Association of socioeconomic status with diabetic microvascular complications: a UK Biobank prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies on the link between socioeconomic status (SES) and diabetic microvascular complications have been inconclusive. This study aimed to explore whether SES is associated with the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR), nephropathy (DN) and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) using large prospective cohort.

Methods

SES was evaluated using education attainment (individual level), household income (household level), and Townsend deprivation index (TDI, neighborhood level). This study included 28,339 participants without DR, 29,951 without DN and 29,762 without DPN at baseline from the UK Biobank. Weighted Cox proportional hazard models were used to investigate the relationship between SES and the risk of diabetic microvascular complications.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749333 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature