Type 2 diabetes in Canada: Concentration of risk among most disadvantaged men but inverse social gradient across groups in women

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-531

  Dasgupta, K ^a   Khan, S ^b   Ross, N A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Epidemiology; Socioeconomic; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951292523     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.02982.x     Document Type: Article

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