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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 114, No. 3: 379-384
Copyright © 1981 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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THE PITTSBURGH INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS REGISTRY

THE RELATIONSHIP OF INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS INCIDENCE TO SOCIAL CLASS

ROLALD E. LAPORTE1,, TREVOR J. ORCHARD1, LEWIS H. KULLER1, DIANE K. WAGENER1, ALLAN L. DRASH2, BARBARA B. SCHNEIDER1 and HOWARD A. FISHBEIN

1Dept. of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, School of Medicine U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
3Rhode Island Department of Health Providence, RI

Send reprint requests to Dr. Ronald E. LaPorte, Dept. of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, U. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

The incidence of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, as determined from the Pittsburgh Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Registry, was examined in relationship to social class. The registry consists of all Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, cases of insulin dependent diabetes diagnosed under age 20 years in 1965–1976. Analyses of the registry data revealed little relationship between incidence, age at onset and social class. The lack of a strong relationship to social class indicates that the epidemiology of insulin dependent diabetes is not similar to those of polio or Hodgkin's disease, in which social class is strongly related to incidence and age at onset.

diabetes mellitus; social class


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