• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2001

This study was conducted to investigate the role of drinking pattern in the relationship of alcohol consumption by face-to-face interview in rural elderly(n=994) aged 60~64 in Dalsung County, April to September in 1996. Pattern of alcohol drinking included drinking status, alcohol drinking at the morning without breakfast, average drinks per day, frequency of drinks per month, quantity of alcohol drinking, kind of preferred alcoholic beverage and duration of alcohol drinking. Blood pressure was measured once in each subject using a portable automatic sphygmomanometer. Difference in means of systolic blood pressure, alcohol drinking status, alcohol drinking at the morning without breakfast, and kind of alcoholic beverage were statistically significant before adjusting covariates, but alcohol drinking status and alcohol drinking at the morning without breakfast were statistically significant after adjusting covariates. And difference in means of diastolic blood pressure, kinds of alcoholic beverage was statistically significant before adjusting covariates, but no variables was significant after adjusting covariates. Model I multiple regression for systolic blood pressure that included average drinks per day as the variable of drink pattern, age, educational attainment and, previous history of cardiovascular disease were statistically significant, and multiple regression for diastolic blood pressure, educational attainment, BMI, and previous history of cardiovascular disease were statistically significant. Model II multiple regression for systolic blood pressure that included drinking patterns variables except average drinks per day, previous history of cardiovascular disease were statistically significant. However, multiple regression for diastolic blood pressure, no variables were significant. So, inconsistent with prior research, a positive relationship was not found between average drinks per day and diastolic and systolic blood pressure. The effect of alcohol drinking patterns on blood pressure has public health as well as clinical relevance. The study should be replicated to determine the reliability of our findings.

• Proceedings of the KSCN Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1079-1079
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• 2003

최근 노인인구의 증가와 함께 식생활의 변화에 의해 사망원인의 변화가 일어나고 있다 한국인의 주요 사망원인 중 뇌혈관 및 심장질환 등 순환기계 질환에 의한 사망이 증가하고 있는 추세이며, 심장순환계 질환의 위험요인인 고혈압의 이환률도 65세 이상 노인에게서 증가하고 있다. 고혈압은 만성질환으로 산화적 스트레스를 증가시키는 질환이므로 본 연구에서는 건강한 노인과 고혈압 노인의 체내 항산화 영양상태를 비교하기 위해 울산지역 50세 이상 노인을 대상으로 하였다. 대조군은 질환이 없거나 골다공증, 위장질환과 같은 기타 질환을 가진 사람 96명이었으며, 고혈압환자군은 고혈압을 가진 모든 질환자 118명이었고, 항산화 영양소 섭취나 혈장내 항산화 영양상태에 영향을 미치는 성별, 연령, 흡연 및 음주상태를 보정하여 비교하였다. 고혈압환자의 평균 유병기간은 6.1년이었으며, 항산화 비타민 섭취량은 비타민 A, retinol, $\beta$-carotene과 비타민 C 섭취량 모두 고혈압 유무에 따른 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으나 고혈압환자의 섭취량이 높은 경향을 보였다. 한국인영양권장량과 비교한 결과 대조군의 비타민 A 섭취는 권장량의 86.2%, 고혈압환자군은 권장량의 103.0%를 섭취하여 고혈압군에서 유의적으로 높았고, 권장량의 75% 이하 섭취자의 비율은 대조군에서 46.9%, 고혈압군에서 41.5%로 조사되었다. 비타민 C 섭취는 대조군에서 권장량의 176.6%, 고혈압군에서는 189.0%로 나타나 질환의 유무에 관계없이 두 군 모두 권장량의 170%이상을 섭취하고 있었으나 권장량의 75% 이하를 섭취하는 사람의 비율이 대조군에서 13.5%, 고혈압군에서 17.0%로 고혈압군에서 높게 나타났다. 혈장 비타민 C의 농도는 대조군 15.3 mg/L, 고혈압환자 15.9mg/L, 혈장 $\beta$-carotene 농도는 대조군 0.21mg/L, 고혈압환자 0.22 mg/L로 나타나 고혈압 유무에 따른 차이가 없었고, 혈장 비타민 A,E 농도 및 총 항산화능력은 대조군에 비해 고혈압환자에게서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 또한 혈장 지질과산화물의 농도도 유의적이지는 않지만 고혈압환자에게서 높은 경향이 나타났다. 따라서 고혈압에 따른 항산화 영양상태를 비교한 결과 전반적인 항산화 비타민의 섭취량, 혈중 비타민 농도 및 총 항산화능력이 예상과 달리 대조군 보다 고혈압환자에게서 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 이런 결과는 질환자들이 자신이 가진 질병의 진전을 막거나 치료의 목적으로 치료제를 복용하고, 식이요법을 실시하고 있기 때문으로 사료되며, 고혈압과 같이 산화적 스트레스가 증가하는 질환의 경우 체내 항산화 체계 반응이 이러한 변화에 효율적으로 대처하기 위한 방향으로 증가되었을 가능성이 있을 것으로 사료된다. 특히, 본 연구의 대상자들의 유병기간이 6.1년으로 비교적 길기 때문에 질환의 진행정도에 따른 항산화 상태를 측정하거나 비교적 질환으로 판정된 직후의 사람들의 대상으로 한 연구 등 더 많은 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.157-174
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• 1998

