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KMID : 1101320080400010055
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Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
2008 Volume.40 No. 1 p.55 ~ p.61
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Prevalence Rate of Obesity and Serum Lipid Test Results of Korean Adult Employees in Recent Medical Check-up Data
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Lee Gyu-Jang
Kim Soon-Ki
Lee Chang-Kyou
Oh Ji-Heon
Cho Kyung-Jin
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Abstract
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Obesity is correlated with diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, cardiovascular, renal, neurologic, psychological and many other disease. Owing to the elevated income and behavioral changes, the prevalence of obesity has remarkably increased in Korea also. Considering the trend of the epidemic, we can easily expect the excessive spendings for the treatment of the obesity-related diseases in near future. In order to check the prevalence of obesity and serum lipid levels of Korean employees, we analyzed the medical check-up sample data of 10,332 adults who took physical check-ups at an institute in 2006. Through the logistic regression analysis we found the prevalence rate of total risk group showing ≥23.0Kg/m2 was 57.4% and uric acid was found to be a definitive factor in the prevalence of obesity. Among the adults who eat more meat, drink more and smoke more smoking, the values of BMI, uric acid, cholesterol, HDLand LDL-cholesterol and TG were significantly higher than rest of the examinees. And the average BMIs were significantly higher among those who have risk factors of liver disease, hypertension, cardiovascular and heart disease, and diabetes mellitus.
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KEYWORD
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Obesity, Medical check-up, Serum lipid levels, Metabolic syndrome
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