The food habits and health complaints were studied for 459 persons, 60 years and over, in the rural area, Kurye - Gun Chonnam, from april 28 to May 1, 1986, by the questionnaire sheets ;one was for the food habits, and the other was for health complaints(the standardized questionnair designed in Todai Health Index).
The results obtained were as follows.
1) Mean score of the food habit was 11.23.5 in male and 10.8+2.9 in female. The score in both sexes showed a falling tendency as their ages increased.
2) THI scores in sufferings eye & skin, mouth & anus were higher(p < 0.01, p 0.05, p < 0.01) in female than in male. As age increased, the THI score showed a rising tendency. In case of male, THI score in digestive organs was higher(p < 0.05) in sixties than in other age.
3) The rate of living together with their family or spouse in the male aged was 77% higher than in the female aged, while the rate of celibacy in the female aged was 28 %, higher than 3 % in the male aged. DMF value was higher in female than male. The amount of alcohol ingestion were 2.1 and 0.6 Cup in male and female, respectively and the amount of smoking were 10.5 and 3.1 cigarettes in male
and female respectively. Both alcohol intake and smoking were higher in male(P< 0.01).
4) In case of male, the correlation coefficient between the score of food habit and THI score was negative in suffering eye & skin, mouth & anus, respiratory,
and in female it was negative in digestive, mouth & anus. As the score of food habit become low, the THI score become high.
5) Those living alone in both sexes showed a low score in food habit.
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