A survey was conducted to study the influence of socia-demographic factors on health-related behaviors. from June 1 to July 31, 1996. The study population was 1,903 adults in Kyongju City. A questionnaire method was used to collect data. Health-related behaviors included 24 items for men and 26 items for women. The followings are summaries of findings : The compliance of health promotion activities was higher when the age was older in men, when married, when having no religion and when the education level was higher than the other groups. And it was significantly higher when the income was lower in men and higher in women, in the residents living in apartment, in white collar workers, in the chronic ill people and when the body weight was lower than the other groups. Notable differences were found in the composition of health behavior factors for socio-demographic characteristics. Men used more tobacco, coffee and tea, salt and alcohol than women. However, the practice rates of regular exercise and physical examination were higher in men than women. On the other hand, the practice rates of fruit/vegetable intake, milk drinking and regular tooth brushing were higher in women than men. When the age was old, the amount of fruit/vegetable intake, the frequency of physician visit and health check-up, and regularity of meal were increased. When the income was high, the use rate of seat-belts, the amount of coffee, milk, fruit/vegetable and red meat intake were increased. The frequency of regular exercise. tooth brushing, health check-up, pap test and breast self examination were higher in the rich than the poor. When the education level was high, the frequency of regular exercise and tooth brushing, and the use rate of seat belts were increased, and the amount of alcohol consumption and salt intake were decreased. These findings suggest that socio-demographic factors are significantly associated with the patterns of health behaviors. In conclusion public health programs and individual counseling efforts should be multifaceted and behavior-specific to encourage to practice healthy life-style.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.9
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• pp.7-11
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.1041-1043
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• 2011

본 연구는 음악의 유형에 따라 인체의 생리적인 변인과 운동성이 어떻게 변화하는지 알아봄으로써, 향후 치료를 시행할 때 음악을 함께 적용하는 것에 대한 가능성과 적용 가능한 음악적 성향을 제시하고자 한다. 20대의 여성 30명을 3주 동안 자율신경계를 활성화 시킬 수 있는 음악과 자율신경계를 침체시키는 음악을 다른 날 각각 들려주었다. 악력, 혈압과 민첩성을 음악을 들려주기 전후에 각각 측정하였다. 침체시키는 음악을 들려준 경우는 수축기 혈압과 악력은 낮아졌으며, 민첩성은 침체시키는 저하되었고, 활성화시키는 음악에서는 높아진 것으로 나타났다. 치료를 실시할 때 환자의 상태와 병적 증상에 맞는 적절한 음악을 선택하여 들려줌으로써 보다 효율적인 치료가 제공될 수 있으리라 생각한다.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.191-200
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• 1993

This study introduced speical characteristics of an epidemiologic study on blood pressure and compared several statistical methods for evaluating the tracking phenomenon of blood pressure for Korean children. While correlation coefficients adjusted for measurement error are commonly used for the evaluation of tracking, it is hard to interpretate the results when correlation functions for lag-difference are not monotonous. McMahan defined a tracking as maintenance of relative rank over time and calculated tracking index usng growth curve model. The tracking index in McMahan's model is complicate to calculate, and it is hard to determine the degree of growth curve parameter. Blomqvist showed the relationship between the rate of change and the initial value. This concept could be extended for the evaluation of tracking. However, it is not so easy to interpretate the estimates in his model when those are non-positive.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.819-821
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• 2014

