AUTHOR=Sezer Bengisu , Koster Annemarie , Albers Jeroen , Meisters Rachelle , Schram Miranda , Eussen Simone , Dukers Nicole , de Rijk Angelique , Stehouwer Coen , Bosma Hans 

TITLE=Socioeconomic Position and Type 2 Diabetes: The Mediating Role of Psychosocial Work Environment- the Maastricht Study

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=68

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606036

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2023.1606036

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objective:</bold> We examined the association between low socioeconomic position (SEP) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), and the mediating role of psychosocial work environment by using counterfactual mediation analysis.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> Data from 8,090 participants of The Maastricht Study were analysed. SEP indicators (education, income, occupation), self-reported psychosocial work stressors, (pre)diabetes by oral glucose tolerance test were measured at baseline. Incident T2DM was self-reported per annum up to 9 years. Cox regression and causal mediation analyses were performed.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> 2.8% (<italic>N</italic> = 172) of the participants without T2DM at baseline reported incident T2DM. People with lower SEP more often had prevalent T2DM (e.g., education OR = 2.49, 95% CI: 2.16–2.87) and incident T2DM (e.g., education HR = 2.21, 95% CI: 1.53–3.20) than higher SEP. Low job control was associated with prevalent T2DM (OR = 1.44 95% CI: 1.25–1.67). Job control partially explained the association between income and prevalent T2DM (7.23%). Job demand suppressed the associations of education and occupation with prevalent T2DM. The mediation models with incident T2DM and social support were not significant.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Socioeconomic inequalities in T2DM were present, but only a small part of it was explained by the psychosocial work environment.</p>