The Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities Network: Protocol for Nested Case Control and Cohort Studies, Rationale, and Baseline Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes prevalence and incidence vary by neighborhood socioeconomic environment (NSEE) and geographic region in the United States. Identifying modifiable community factors driving type 2 diabetes disparities is essential to inform policy interventions that reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Objective

This paper aims to describe the Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities (LEAD) Network, a group funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to apply harmonized epidemiologic approaches across unique and geographically expansive data to identify community factors that contribute to type 2 diabetes risk.

Methods

The Diabetes LEAD Network is a collaboration of 3 study sites and a data coordinating center (Drexel University). The

SUBMITTER: Hirsch AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605983 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature