Incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes by occupation: results from all Swedish employees

Aims/hypothesis The workplace is a potentially important arena for prevention of type 2 diabetes and the first step is to identify occupations where the disease is common and/or risk is high. Therefore, our aim was to analyse incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes across all occupational groups in Sweden. Methods This nationwide study included all Swedish citizens born between 1937 and 1979 and gainfully employed between 2001 and 2013 ( N =...