부산시내 일개 대학병원 건강검진센터 건강검진자들의 대사증후군의 유병률과 위험요인에 대한 연구

The study of prevalence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome at a health promotion center of hospital in Pusan

  Abdominal obesity as a risk factor of cardiovascular disease helps arouse the insulin resistance in the internals and bring about metabolic syndrome, and it increases the death rate every year. It has come into the limelight to make a survey of the fact finding of such metabolic abnormalities in Korea. This study analyzes the prevalence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome based on the records of subjects visiting the Health Promotion Center of some Hospital in Pusan from August 2003 to May 2004. Furthermore, it is expected to establish the data to prevent abdominal obesity, thereby making a contribution to helping to reduce the death rate through cardiovascular disease. The subjects of this study came from medical checkup examinees visiting the Health Promotion Center of Busan Paik Hospital conducted from August 2003 to May 2004. Subjects of the Health Promotion Center of Busan Paik Hospital were composed of 665 male subjects and 417 female subjects among the total number of 1,152 examinees. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was calculated through the data of the national census. And we investigated risk factors such as demograghic factor, lifestyle factor (smoking, drinking, and excercise), and obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, etc. Statistic results were done by the chi-square test, multivariate logistic regression analysis, odds ratio, and 95% confidence interval, using the SPSS (ver, 10.0) program. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome of the Health Promotion Center Survey conducted in between 2003 and 2004 came out to 24.1% in men and 19.2% in woman. It has been shown that some of the risk factors of metabolic syndrome were; male, aging, poor education and low monthly income. It has also been shown that exercise was a factor of prevention against the metabolic syndrome. As a result of this study, it has been shown that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome radically increases every year. Especially, the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome caused by abdominal obesity largely increases. To take countermeasures to prevent metabolic syndrome, personal habits related to lifestyle should be improved in private, and systematic prevention managements are required urgently in public.