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Socioeconomic status is not associated with type 2 diabetes incidence in an elderly population in Germany: KORA S4/F4 Cohort Study.
J. Epidemiol. Community Health 65, 606-612 (2011)
Background An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been found for younger and middle-aged individuals, but studies of this relationship in elderly populations are rare. Methods In a population-based cohort in southern Germany (KORA S4/F4: 1223 subjects aged 55-74 years at baseline, 887 subjects (73%) in the follow-up 7 years later) the identification of incident T2DM was based on oral glucose tolerance tests or on validated physician diagnoses. Regression models were fitted to predict incident T2DM and (pre)diabetes, respectively, with SES as the main independent variable. (Pre)diabetes here means incident T2DM or incident pre-diabetes. Results With five different SES measures (global Helmert index, income, educational level, occupational status, subjective social status), the diabetes risk of low SES groups was not significantly different from the risk of higher SES groups (ie, cumulative incidence 10% (low income), 9% (medium income), 13% (high income)). In subjects with normoglycaemia at baseline, (pre)diabetes incidence was more pronounced in lower SES groups, but almost all these associations were not significant. With measures of subjective SES stronger associations were found than with measures of objective SES. Conclusion There was no statistically significant association between objective SES and diabetes incidence in this elderly population. This might be due to a larger socioeconomic homogeneity of elderly populations and to a strong driving force for diabetes, which outweighed the influence of SES, and which was indicated by an adverse baseline metabolic profile in participants developing diabetes in the follow-up.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Diabetes risk; SES measures; normoglycaemia
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2011
Prepublished im Jahr
2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0143-005X
e-ISSN
1470-2738
Zeitschrift
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Quellenangaben
Band: 65,
Heft: 7,
Seiten: 606-612
Verlag
BMJ Publishing Group
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-505300-002
G-503900-004
G-504000-002
G-504090-001
G-503900-004
G-504000-002
G-504090-001
PubMed ID
20693490
Scopus ID
79960260235
Erfassungsdatum
2010-10-07