Genetic vulnerability to diabetes and obesity: Does education offset the risk?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-158

  Liu, S Y ^a   Walter, S ^b   Marden, J ^c   Rehkopf, D H ^d   Kubzansky, L D ^c   Nguyen, T ^c   Glymour, M M ^b,c  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Education; Genetic risk; Obesity; Older adults

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

DIABETES; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC RISK SCORE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84922276097     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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