Sex differences in the associations of socioeconomic status with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in the elderly population: The KORA Survey 2000

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-633

  Rathmann, W ^a,c   Haastert, B ^a   Icks, A ^a   Giani, G ^a   Holle, R ^b   Meisinger, C ^b   Mielck, A ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Impaired glucose tolerance; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 29044449214     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki037     Document Type: Article

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