Trends in health-related behaviors of Korean adults: study based on data from the 2008 - 2014 Community Health Surveys

Kang, Yang Wha; Ko, Yun Sil; Kim, Keon Yeop; Sung, Changhyun; Lee, Dong Han; Jeong, Eunkyeong

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“… 15 Kang et al's study reported an increased risk of alcohol use and marginally decreased walking rate from the 2008–2014 Korea Community Health Survey. 16 …”

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Recent trends in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in Korean adults: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1998 to 2014

Shin

Kang

2017

Journal of Epidemiology

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BackgroundRecent obesity studies have reported that the rising trend in obesity has stabilized or leveled off. Our study aimed to update estimates of the recent prevalence trend in obesity based on the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1998–2014.MethodsA total of 66,663 subjects were included and defined as being either underweight, overweight, or obese, in accordance with a BMI of 18.5 kg/m2 or lower, 23 kg/m2 or higher, and 25 kg/m2 or higher, respectively.ResultsThe prevalence of underweight in KNHANES I through VI surveys was 5.4%, 6.1%, 5.8%, 6.5%, 7.6%, and 7.5%, respectively, in men (p for trend = 0.04, β = 0.003) and 4.7%, 3.3%, 3.4%, 3.3%, 2.7%, and 2.6%, respectively, in women (p for trend = 0.03, β = −0.002). Also for KNHANES I through VI, the respective prevalence of overweight/obesity was 50.3%, 57.2%, 62.5%, 62.3%, 61.4%, and 61.3% in men (p for trend<0.01, β = 0.009) and 48.3%, 50.3%, 50.0%, 47.8%, 47.0%, and 45.3% in women (p for trend<0.01, β = −0.01), respectively.ConclusionsThe obesity occurrence in men was trending upward with respect to overweight/obesity and for grade 1 and 2 obesity, but not for abdominal obesity. However, the obesity trends in women were leveling off from overweight/obesity, grade 1 obesity, and abdominal obesity measures. Further studies are required with data on muscle mass and adiposity for effective obesity control policies.

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“… 15 Kang et al's study reported an increased risk of alcohol use and marginally decreased walking rate from the 2008–2014 Korea Community Health Survey. 16 …”

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Recent trends in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in Korean adults: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1998 to 2014

Shin

Kang

2017

Journal of Epidemiology

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“…Other studies reported that severe preeclampsia was developed in 0.49% of Chinese women [ 61 ], 0.5% in Danish [ 62 ], and 0.4% in British study [ 63 ]. Second, because women living in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, showed generally better health conditions than others in small cities or rural areas [ 64 , 65 ], our restriction of the study population to those living in Seoul possibly resulted in low hypertensive disorders of pregnancy compared to other reports. In our previous studies for South Korea, prevalence of preeclampsia in total and severe preeclampsia (requiring MgSO 4 ) was higher (1.2 and 0.9%) than ours [ 34 , 35 ].…”

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Exposure to air pollution during preconceptional and prenatal periods and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study in Seoul, Korea

Choe

Jun

Kim

2018

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundPrevious studies suggested associations between prenatal exposure to air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We explored the associations between ambient concentrations of five major air pollutants during preconceptional and prenatal periods and three hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Seoul, Korea, using a population-representative cohort.MethodsWe obtained heath and demographic data of pregnant women residing in Seoul for 2002–2013 from the Korean National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort. For mother’s individual exposures to air pollution, we computed concentrations of particulate matter ≤10 μm in diameter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone (O3) during 1, 3, 6, and 12 months to birth using regulatory monitoring data in Seoul. The associations between air pollution and hypertensive disorders were explored by using logistic regression models after adjusting for individual confounders.ResultsAmong 18,835 pregnant women in Seoul, 0.6, 0.5, and 0.4% of women developed gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and preeclampsia requiring magnesium sulfate (Mg-preeclampsia), respectively. Although most odds ratios (ORs) were not statistically significant, we found increasing risk gradients with disease severity depending on the pollutant. There was the association between PM10 during 6 months to birth and gestational hypertension (OR for an interquartile range increase = 1.68 [95% confidence interval = 1.09–2.58]). NO2 and ozone during 12 and 1 month, respectively, before birth were associated with Mg-preeclampsia (1.43 [1.01–2.03], 1.53 [1.03–2.27]).ConclusionsWe observed positive associations of exposure to some air pollutants before and during pregnancy with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy among the Korean general population. Future studies with refined exposure metrics should confirm our findings.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-018-1982-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…In many studies of preventive action, these HRBs have been analyzed as single factors, however they have not primarily been analyzed in interaction with each other. In recent years, considerable evidence for the number of HRBs has been established, that is, how many HRBs a person exerts at the same time or throughout their life [ 3 ]. Less is known about specific combinations of single HRBs, that is, the HRB patterns [ 4 , 5 , 6 ].…”

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Health Risk Behavior Patterns in a National Adult Population Survey

John

Hanke

Freyer‐Adam

2018

IJERPH

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Background: The aim of this paper is to analyze the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors (HRBs), namely, tobacco smoking, alcohol risk drinking, overeating, and physical inactivity, as well as their 16 combinations (patterns), which are stratified by age and gender. Methods: The data of 19,294 study participants, from a telephone survey among the adult general population of Germany that was conducted in 2012, were analyzed. Results: In adults, two or more of the four HBRs were found among 51.5% of females and 61.9% of males. The single most prevalent HRB pattern among all of the female (20.7, 19.6–21.8%) and male participants (18.2, 17.1–19.3%) was being overweight combined with a lack of physical activity, and its prevalence increased by 4% with each year of life. A multinomial regression analysis revealed that education was inversely associated with 11 of the 15 HRB patterns. The risk of having four, compared to zero, HRBs was 3.3 (2.5–4.4) for males relative to females. Conclusion: Similar to the findings from other western countries, the majority of the participants in this adult national sample from Germany had two or more HRBs. The most common of all possible HRB patterns was overweight and inactivity. The data confirm inverse relations between education and most HRB patterns.

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Trends in health-related behaviors of Korean adults: study based on data from the 2008 - 2014 Community Health Surveys

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

Recent trends in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in Korean adults: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1998 to 2014

Recent trends in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity in Korean adults: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1998 to 2014

Exposure to air pollution during preconceptional and prenatal periods and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study in Seoul, Korea

Health Risk Behavior Patterns in a National Adult Population Survey

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