Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , November 2005

The socioeconomic correlates of global complication prevalence in type 1 diabetes (T1D): A multinational comparison

  • Michael G. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, DLR Building, 3512 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Janice Zgibor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, DLR Building, 3512 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Thomas Songer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, DLR Building, 3512 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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  • Knut Borch-Johnsen

      Affiliations

    • Steno Memorial Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Trevor J Orchard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, DLR Building, 3512 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 383 1032; fax: +1 412 383 1020.
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  • on behalf of all DiaComp Investigators

      Affiliations

    • A list of DiaComp Investigators is provided in the Appendix A.

Received 28 May 2004 ,Revised 17 November 2004 ,Accepted 2 March 2005.

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PII: S0168-8227(05)00099-9

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.03.026

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , November 2005

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