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KMID : 0379319890140010005
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
1989 Volume.14 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.15
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Comparative Health Status of Rural Urban and Aged Perosons by Some Screening Tests
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한인수/Han, In-Soo
홍광선/박선주/임한종/Hong, Kwang-Sun/Park, Sun-Ju/Rim, Han-Jong
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Abstract
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To compare the health status of rural and urban aged persons(over 65 years old) by an abnormality of a hematologic and some biochemical values as well as urinalysis and chest X-ray, following examinations were done on 8,756(male 4,339 ; female 4,417) by hemoglobin, total cholesterol, GOT, and glucose, on 9,207(male : 4,467 ; female : 4.740) by urinalysis and on 9,148(male 4,426 ; female : 4,722) by chest X-ray.
The results are as follows :
1) The proportion of outlier of normal range of the GOT(over 40 unit) showed higher in rural aged persons(5.3%) than in urban aged(2.8 %). There was no significant difference in both of urban and rural female, but the rural male(7.4 %) showed significantly higher than the urban male (3.9 % ).
2) The proportion of abnormality of the total cholesterol value(over 260 mg/dl) was 7.0% in urban and 1.7% in rural aged persons. In the male, there was no significant difference in both urban(2.2%) and rural(1.4% ), however the urban female(10.5%) showed significantly higher than the rural female(2.2 % ).
3) In the blood glucose level, the proportion of abnormality(over 120 mg/dl) showed 17.1% in urban and 19.3% in rural aged persons. The rural aged persons in both sexes(male : 18.1% female : 20.7%) were relatively higher abnormality rates than those of the urban aged(male 15. 3% ; female : 18.4%) respectively.
4) The proportion of abnormality of hemoglobin level(less than 12.0 g/dl in male ; less than 11.0 g/dl in female) showed 7.1% in urban and 2.6% in rural aged persons. The urban aged persons in both sexes (male : 8.3% ; female 6.3%) were relatively higher abnormality rates than those of the rural aged(male : 3.0% ; female : 2.2 %).
5) In the urinalysis by urine stix(Korea Green Cross Co.), the positive rates of urine protein were 1.0 % in urban and 0.5 % in rural aged persons, and there was no any significant differences in both areas by sex.
6) The positive rates of urine glucose in urban aged persons (5.8% ; male : 7.3% ; female : 4.7% ). showed relatively higher than those of rural aged (3.4% ; male : 3.9% ; female : 2.8%).
7) The positive findings of pulmonary tuberculosis by indirect X-ray examination were observed in 7.7 % of aged persons in both rural and urban areas respectively. However, the positive rates of male in both areas(urban : 12.8% ; rural: 10.0%) showed higher than those of female (urban : 4.2 % ; rural 5.0 %).
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