J-curve association between economic status and diabetes independent of functional disability in Japanese elderly

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-756

  Okumiya, Kiyohito ^a   Sakamoto, Ryota ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^b   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^b   Fukutomi, Eriko ^b   Kasahara, Yoriko ^b   Chen, Wen Ling ^b   Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Fujisawa, Michiko ^c   Imai, Hissei ^b   Ishikawa, Motonao ^d   Yamamoto, Naomune ^d   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866763352     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00854.x     Document Type: Letter

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