An assessment of the interaction between socio-economic status and diabetes mellitus: The impact on cardiovascular disease, microvascular complications and diabetes prevalence

Connolly, Vincent (1997) An assessment of the interaction between socio-economic status and diabetes mellitus: The impact on cardiovascular disease, microvascular complications and diabetes prevalence. MD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

This thesis consists of four studies addressing the relationship between diabetes and socio-economic status. 1. Name: Cardiac risk factor clustering in diabetic persons of low socio-economic status (SES). Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of obesity, smoking, hypertension, hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia in a cohort of diabetic patients and in seven socio-economic categories for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Conclusions: This study confirmed an inverse gradient of exposure to the major CAD risk factors and SES.

• Item Type: Thesis (MD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Additional Information: Adviser: Professor McEwan.
• Keywords: Epidemiology, public health.
• Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
• Colleges/Schools: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences
• Date of Award: 1997
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1997-71537
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 10 May 2019 14:21
• Last Modified: 17 Oct 2022 13:57
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.71537
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/71537