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Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes
PURPOSE: As Korean society has become industrialized and westernized, the prevalence of diabetes has increased rapidly. Environmental factors, especially socio-economic status (SES), may account for the increased prevalence of diabetes. We evaluated the associations between the prevalence of diabete...
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Yonsei University College of Medicine
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.3.641 |
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author | Kim, Yu Jeong Jeon, Ja Young Han, Seung Jin Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Kwan Woo Kim, Dae Jung |
author_facet | Kim, Yu Jeong Jeon, Ja Young Han, Seung Jin Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Kwan Woo Kim, Dae Jung |
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description | PURPOSE: As Korean society has become industrialized and westernized, the prevalence of diabetes has increased rapidly. Environmental factors, especially socio-economic status (SES), may account for the increased prevalence of diabetes. We evaluated the associations between the prevalence of diabetes and SES as reflected by household income and education level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on data obtained from the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted in 2010-2012. Diabetes referred to a fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL in the absence of known diabetes, previous diagnosis of diabetes made by a physician, and/or current use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin. RESULTS: Household income and education level were inversely associated with the prevalence of diabetes among individuals aged 30 years or older. These associations were more prominent in females aged 30-64 years. According to household income, the odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] for the lowest quartile group versus the highest quartile group was 4.96 (2.87-8.58). According to education level, the OR (95% CI) for the lowest quartile group versus the highest quartile group was 8.02 (4.47-14.4). CONCLUSION: Public policies for the prevention and management of diabetes should be targeted toward people of lower SES, especially middle-aged females. |
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spelling | pubmed-43974322015-05-01 Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes Kim, Yu Jeong Jeon, Ja Young Han, Seung Jin Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Kwan Woo Kim, Dae Jung Yonsei Med J Original Article PURPOSE: As Korean society has become industrialized and westernized, the prevalence of diabetes has increased rapidly. Environmental factors, especially socio-economic status (SES), may account for the increased prevalence of diabetes. We evaluated the associations between the prevalence of diabetes and SES as reflected by household income and education level. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on data obtained from the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted in 2010-2012. Diabetes referred to a fasting plasma glucose ≥126 mg/dL in the absence of known diabetes, previous diagnosis of diabetes made by a physician, and/or current use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin. RESULTS: Household income and education level were inversely associated with the prevalence of diabetes among individuals aged 30 years or older. These associations were more prominent in females aged 30-64 years. According to household income, the odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] for the lowest quartile group versus the highest quartile group was 4.96 (2.87-8.58). According to education level, the OR (95% CI) for the lowest quartile group versus the highest quartile group was 8.02 (4.47-14.4). CONCLUSION: Public policies for the prevention and management of diabetes should be targeted toward people of lower SES, especially middle-aged females. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2015-05-01 2015-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4397432/ /pubmed/25837168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.3.641 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kim, Yu Jeong Jeon, Ja Young Han, Seung Jin Kim, Hae Jin Lee, Kwan Woo Kim, Dae Jung Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title | Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title_full | Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title_fullStr | Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title_short | Effect of Socio-Economic Status on the Prevalence of Diabetes |
title_sort | effect of socio-economic status on the prevalence of diabetes |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397432/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837168 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.3.641 |
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