Socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes complications among young adult patients in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and complications of type 2 diabetes among young adults in Japan.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Outpatient wards of 96 member hospitals and clinics of the Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions.

Participants

A total of 782 outpatients with type 2 diabetes (525 males, 257 females), aged 20-40 years as of March 31, 2012. After excluding 110 participants whose retinopathy diagnosis was in question, 672 participants were analyzed.

Measurements

We examined the relations between SES (educational level, income, type of public healthcare insurance, and employment status) and diabetes complications (retinopathy and nephropathy) using a multivariate logistic regression a

SUBMITTER: Funakoshi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5402943 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature