Publications by authors named "Jeroen D Albers"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines how socioeconomic position (SEP), food environments, walkability, and greenspace impact type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk, focusing on their interconnection.
- Lower SEP correlates with a higher risk of T2D, with significant hazard ratios indicating a strong link between education, income, occupation, and diabetes prevalence.
- Environmental factors only weakly mediate the relationship between SEP and T2D, suggesting that while lower SEP leads to a less healthy environment, this isn't the primary driver for increased diabetes risk.
Background: Epidemiological and toxicological studies indicate that increased exposure to air pollutants can lead to neurodegenerative diseases. To further confirm this relationship, we evaluated the association between exposure to ambient air pollutants and corneal nerve measures as a surrogate for neurodegeneration, using corneal confocal microscopy.
Methods: We used population-based observational cross-sectional data from The Maastricht Study including N = 3635 participants (mean age 59.
Objectives: This study examined the cross-sectional association between sleep duration, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes, and its independence from the traditional lifestyle risk factors diet, physical activity, smoking behavior, and alcohol consumption.
Methods: Cross-sectional data from 5561 people aged 40-75 years recruited into The Maastricht Study between 2010 and 2018 were used (1:1 female:male and mean age: 60.1 years [standard deviation: 8.