Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands:a cross-sectional study
Aims: The Faroe Islands is considered a homogeneous society and has a low Gini coefficient, but the knowledge about the social distribution of health and disease is sparse. In a large population-based sample we investigated: (a) the association between socioeconomic position defined by level of educ...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/567ca967-5ad5-42cc-b221-28e0fd04d93f 2023-05-15T16:10:36+02:00 Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands:a cross-sectional study Honnudóttir, Vár Hansen, Louise Veyhe, Anna Sofía Andersen, Ingelise Weihe, Pál Strøm, Marin Mohr, Magni 2022-07 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/567ca967-5ad5-42cc-b221-28e0fd04d93f https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211013267 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Honnudóttir , V , Hansen , L , Veyhe , A S , Andersen , I , Weihe , P , Strøm , M & Mohr , M 2022 , ' Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands : a cross-sectional study ' , Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , vol. 50 , no. 5 , pp. 638-645 . https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211013267 cross-sectional study health Social inequality socioeconomic position type 2 diabetes Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiology Life Style Prevalence Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Educational Status Diabetes Mellitus Type 2/epidemiology Socioeconomic Factors article 2022 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211013267 2022-08-14T10:49:11Z Aims: The Faroe Islands is considered a homogeneous society and has a low Gini coefficient, but the knowledge about the social distribution of health and disease is sparse. In a large population-based sample we investigated: (a) the association between socioeconomic position defined by level of education and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by self-report in the Faroe Islands; and (b) to what degree lifestyle factors mediate the association. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from the population-based Public Health Survey Faroes 2015 (n=1095). We present odds ratios for type 2 diabetes mellitus by socioeconomic position from logistic regression models. In our main model we adjusted for potential confounders and in a secondary model we additionally adjusted for potential mediating lifestyle factors. Results: Individuals with middle and low levels of education display higher odds ratios of type 2 diabetes mellitus of 2.80 (95% confidence interval 1.32–5.92) and 4.65 (95% confidence interval 1.93–11.17) in adjusted analysis, respectively, compared to their counterparts with high education. After adjustment for potentially mediating lifestyle factors the estimates were attenuated slightly, but a significant statistical association remained, with lifestyle-related mediating factors in total explaining 21% for middle education and 34% for low education participants. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that there may be a social gradient in the distribution of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands, and that the association is partly mediated by lifestyle factors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Faroe Islands Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 50 5 638 645 |
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Aims: The Faroe Islands is considered a homogeneous society and has a low Gini coefficient, but the knowledge about the social distribution of health and disease is sparse. In a large population-based sample we investigated: (a) the association between socioeconomic position defined by level of education and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by self-report in the Faroe Islands; and (b) to what degree lifestyle factors mediate the association. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from the population-based Public Health Survey Faroes 2015 (n=1095). We present odds ratios for type 2 diabetes mellitus by socioeconomic position from logistic regression models. In our main model we adjusted for potential confounders and in a secondary model we additionally adjusted for potential mediating lifestyle factors. Results: Individuals with middle and low levels of education display higher odds ratios of type 2 diabetes mellitus of 2.80 (95% confidence interval 1.32–5.92) and 4.65 (95% confidence interval 1.93–11.17) in adjusted analysis, respectively, compared to their counterparts with high education. After adjustment for potentially mediating lifestyle factors the estimates were attenuated slightly, but a significant statistical association remained, with lifestyle-related mediating factors in total explaining 21% for middle education and 34% for low education participants. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that there may be a social gradient in the distribution of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands, and that the association is partly mediated by lifestyle factors. |
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Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands:a cross-sectional study |
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Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands:a cross-sectional study |
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Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands:a cross-sectional study |
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Honnudóttir , V , Hansen , L , Veyhe , A S , Andersen , I , Weihe , P , Strøm , M & Mohr , M 2022 , ' Social inequality in type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Faroe Islands : a cross-sectional study ' , Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , vol. 50 , no. 5 , pp. 638-645 . https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211013267 |
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