IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 22, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(6):1282-1283; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi264
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Commentary: Socioeconomic position and the risk of type 2 diabetes
1 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
2 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
* Corresponding author. 615 North Wolfe Street, Rm E6531, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. E-mail: tgary@jhsph.edu
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As the incidence of type 2 diabetes rises in the developed world, researchers continue to work on characterizing modifiable risk factors that go beyond the traditional biomedical paradigm. The article by Maty et al.1 examines the association between income, education, and occupation and the 34 year incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Alameda County Study. It also