Effect of socioeconomic status on mortality among people with type 2 diabetes: a study from the Scottish Diabetes Research Network Epidemiology Group.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study objective was to describe the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on mortality among people with type 2 diabetes.

Research design and methods

We used a population-based national electronic diabetes database for 35- to 84-year-olds in Scotland for 2001-2007 linked to mortality records. SES was derived from an area-based measure with Q5 and Q1 representing the most deprived and affluent quintiles, respectively. Poisson regression was used to estimate relative risks (RRs) for mortality among people with type 2 diabetes compared with the population without diabetes stratified by age (35-64 and 65-84 years), sex, duration of diabetes (< 2 and ≥ 2 years), and SES.

Results

Complete data were available for 210,994 eligible individuals (99.4%), and there w

SUBMITTER: Walker JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3114515 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature