Type 2 diabetes incidence and socio-economic position: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Emilie Agardh,
Peter Allebeck,
Johan Hallqvist,
T. Moradi,
Anna Sidorchuk
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr029
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , relative risk , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , demography , type 2 diabetes , cohort study , low and middle income countries , environmental health , diabetes mellitus , developing country , economics , endocrinology , physics , sociology , optics , economic growth
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, the first to our knowledge, summarizing and quantifying the published evidence on associations between type 2 diabetes incidence and socio-economic position (SEP) (measured by educational level, occupation and income) worldwide and when sub-divided into high-, middle- and low-income countries.
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