansbie, David ^h   Smith, George Davey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCOME; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 22844437985     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7510.183     Document Type: Article

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