Socioeconomic status and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: data from the Women's Health Study.

We prospectively examined whether socioeconomic status (SES) predicts incident type II diabetes (diabetes), a cardiovascular risk equivalent and burgeoning public health epidemic among women.Participants include 23,992 women with Hb(A1c) levels <6% and no CVD or diabetes at baseline followed from...

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Main Authors: Timothy C Lee, Robert J Glynn, Jessica M Peña, Nina P Paynter, David Conen, Paul M Ridker, Aruna D Pradhan, Julie E Buring, Michelle A Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3237410?pdf=render