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KMID : 0371019970300030489
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1997 Volume.30 No. 3 p.489 ~ p.496
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Relationship of Serum Cholesterol and Anxiety in Rural Residents
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Park Yo-Seop
Park Kyeong-Soo
Na Baeg-Ju
Nam Hae-Sung
Shin Jun-Ho
Sohn Seok-Joon
Choi Jin-Su
Kim Beong-Woo
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Abstract
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In other to study relationship of anxiety and serum cholesterol in general popu lation, we performed the interview survey and screening test for the Ju-am cohort and residents in controlling area at 1995. Among them, 622 people are selected for this analysis. The results were summarized as follows.
1. Anxiety and total serum cholesterol. related each other in the group of anxiety. Correlation coefficient was 0.39(p(0.01).
2. According to the result of multiple regression that the total serum cholesterol regarded as the dependent variable, anxiety and total serum cholesterol were related each other positively in the group of anxiety(p(0.05).
3. As the symptoms of anxiety was dichotomized affective and somatic symptom. There was no relationship of 2 symptoms and total serum cholesterol in all subjects, but there was more relationship on the affective symptom than on the somatic symptom in the group of anxiety(p(0.05).
The above results show that anxiety and total serum cholesterol related each other significantly in the anxiety group. And the relationship of psychological factors and serum cholesterol could be applied significantly in general population as well as in the special group.
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KEYWORD
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Anxiety, Serum total cholesterol, Anxiety group
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