School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Kyungsung University, 309 Suyoungro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48434, Korea.
Nutrients. 2019 Jul 30;11(8):1755. doi: 10.3390/nu11081755.
There is an increasing number of metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients worldwide, and there is no exception in South Korea. The risk complications of metabolic syndrome have been investigated by many previous research studies, while no data on any current trends of MetS are available. Therefore, the present study investigates the recent prevalence of MetS and its associated risk complications in Korean adults by using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The Survey respondents ( = 4744) were adults over the age of 30, and they had participated in KNHANES 2016, which is a health survey of a national representative sample of non-institutionalized civilian South Koreans. The cross-tabulation analysis was applied to figure out the general characteristics impacting on the prevalence of MetS; furthermore, the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using multivariate logistic regression analysis were presented for the risk complications of MetS. Findings from this study indicated that subjective health status, family structure, age, income level, use of nutrition labelling and gender showed significant connections with the prevalence of MetS. The risk diseases, stroke (OR = 2.174, 95% CI = 1.377-3.433, < 0.01), myocardial infarction (MI) (OR = 2.667, 95% CI = 1.474-4.824, < 0.01) and diabetes (OR = 6.533, 95% CI = 4.963, < 0.001) were explored and verified attributable to the prevalence of MetS. The findings in this study suggest that sociodemographic characteristics-concentrated strategies are vital to prevent the prevalence of MetS in South Korea, and relative risk complications ought to be cautiously dealt with as well.
目前全球代谢综合征（MetS）患者数量不断增加，韩国也不例外。许多先前的研究都调查了代谢综合征的风险并发症，但目前还没有关于代谢综合征任何当前趋势的数据。因此，本研究使用韩国国民健康和营养检查调查（KNHANES）调查了韩国成年人中代谢综合征的近期流行情况及其相关的风险并发症。该调查的受访者（n=4744）为 30 岁以上的成年人，他们参加了 2016 年的 KNHANES，这是一项针对非机构化的韩国平民的全国代表性样本的健康调查。交叉表分析用于确定影响代谢综合征流行率的一般特征；此外，还使用多元逻辑回归分析呈现了代谢综合征风险并发症的优势比和 95%置信区间（CI）。本研究的结果表明，主观健康状况、家庭结构、年龄、收入水平、使用营养标签和性别与代谢综合征的流行率有显著关系。研究发现，中风（OR=2.174，95%CI=1.377-3.433，<0.01）、心肌梗死（OR=2.667，95%CI=1.474-4.824，<0.01）和糖尿病（OR=6.533，95%CI=4.963，<0.001）等风险疾病与代谢综合征的流行有关。本研究的结果表明，社会人口统计学特征集中的策略对于预防韩国代谢综合征的流行至关重要，并且应该谨慎处理相关的风险并发症。
