This survey was carried out to study the relationship between observable factor such as anthropometry, blood pressure, food habit, the score of THI and diseases of 459 persons( male : 188, female : 271) aged 60 and over in the rural area of Kurye -Gun Chonnam from April 28 to May 1, 1986. The results obtained were as follows
1) Body weight and height was below Korean average. The mean obesity rate in male and female showed -2.3% and 3.4%, respectively, and BMI showed 25.8 and 26.0 respectively.
2) The systolic and diastolic blood pressure was normal in both sexes. The propotion of hypertension by WHO level showed 19.6% and 20.3% in male and female, respectively. The proportion of anemia showed 57.9% and 41.7% in male and female, respectively. The concentration of total protein, albumin, cholesterol and glucose and white blood cell number showed normal range in both sexes.
3) The proportion of the disease showed 68% of male and 83% of female and among them 50% of male and 43% of female suffered from one kind of disease and there are more female who suffered from many kinds of diseases than male. The
most common disease is neuralgia and nexts are digestive diseases, diabetes mellitus, urinary disturbance, motion disturbance, arthritis, respiratory diseases, tubeculosis and hepatitis.
4) There was a significant correlation between body height and weight and the score of food habit.
5) There was a considerable relation between the score of each item of THI and the status of diseases.
6) There appeared profound relation between obesity rate and the data of anthropometry, but weak relation between that and blood constituents, and no relation between that and the score of food habit.
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