Regional and neighborhood disparities in the odds of type 2 diabetes: Results from 5 population-based studies in Germany (DIAB-CORE consortium)

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-230

  Müller, Grit ^a   Kluttig, Alexander ^b   Greiser, Karin Halina ^b,c   Moebus, Susanne ^d   Slomiany, Uta ^d   Schipf, Sabine ^e   Völzke, Henry ^e   Maier, Werner ^f   Meisinger, Christa ^f   Tamayo, Teresa ^g   Rathmann, Wolfgang ^g   Berger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; lifestyle; multilevel analysis; residence characteristics; socioeconomic factors; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGIONAL PATTERN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TYPE 2 DIABETES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84879964967     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws466     Document Type: Article

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