According to diabetes news, the disease affects those people who were poor as children to a greater extent than more affluent peers. The study, which ran for a 34-year period, investigated socioeconomic reasons for diabetes .
The study, conducted at the Portland State University School of Community Health in Oregon, included almost 6000 participants. The lead author of the study, Siobhan Maty, reportedly commented: "Our study, among others, shows a strong, persistent effect of childhood socioeconomic position on the development of diabetes in adulthood, even after taking later-life socioeconomic position into account ."
The findings were published in the American Journal of Public Health. Maty reportedly concluded: "Type 2 diabetes can take 10 to 15 years to develop to the point where the individual is aware of signs and symptoms and seeks clinical care . Better estimation of the number of study participants who developed diabetes during that time period, and gives us enough cases to ensure statistically meaningful results."
Wealth at young age influences diabetes
Fri, 04 Jul 2008
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