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Diabetes link to childhood poverty
Lead author Siobhan Maty of the Portland State University School of Community Health in Oregon and colleagues evaluated data from a study of adults ages 17 to 94 residing in Alameda County, Calif., from 1965 through 1999.
Of the 5,913 participants, 307 developed diabetes. Almost 65 percent were from poor households in childhood. Fifty-four percent of those with diabetes were women.
"Our study, among others, shows a strong, persistent effect of childhood socioeconomic position on the development of diabetes in adulthood, even after taking later-life socioeconomic position into account," Maty said in a statement.
"Type 2 diabetes can take 10 to 15 years to develop to the point where the individual is aware of signs and symptoms and seeks clinical care."
The long study allowed for "better estimation of the number of study participants who developed diabetes during that time period, and "gives us enough cases to ensure statistically meaningful results," Maty said.
The study was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/24/2008
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07-01-2008 09:34
Patricia Lynch from the UK wrote:
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I disagree strongly, I think diabetes is linked to the availability of so much junk food, fizzy drinks and sweets, all so easily available to most families these days. Back in the 40@s and 50@s when I was a child, I didn't know of one child with diabetes when foods ans sweets were rationed. There were no McDonalds and other fast food stores in England and meals were plain but substantial. It was only when rationing was ended and both adults and kids were starting to become overweight that I then heard of children becoming diabetic and adults , usually overweight became class 2 diabetics.
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