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SUBMITTER: Horner EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5976829 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horner Elizabeth Mokyr EM Strombotne Kiersten K Huang Alison A Lapham Susan S
SSM - population health 20180207
The increasing prevalence of Type II Diabetes (T2D) presents a serious health and financial public crisis. Our study examines the hypothesis that adolescents' perceptions of economic insecurity, along with absolute and relative socioeconomic status (SES), can contribute to T2D prevalence later in life. Project Talent (PT) Survey data, collected on high school students in 1960, have been linked to Medicare records from 2012, presenting a unique opportunity to examine measures gathered in adolesce ...[more]