Associations of area deprivation and urban/rural traits with the incidence of type 1 diabetes: analysis at the municipality level in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
K CastilloWerner MaierRolf HolleAnna Stahl-PeheChristina BaechleOliver KußJulia M HermannReinhard W HollJoachim RosenbauerPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2020)
The results suggest that the type 1 diabetes risk is higher in more remote, more rural, less densely populated and less deprived areas. Urban/rural traits were stronger predictors of type 1 diabetes risk than area deprivation indicators.