Abstract Background Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with greater burdens of cardiovascular disease in a community. The regional disparity SES may result an uneven distribution hypertension (HTN) by region. This study aims to analyze the and HTN burden between rural urban areas Korea. Methods We used data from Korea National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) V (2010–20...

the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of physical activity levels with sleep duration (sd), and self-rated health (srh) using the fifth korean national health and nutrition examination survey data from 2010 and 2011.overall, 12,188 korean people were evaluated in relation to meeting guidelines for vigorous pa (mvpa), moderate pa (mmpa), and low pa (mlpa) associated with sd a...

The analysis results of KNHANES data are usually presented as weighted mean±standard error of mean (SEM) or weighted proportion (SE). The reason for providing standard error instead of standard deviation is attributed to the fact that standard deviation only describes variation of sample data. On the other hand, standard error provides the precision of estimate (weighted mean/weight proportion)...

While the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing, little is presently known about this syndrome in Korean elderly. This study aimed to group metabolic risk factors and to examine the associations between groups of health living conditions and metabolic syndrome using data from the Korean National Health Examination and Nutritional Assessment (KNHANES). A total of 1,435 subjects aged ove...

For policy goal setting, efficacy evaluations, and the development of related programs for reducing sodium intake, it is essential to accurately identify the amount of sodium intake in South Korea and constantly monitor its trends. The present study aimed to identify the status of sodium intake in South Korea and to review the methods and their validity for estimating sodium intake in each coun...

OBJECTIVES In the present study, we aimed to determine the effect of both active and passive smoking on the prevalence of the hearing impairment and the hearing thresholds in different age groups through the analysis of data collected from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional epidemiological study. METHODS The KNHANES is an ongoi...

BACKGROUND Dyslipidemia is a disorder of lipid metabolism, including elevated total cholesterol, elevated triglyceride, elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and decreased high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). The objective of this study was to investigate recent changes in the prevalence of dyslipidemia and also the rates of awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipid...

we conducted this cross-sectional study to examine the relationships between problematic alcohol drinking, unhealthy habits and socio-demographic factors based on the fourth korean national health and nutrition examination survey (knhanes iv).we analyzed a total of 13,488 participants based on the data collected from the knhanes iv performed between 2007 and 2009.the frequency of binge and heav...