Place matters

Diabetes is signficantly more prevalent amongst the poorest in the population than the richest. A handful of recent studies examine how the disease affects people in more deprived neighbourhoods. From the US the SEARCH for diabetes in Youth study looks at prevalence of type 1 diabetes amongst young people. Research from Sweden assesses incidence of coronary heart disease amongst people with diabetes. The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE) takes a look at the association between neighbourhood deprivation and cardiometabolic risk factors amongst adults with diabetes. Work carried out by the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health at St Barts in London considered ethnic differences in glycaemic control amongst people with type 2 diabetes.