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KMID : 0869120130150030133
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기초간호자연과학회지
2013 Volume.15 No. 3 p.133 ~ p.138
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Comparison of the Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors, Physical Activity, and Diet Habits between the Fifties and Sixties in Postmenopausal Women
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Kim Hee-Seung
Kim Hye-Ryoung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the metabolic syndrome (MS) risk factors, physical activity, and diet habits, between the fifties and sixties in postmenopausal women.
Methods: Two hundred and thirty subjects were recruited from the volunteers of a tertiary care hospital located in an urban city of South Korea. MS was defined by the criteria of the American Heart Association, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the International Diabetes Federation, and obesity was determined by waist circumference .
Results: During fifty and sixty years of age, the prevalence of MS was 19.7% and 30.6%, respectively. The waist circumference, triglyceride, blood pressure, and fasting serum glucose levels were significantly higher in the MS group than in the non-MS group during their fifties and sixties. For participants in their sixties, the pulse pressure and fasting serum glucose levels were significantly higher in the MS group than in the non-MS group. Physical activity was significantly lower in the MS group than in the non-MS group in their sixties.
Conclusion: These results show that nurses should focus on increased physical activity for patients their sixties, especially MS patients for the improvement of MS risk factors.
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KEYWORD
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Menopause, Woman, Metabolic syndrome
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