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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between perceived health status and health-related lifestyles for the community-dwelling 257 elderly Koreans. Almost half of them reported that they were diagnosed as patients of neuralgia, arthritis, hypertension, diabetes and so on. At the same time, more than ⅓ of them showed higher than 140mmHg in their systolic blood pressure measurement. Nevertheless, many elderly people responded that they preferred to eating salty food, hot food, or meat, and they did not take regular exercises for keeping their health at all. With the findings, the educational program was suggested to promote their health-related lifestyles.
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