Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: The RODAM study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 633-639

  Addo, Juliet ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^b   de Graft Aikins, Ama ^c   Beune, Erik ^b   Schulze, Matthias B ^d   Danquah, Ina ^d   Galbete, Cecilia ^d   Nicolaou, Mary ^b   Meeks, Karlijn ^b   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^e,f   Bahendaka, Silver ^g   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^h   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ⁱ   Kunst, Anton ^b   Stronks, Karien ^b   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g International Diabetes Federation   (Uganda)

^h CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; OBESITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BERLIN; ENGLAND; EUROPE; GERMANY; GHANA; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 85020620238     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-208322     Document Type: Article

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