作者
Kate E Pickett, Shona Kelly, Eric Brunner, Tim Lobstein, Richard G Wilkinson
发表日期
2005/8/1
期刊
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
卷号
59
期号
8
页码范围
670-674
出版商
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
简介
Objectives: To see if obesity, deaths from diabetes, and daily calorie intake are associated with income inequality among developed countries.
Design: Ecological study of 21 developed countries.
Countries: Countries were eligible for inclusion if they were among the top 50 countries with the highest gross national income per capita by purchasing power parity in 2002, had a population over 3 million, and had available data on income inequality and outcome measures.
Main outcome measures: Percentage of obese (body mass index >30) adult men and women, diabetes mortality rates, and calorie consumption per capita per day.
Results: Adjusting for gross national per capita income, income inequality was positively correlated with the percentage of obese men (r = 0.48, p = 0.03), the percentage of obese women (r = 0.62, p = 0.003), diabetes mortality rates per 1 million people (r = 0 …
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