Socioeconomic status and diabetes among urban Indigenous Australians aged 15-64 years in the DRUID study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diabetes is associated with lower socioeconomic status (SES) in developed countries, but the reverse is true in developing countries. Little is known about the relationship between SES and diabetes among Indigenous populations in developed countries. DESIGN: We examined the relationship between measures of SES and the prevalence of diabetes in the DRUID Study, a cross-sectional study of urban Indigenous Australian volunteers in the Darwin region. RESULTS: Among 777 participants aged 15-64 years included in the analysis, 17.1% had diabetes, ranging from 2.0% among those aged 15-24 years to 50.8% of those aged 55-64 years. After adjusting for age and sex, diabetes was significantly..