Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old
Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older. Methods: The sample consisted of 11,291 participants in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 20...
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| description | Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older.
Methods: The sample consisted of 11,291 participants in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We used complex sample analyses, including strata, cluster, and sample weighting, to allow generalization to the Korean population. Complex samples crosstabs and chi-square tests were conducted to compare the percentage of sociodemographic characteristics to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components by gender and family composition. Next, a complex sample logistic regression was performed to examine the association between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender.
Results: The percentage of adults living alone was 5.6% for men and 13.9% for women. Slightly more women (14.0%) than men (10.1%) reported living with three generations. The percentage of metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 45 years and older was 53.2% for men and 35.7% for women. For women, we found that living with one or three generations was significantly associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome, blood pressure, and triglyceride abnormality after adjusting for age, education, household income, smoking, physical activity, and body mass index, when compared to living alone. No significant relationships were found for men.
Conclusions: A national strategy, tailored on gender and family composition, needs to be developed in order to prevent the increase of metabolic syndrome in Korean women over middle age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcab6b6247444499a5c1ac9b9d3c46702022-12-22T01:31:56ZengElsevierAsian Nursing Research1976-13172015-12-019434935510.1016/j.anr.2015.10.006Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years OldYoung-Ju Kim, RN, ACNP, PhDPurpose: This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older. Methods: The sample consisted of 11,291 participants in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We used complex sample analyses, including strata, cluster, and sample weighting, to allow generalization to the Korean population. Complex samples crosstabs and chi-square tests were conducted to compare the percentage of sociodemographic characteristics to the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components by gender and family composition. Next, a complex sample logistic regression was performed to examine the association between family composition and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by gender. Results: The percentage of adults living alone was 5.6% for men and 13.9% for women. Slightly more women (14.0%) than men (10.1%) reported living with three generations. The percentage of metabolic syndrome in Korean adults aged 45 years and older was 53.2% for men and 35.7% for women. For women, we found that living with one or three generations was significantly associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome, blood pressure, and triglyceride abnormality after adjusting for age, education, household income, smoking, physical activity, and body mass index, when compared to living alone. No significant relationships were found for men. Conclusions: A national strategy, tailored on gender and family composition, needs to be developed in order to prevent the increase of metabolic syndrome in Korean women over middle age.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131715000894living arrangementsmetabolic syndrome Xwomen |
| spellingShingle | Young-Ju Kim, RN, ACNP, PhD Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old Asian Nursing Research living arrangements metabolic syndrome X women |
| title | Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old |
| title_full | Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old |
| title_fullStr | Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old |
| title_short | Association of Family Composition and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old |
| title_sort | association of family composition and metabolic syndrome in korean adults aged over 45 years old |
| topic | living arrangements metabolic syndrome X women |
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