title: Relationship between socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes: results from Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and type 2 diabetes using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  A pooled sample cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nationally representative population survey data.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 14,330 individuals who participated in the KNHANES 2010-2012 were included in our analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prevalence of type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The relationship between SES and type 2 diabetes was assessed using logistic regression after adjusting for covariates including age, gender, marital status, region, body mass index, physical activity, smoking and high-risk drinking behaviour. After adjustment for covariates, our results indicated that individuals with the lowest income were more likely to have type 2 diabetes than those with the highest income (OR 1.35; 95% CI 1.08 to 1.72). In addition, lower educational attainment was an independent factor for a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Korea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest the need for developing a health policy to ameliorate socioeconomic inequalities, in particular income and education-related disparities in type 2 diabetes, along with risk factors at the individual level. In addition, future investigations of type 2 diabetes among Koreans should pay more attention to the social determinants of diabetes in order to understand the various causes of the condition.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jongnam
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Changwoo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012923:Social Class
keywords: Diabetes; Health policy; KNHANES; PUBLIC HEALTH; Socioeconomic status