Childhood socioeconomic position, gender, adult body mass index, and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus over 34 years in the Alameda county study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1486-1494

  Maty, Siobhan C ^a   Lynch, John W ^b   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^c   Kaplan, George A ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATIFICATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 48749087112     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123653     Document Type: Article

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