Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2012 Jun;18(1):12-20.

The Relationship of Obesity and Lifestyle to Health Status among Korean Men in the Health Screen Examinees

• Cho SY

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of obesity and lifestyle to health status among Korean men in the Health Screen Examinees.
METHODS
We checked out the results of lifestyle including smoking, alcohol, exercise, regular meals, preference of meat/vegetable, and spicy food which were contained in questionnaire, among 1,890 adult men in the Health Screen Examinees. And we also evaluated the result of body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), liver function tests (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase [ALT], gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase [GPT]), and lipid profiles (total cholesterol [TCHO], triglyceride [TG], low density lipoprotein [LDL], high density lipoprotein [HDL]). Statistical analysis of the health profiles and lifestyle, BMI were performed by using multiple logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS
On multiple logistic regression analysis, 'obesity' was related to hypertension, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dyslipidemia. 'Smoking' was related to TG and HDL. 'Unhealthy drinking' was related to SBP, DBP, hypertension, ALT, gamma-GPT, liver disease, TG, HDL, and dyslipidemia. 'Irregular exercise' was related to FBS, ALT, TG, LDL HDL, and dyslipidemia. 'Irregular meals' were related to TCHO, LDL, and HDL.
CONCLUSION
For 1,890 adult men, an obesity and unhealthy lifestyle (smoking, alcohol, irregular exercise and eating meals, and preference of meat and spicy food) were related to hypertension, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dyslipidemia. So health promotion is necessary for the patients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, liver disease, and dyslipidemia to recover from these chronic diseases.

Keyword

Obesity; Life style; Hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Liver diseases

MeSH Terms

Adult
Alanine Transaminase
Blood Glucose
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cholesterol
Chronic Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Dyslipidemias
Eating
Fasting
gamma-Glutamyltransferase
Health Promotion
Humans
Hypertension
Life Style
Lipoproteins
Liver Diseases
Liver Function Tests
Logistic Models
Male
Meals
Meat
Obesity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Smoke
Smoking
Alanine Transaminase
Blood Glucose
Cholesterol
Lipoproteins
Smoke
gamma-Glutamyltransferase