This study is proposed the design method of tag to measure biomedical signal for interfacing with smart phone. The measurable physiological signals are ECG and PPG. On the smart phone by using the measured signals, we have designed the tag that can extract parameters such as heart rate, heart rate distribution, mean blood pressure, arterial stiffness, autonomic nervous balance. By using the estimated medical informations from this tag, One's health status will be able to manage one.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.24 no.3 s.35
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• pp.363-372
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• 1991

We used the health screening data of some rural and urban residents to examine the cross-sectional association between leukocyte count and hypertension. The 206 male and 203 female rural residents were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method in Kyungsan-Kun area of Kyungbuk province in 1985 and 600 urban residents were selected by the same sampling method as the rural residents in Daegu city of the same province in 1986 compatible with age-sex distribution of Daegu city of 1985 census, but of whom 384 actually responded. The rest of 600 were replaced by age and sex with those who were members of the medical insurance plan visiting the health management department of the university hospital to get the biannual preventive medical checkups. Excluded in the analysis were those having hypertensive history, diseases and extreme outlying values of the screening tests, leaving 373 rural and 571 urban residents. Leukocyte count was measured with ELT-8 Laser shadow method and the unit $cells/mm^3$, Blood pressures were determined with an aneroid sphygmomanometer with pre-standardized method and hypertensives were defined as those showing systolic blood pressure more than 140mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure more than 90mmHg. Total residents pooled (N=944) showed a significant difference between hypertensives and normotensives ($6965.93{\pm}1997.01\;vs\;6490.61{\pm}1941.32,\;P=0.00$) and in rural residents was noted the similar significant difference (P=0.03). None of significant differences were noted in any stratum stratified by residency and sex. Compared to the lowest quintile of WBC, 2/5 quintile showed odds ratio 0.99 (95% Confidence interval, Ci 0.62-1.59), 3/5 quintile 1.41 (95% CI 0.90-2.21), 4/5 quintile 1.76 (95% CI. 1.14-2.72), and highest quintile 1.80 (1.15-2.82) in the total residents. Likelihood ratio test for linear trend for it indicated a significant trend ($X^2_{trend}=5.53,\;df=1,\;P<0.05$). There were no other significant odds ratios compared to the lowest quintile of WBC in strata stratified by residency and sex. The odds ratios in total residents which had showed significant odds ratios became nonsignificant and of reduced magnitude after controlling age, frequency of smoking and drinking with multiple logistic. regression. In each stratum, it changed magnitudes of odds ratios slightly and unstably. None of the trend tests showed any significant trend. These results suggest that the Friedman et al's finding of association between leukocyte count and hypertension may be due to an statistical type I error resulting from the data dredging in an exploratory study, in which more than 800 variables were screened as possible predictors of hypertension.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.131-132
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• 2008

오실로메트릭 방법으로 휴대용 혈압 측정 시 빈번하게 발생하는 잡음에 의한 오실레이션 신호의 왜곡을 줄이기 위해 새로운 잡음 제거 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 잡음 제거 알고리즘은 선형 예측기 구조 기반의 적응 필터를 이용한다. 제안된 잡음 제거알고리즘의 성능을 평가하기 위해 왜곡된 오실레이션 신호에 선형보간법을 사용하는 기존의 방법과 적응 필터를 사용하는 제안된 방법을 적용하여 잡음 제거 성능을 비교하였다. 제안된 방법은 잡음이 오실레이션과 중첩되어 나타난 경우에 기존의 방법과 달리 잡음에 강인한 특징을 보여주었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.227-228
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• 2012

맥압증폭은 대동맥과 말초기관과의 혈압기능 평가 및 심혈관 질환을 예측하는 주요 매개변수로 나이와 관련이 높다. 그러나, 기존의 맥압증폭을 구하기 위해서는 관혈적인 방법으로 대동맥압을 측정하거나 혹은 전달함수와 같은 복잡한 대동맥압 추정 알고리즘을 구현하여 측정하여야 한다. 그러나, 유헬스를 활용한 스마트케어 환경에서 복잡한 알고리즘은 오히려, 계산량을 높이고, 시스템가격을 높일 수 있으므로, 최대한 단순화된 알고리즘이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 맥압증폭을 주파수영역의 에너지 관점으로 맥압증폭을 접근하였고, 대동맥압 추정없이 추정할 수 있는 새로운 지수를 제안한다.