Relationship between socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes: results from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and type 2 diabetes using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012. DESIGN:A pooled sample cross-sectional study. SETTING:A nationally representative population survey data. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 14,330 individuals who participated in the KNHANES 2010-2012 were included in our analysis. PRIMARY OUTCOME:Prevalence of type 2 diabetes. RESULTS:The relationship between SES and type 2 diabetes was assessed using logistic regression after adjusting for covariates including age, gender, marital status, region, body mass index, physical activity, smoking and high-risk drinking behaviour. After adjustment for covariates, our results indicated that individuals with the lowest income were more likely to have type 2 diabetes than those with the highest income (OR 1.35; 95% CI 1.08 to 1.72). In addition, lower educational attainment was an independent factor for a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Korea. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest the need for developing a health policy to ameliorate socioeconomic inequalities, in particular income and education-related disparities in type 2 diabetes, along with risk factors at the individual level. In addition, future investigations of type 2 diabetes among Koreans should pay more attention to the social determinants of diabetes in order to understand the various causes of the condition.

journal_name

BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Hwang J,Shon C

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005710

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-08-19 00:00:00

pages

e005710

issue

8

issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2014-005710

journal_volume

4

pub_type

杂志文章

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