Socio-economic position at three points in life in association with type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in middle-aged Swedish men and women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-92

  Agardh, E E ^a   Ahlbom, A ^a,b   Andersson, T ^b   Efendic, S ^a   Grill, V ^a   Hallqvist, J ^a   Ötenson, Claes Goran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diabetes Mellitus; Epidemiology; Lifestyle; Socioeconomic factors; Type 2

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MENS HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OCCUPATION; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34447304091     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl269     Document Type: Article

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