Lower educational level is a predictor of incident type 2 diabetes in European countries: The EPIC-interact study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1162-1173

  Sacerdote, Carlotta ^a,b   Ricceri, Fulvio ^b   Rolandsson, Olov ^c   Baldi, Ileana ^d   Chirlaque, Maria Dolores ^e,f   Feskens, Edith ^g   Bendinelli, Benedetta ^h   Ardanaz, Eva ^e,i   Arriola, Larraitz ^j   Balkau, Beverley ^k,l   Bergmann, Manuela ^m   Beulens, Joline WJ ⁿ   Boeing, Heiner ^m   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^k,l   Crowe, Francesca ^o   de Lauzon Guillain, Blandine ^k,l   Forouhi, Nita ^p   Franks, Paul W ^c,q,r   Gallo, Valentina ^s,t   Gonzalez, Carlos ^u   Halkjær, Jytte ^v   Illner, Anne Kathrin ^m   Kaaks, Rudolf ^w   Key, Timothy ^o   Khaw, Kay Tee ^p   Navarro, Carmen ^e,f,x   Nilsson, Peter M ⁿ   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^y   Overvad, Kim ^z   Pala, Valeria ^aa   Palli, Domenico ^h   Panico, Salvatore ^ab   Polidoro, Silvia ^b   Quirós, J Ramón ^ac   Romieu, Isabelle ^ad   Sánchez, María José ^e,ae   Slimani, Nadia ^ad   Sluijs, Ivonne ⁿ   Spijkerman, Annemieke ^af   Teucher, Birgit ^w   Tjønneland, Anne ^v   Tumino, Rosario ^ag   van der, A Daphne ^af   Vergnaud, Anne Claire ^s   Wennberg, Patrik ^c   Sharp, Stephen ^p   Langenberg, Claudia ^p   Riboli, Elio ^s   Vineis, Paolo ^b,s   Wareham, Nicholas ^p   more..

^a Center for Cancer Prevention CPO Piemonte   (Italy)

^b Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f Murcia Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^j Basque Government   (Spain)

^k INSERM   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^m GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^q LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^s IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^u CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^v DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^w GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^y INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^z AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^aa NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^ac Asturias Health and Health Care Council   (Spain)

^ad INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^ae ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^af NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^ag CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cohort studies; Education; Epidemiologic research design; Relative index of inequality; Socio economic status; T2DM

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RELATIVE INDICES OF INEQUALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84865703223     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys091     Document Type: Article

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