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KMID : 1039620180080020281
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Korean Journal of Family Practice
2018 Volume.8 No. 2 p.281 ~ p.285
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The Association of Objective Depression and Subjective Depression with Weight Change among Korean Adults Aged over 65 Years: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2010-2012
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Song Hyeun-Jin
Choi Ji-Ho
Lee Yeon-Ji
Youn Nam-Hee
Oh Jeong-Min
Lee Yu-Rim
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Abstract
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Background: South Korea is rapidly becoming an aging society and elderly Koreans have been reported to have the highest suicide rate among member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Since depression is one of the leading causes of suicide, it is necessary to understand depression among the elderly. Past studies have shown that the elderly with depression lost more weight than those without depression. Therefore, we analyzed the association between depression and weight change among the Korean elderly aged over 65 years.
Methods: We included 2,313 elderly Koreans who had participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We assessed the association of objective depression and subjective depression with weight change. We adjusted for factors such as age, sex, body mass index, chronic disease (hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease), cancers, alcohol, smoking, living with spouse, oral health, education, and economic status, and then analyzed the association between depression and weight change with logistic regression.
Results: Among the Korean elderly, there was a significant association between depression and weight loss. Both objective depression and subjective depression increased the risk of weight loss more among women than men.
Conclusion: We found that objective depression and subjective depression were significantly associated with weight loss and the risk increases more among Korean elderly women than Korean elderly men.
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KEYWORD
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Depression, Weight Loss, Aged
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