Low socioeconomic status is associated with increased risk for hypoglycemia in diabetes patients: The diabetes study of Northern California (DISTANCE)

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 478-490

  Berkowitz, Seth A ^a,f   Karter, Andrew J ^b   Lyles, Courtney R ^c   Liu, Jennifer Y ^b   Schillinger, Dean ^c,d,e   Adler, Nancy E ^d   Moffet, Howard H ^b   Sarkar, Urmimala ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UCSF Center for Health and Community   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hypoglycemia; Socioeconomic factors; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84901285081     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0106     Document Type: Article

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