Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science (대한임상검사과학회지)
- Volume 40 Issue 1
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- Pages.55-61
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- 2008
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- 1738-3544(pISSN)
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- 2288-1662(eISSN)
Prevalence Rate of Obesity and Serum Lipid Test Results of Korean Adult Employees in Recent Medical Check-up Data
검진을 통한 한국 직장성인의 비만 유병률과 혈청 지질성분에 관한 연구
- Lee, Gyu-Jang (Korea Medical Institute) ;
- Kim, Soon-Ki (Korea Medical Institute) ;
- Lee, Chang-Kyou (Deptartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Korea University) ;
- Lee, Seung-Gwan (Deptartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Korea University) ;
- Oh, Ji-Heon (Deptartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Korea University) ;
- Cho, Kyung-Jin (Deptartment of Clinical Laboratory Science, Korea University)
- 이규장 (한국의학연구소) ;
- 김순기 (한국의학연구소) ;
- 이창규 (고려대학교 보건과학대학 임상병리학과) ;
- 이승관 (고려대학교 보건과학대학 임상병리학과) ;
- 오지헌 (고려대학교 보건과학대학 임상병리학과) ;
- 조경진 (고려대학교 보건과학대학 임상병리학과)
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
Obesity is correlated with diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, cardiovascular, renal, neurologic, psychological and many other disease. Owing to the elevated income and behavioral changes, the prevalence of obesity has remarkably increased in Korea also. Considering the trend of the epidemic, we can easily expect the excessive spendings for the treatment of the obesity-related diseases in near future. In order to check the prevalence of obesity and serum lipid levels of Korean employees, we analyzed the medical check-up sample data of 10,332 adults who took physical check-ups at an institute in 2006. Through the logistic regression analysis we found the prevalence rate of total risk group showing