Gender-specific epidemiology of diabetes : a representative cross-sectional study

Janet F. Grant
Neville Hicks
Anne Taylor, Government of South Australia, Department of Health
Catherine R. Chittleborough
Patrick J. Phillips
The North West Adelaide Health Study Team

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Abstract

Diabetes and its associated complications are part of a chronic disease global epidemic that presents a public health challenge. Epidemiologists examining health differences between men and women are being challenged to recognise the biological and social constructions behind the terms 'sex' and/or 'gender', together with social epidemiology principles and the life course approach. This paper examines the epidemiology of a population with diabetes from the north-west metropolitan region of South Australia.