Type 2 diabetes mellitus and neighborhood deprivation index: A spatial analysis in Zhejiang, China.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Many studies have reported that socioeconomically disadvantaged people or people who live in deprived areas are more vulnerable to diabetes complications. However, few such studies were carried out in China. The present study examined the spatial association between the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and neighborhood deprivation in Zhejiang, China, from a spatial epidemiology perspective.

Materials and methods

Type 2 diabetes mellitus data (2012-2016) in the present study were derived from a population-based diabetes registry system maintained by Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Principal components analysis was used to combine different socioeconomic variables together into a composited Neighborhood Deprivation Index. W

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6400165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature