• 대한한의학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.149-165
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• 2000

As recent developments of Immunology and Nuclear medicine, serum IgE and IgG values are helpful in the diagnosis and evaluation of the therapeutic effects of nasal allergies. But in Korea, air pollution and the increased use of food additives have become leading factors in nasal allergies, It seems to be induced by environmental change, especially industrialization and urbanization, so allergic rhinitis in our environment has changed in accordance with the changes made in the living environment. Therefore this study is attempted in order to observe a clinical analysis which places more importance on allergic rhinitis. We studied 200 patients who had visited Kyunghee Oriental Medical Center with allergic rhinitis from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 The results were as follows: 1. The sex distribution was 114 males(57%) and 86 females(43%). In age distribution, the average age was 25. In males, ages ranged from 3 to 66 years old and the average was 23.81. In females, ages ranged from 4 to 67 years old and the average was 28.57. The peak age was 30～39 years old(24%); under 9 years old and 10～19 years old were each 18%; 20～29 years old was 22%; 40～49 years old was 11 %; over 50 years old 6.5%. The gulf between males and females showed a statistically significant difference(P<0.025). 2. In the age of onset, male' s maximum was 62.5, minimum was 0.25; female s maximum was 59.5, minimum was 0.2. Under 9 years old was the most with 34%(male 24%, female 10%), 10～19 years old was 18%, 20～29 years old was 22.5%, 30～39 years old was 13.50%, over 40 years old was 12%, The gulf between males and females were showed statistically significant difference.(p<0.014) 3. The average duration of the disease was 5.67 years. In male and female, the maximum was 30, the minimum was 0.05; under 5 years old was the most with 62%(male 34.50%, female 27.50%); 6～10 years old was 23%. So, under 10 years old was 85%. There was no statistically significant difference in the duration of disease. 4. Regarding type of residence, 47.50% of patients with allergic rhinitis lived in apartments, 52.50% lived in houses. In males, 29.50% lived in apartments, 27.50% lived in houses. In females, 18% lived in apartments, 25% lived in houses. There was no statistically significant difference in the residence by T-test and chi-test. 5. In the distribution of season, spring is the most with 29.5% of patients, winter 28%, fall 25.5%, and summer 17%. But there was no statistically significant difference. 6. After observing 200 patients with allergic rhinitis, classifying main symptoms into 5 types, sneezing was the main symptom in 177cases(88.50%), nasal obstruction in 176cases(88%), rhinorrhea in 169cases(84.5%), post nasal discharge in 87cases(43.50%), and itching in I04cases(52%). The Cumulus ration is 98.50% and symptoms overlapped with an average 3.57±0.1 times but in an analysis of variance of these symptoms, the gulf between males and females was not recognized as statistically significant by T-test and ANOVA. 7. Patients whose families have allergic diseases account for 90 cases(45%) : 49cases(24.50%) male and 41cases(20.50%) female. There were 4 cases (71.11 %) whose families have allergic rhinitis, 9cases(10%) of asthma, and 7.78% with allergic dermatitis. There were 61 (67.80%) cases of patients whose parents have allergic diseases; cases wherein the patient s child had allergic diseases numbered 13 (14.45%); and cases with a sibling with allergic diseases totalled 16cases (17.80%). There was no statistically significant difference in allergic disease regarding sex, parents, or siblings by chi-test. 8. Blood type: For males, type A is the most common, with 37cases(18.5%), followed by type B with 32cases(16%), type O 28cases(l4%) and type AB 13cases(6.5%). For females, type B is the most common, with 30cases(15%), followed by type O with 23cases(l1.5%), type A with 18cases(9%) and type AB with 13cases(6.5%). There was no statistically significant difference in blood type by chi-test. 9. In the selection of prefered food, most patients prefer cool food, with 98 such cases(49%), tepid food in 54cases(27%) and warm food in 48cases(24%). These showed a statistically significant difference in the selection of prefered food between males and females by chi-test(p<0.009). 10. The state of Past History was classified into II types. chronic hypertrophic rhinitis is the most common with 11cases (18.64%), tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy is 8cases(l3.56%), sinusitis is 6cases(10.17%), nasal septum deviation is 4cases, nasal polyp is 2cases, others are 10cases(l6.95%). No statistically significant difference in past history between males and females was shown, but a statistically significant difference was shown when males and females were compared with total cases by T-test(p<0.002, P<0.0008). 11. Regarding complications, 37 patients (28.91%) had sinusitis: 22cases(17.19%) in male, 15cases(11.72%) in female. Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis was found in 15cases(11.72%). Others are under 10%. There was no statistically significant difference in the type of complications between males and females, but a statistically significant difference was shown when males and females were compared with total cases by T-test(P<0.00l, P<0.007). 12. In the treatment, medication was used 1691 times, an average of 2.58 times. No.34 was used 370 times for 124 cases, an average of 2.98 times. No. 152 was used 318 times for 106 cases, an average of 3.00 times. No.151 was used 307 times for 97cases, an average of 3.16 times. No. 31 was used 117 times for 33 cases, an average of 3.55 times. No 25 was used 116 times for 33 cases, an average of 3.52 times. 13. In the duration of treatment, the most frequent is 1 week(69cases, 34.50%), the maximum is 20weeks, and the minimum is 1week. A treatment period of 2～3 weeks accounted for 32% of cases, a period of 4～5weeks accounted for 13.5%. The gulf between males and females showed a statistically significant difference in the duration of treatment.(p<0.01). There was a statistical significance when the males were compared with total cases by ANOVA(P<0.03). 14. A comparison between before-treatment and after-treatment showed a statistically significant difference in treatment by T-test (p<0.01) and F-test (p<0.0058).

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.101-118
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• 2023

팬데믹 기간 동안 도시민의 생활권 공원녹지 이용률은 크게 증가하였으며 COVID-19의 발생은 도시민들에게 생활권 공원녹지의 가치와 기능을 부각시키는 계기가 되었다. 본 연구에서는 COVID-19 발생 전·후 시민들의 이동 및 생활권 공원녹지 이용이 어떻게 변화했는지 실증 분석하고, 이러한 변화에 영향을 미친 사회·공간적 특성을 살펴보고자 한다. 분석 방법으로는 첫째, 통신사 시그널 데이터를 활용하여 생활권 공원녹지 모빌리티 변화를 분석하였다. 체류시간 및 이동량 변화 분석을 통해 COVID-19 발생 이후 나타난 시민들의 이동 특성과 보행 기반의 생활권 공원녹지 방문량 변화를 살펴보았다. 둘째, 생활권 공원녹지 모빌리티 변화에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 상관관계분석과 다중회귀분석을 통해 COVID-19 발생 전·후 시민들의 생활권 공원녹지 방문량에 영향을 미치는 사회·공간적 특성을 살펴보았다. 이후 군집분석을 통해 생활권 공원녹지 서비스의 공급 및 관리 관점에서 포스트 코로나 대응을 위한 생활권 유형을 구분하고, 유형별 생활권 공원녹지 개선 방향을 제시하였다. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, COVID-19 발생 이후 거주지 주변 500m 이내에서의 활동이 증가하였다. 도보생활권에서의 체류시간과 보행 이동량은 2020년과 2021년 모두 증가하였으며 이는 변화한 도보생활권의 범위를 고려해 공원녹지의 양적 확보 기준과 유치거리 등을 재검토할 필요성이 높아졌음을 의미한다. 둘째, 보행을 통한 생활권 공원녹지 방문량이 COVID-19 발생 이후 전반적으로 증가하였다. 집을 중심으로 한 생활권 공원녹지 방문량뿐만 아니라 직장을 중심으로 한 방문량 역시 크게 증가하였다. 팬데믹 시대의 공원녹지 정책은 주거지와 상업·업무시설 밀집지역을 중심으로 서비스 소외지역을 발굴하고, 해당 지역의 공원녹지 서비스를 양적·질적으로 개선하는 방향으로 추진되어야 할 것이다. 셋째, 공원녹지 서비스 수준이 높은 지역일수록 보행을 통한 이동이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 공원녹지의 확보 기준을 단순 면적으로 볼 것이 아니라 보행 접근성 등 시민들의 실제 공원녹지 서비스 향상에 기여하는 지표를 활용할 필요가 있겠다. 넷째, 군집분석 결과 팬데믹 시대에 대응한 생활권 공원녹지의 개선 유형이 다섯 가지로 도출되었다. 이는 앞으로의 공원녹지 정책에서 소규모 생활권 단위의 사회경제적 지위 특성, 공원녹지 서비스 수준 등을 복합적으로 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사한다. 본 연구는 통신사 시그널 데이터 분석, GIS 분석, 통계분석 등 다각적인 분석 방법론을 활용해 포스트 코로나 시대에 대응한 생활권 공원녹지 정책 수립의 근거를 마련했다는 학술적, 정책적 의의를 갖는다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.768-781
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• 1996

The problem of care of patients and families with Alzheimer's disease has become a conscious raising social policy issue in Korea. The government of the Republic of Korea has become cognizant of the situation and has begun searching for ways to remedy it. Thus, there is a need for a comprehensive under-standing of the situation in which patients and their families are struggling and the enormous problems of care. With a realization of the urgent need, this study was done to investigate the situation and the care needs of families with patients with Alzheimer's Disease, and to compare the effectiveness of services utilized by the families in terms of cost and effects on patient's conditions and on family live. The Subjects for the study were 29 families with hospitalized patients, 25 families utilizing hospital outpatient clinics, 14 families utilizing day care facilities, and 16 families with homebound patients. A total of 84 families were interviewed by four trained interviewers using structured and semistructured questionnaires. The data produced from these interviews included : the patient's stage of Alzheimer's disease, patient's bizarre behavior, hours spent on patient care per day, family burden and quality of life, direct and indirect costs encountered in the care of patients, and the families' evaluation of the effectiveness of the services received. The data were analyzed to determine the relationships between family charactersistics, patient's conditions and services utilization. The effectiveness of each of the service entities was assessed through families evaluation and hoped for service and comparisons were made between services in terms of the cost-effectiveness ratios. After initial comparison of cost-effectiveness ratios, further analysis was done to compare between groups for incremental effectiveness for each incremental unit of cost to determine the most cost-effective service entities. The findings of the study are as fellows : 1. The choice of living arrangement and the types of services are a function of the stage of Alzheimer's condition and the economic status of the family. 2. Comparision of the cost of care showed that most expenses were encountered in by families with hospitalization, families using outpatient services, and families using day care services in that order. The least expense was involved in the care of homebound patients. The economic burden felt by families was in the same order as expenses. 3. The average number of hours spent on daily patient care was 9.9 hours for the outpatient clinic users, 9.7 hours for homebound patients, and 5.4 hours for day care users. 4. There were significant differences in the patient's conditions (CDRL), bizarre behaviors and the families's burden by living arrangement and /or types of service. However, no significant difference was found between groups in the family's quality of life. 5. The families rated the services of day care center as most effective for the care of the patients and families, except for a few families who had experienced some improvement in the patient's conditions. The outpatient clinic users expressed psychological comforts mainly in that the patient was being taken care of. For those hospitalized patients, families expressed the comfort of being relieved of the burden of care and that the patient is being professionally cared for. Form the analysis of the costs, hours of patient care, patient's bizarre behaviors, family's quality of life and burdens, and family's evaluation of services, it is concluded that up to the mid stage of Alzheimer's condition, the utilization of day care center services is found to be the most cost-effective, and toward the end stage of the Alzheimer's disease, it is hoped that there will be a establishment of long term or short term in-patient facilities for the protection of patients and preservation of the integrity of families for less cost. Thus. it was concluded that the family centered system of care is the most effective for Korea with systematic support systems developed for the care of patients and their families according to the needs of families as the patient's condition deteriorates.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.574-583
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• 2005

To investigate the importance and practice of well-being related dietary life pattern such as purchasing food materials, food habits and eating out, a survey was conducted by questionnaire and 5-point Likert score in Seoul and Gyeonggi-Do, September, 2004 and April, 2005. The responses of 732 housewives who were over 40 years were analyzed by SPSS package program. The results were as follows. Most of them were 40-49 years(74.4%), graduated highschool (66.6%) and their family type was nuclear family type(81.4%). Almost half of them had full-time job (37.1%) and part time job (15.4%). The average importance score of 'food habits', 'purchasing food materials' and 'eating out' were $4.15{\pm}0.91,\;4.06{\pm}0.96\;and\;3.25{\pm}1.01$ respectively. But the average practice score of 'food habits' was greater($3.58{\pm}1.06$) than 'purchasing food materials ($3.19{\pm}1.19$)' and 'eating out($2.54{\pm}1.05$)'. Among 5 types of 'food habits', the type of 'cut down on eating fast food' had the greatest score of importances ($4.31{\pm}0.97$) but the difference between importance and practice was greatest(0.94). Also 'consume home-made food rather than processed or ready to food' showed great scores in importance ($4.28{\pm}0.87$) and practice($3.87{\pm}1.04$). 'Consume fruits and vegetables rather than meats' and 'avoid heavy use of oils' had the importance score of $4.04{\sim}4.19$. But the practice score of 'avoid heavy use of oils' was the lowest($3.39{\pm}0.97$). Among four types of purchasing of food materials, 'purchase domestic agricultural food' was greatest($4.37{\pm}0.78$) and 'don't purchase genetically modified food' 'purchase organic food' and 'purchase whole grain products' were also great ($3.92{\sim}3.99$). But the practice score of 'purchase organic/low chemical foods($2.77{\pm}0.98$)' and 'don't purchase genetically modified food($2.99{\pm}1.41$)' were lowest. 'Go to well being restaurant' in three types of 'eating out' showed greatest in importance($3.35{\pm}0.96$) but the practice score($2.47{\pm}0.10$) was lower than the importance score. Also 'choose menu with comparing calories' had the lower score in practice($2.45{\pm}1.06$) rather than importance score($3.22{\pm}1.03$). In regarding to 'food habits', the importance score were significantly affected by type of food expense (p<0.05) and health status (p<0.05). The importance score of 'purchase food materials' were significantly affected by the type of food expense (p<0.001), type of residence(p<0.05), and self assessment of weight(p<0.05). Monthly income, especially more 400 million won, was the commonly significant effector in practice score of 'purchase food materials' and 'eating out'.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제18B권6호
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• pp.333-340
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• 2011

인간-컴퓨터 상호 작용은 인간공학과 정보기술을 융합하여 인간과 컴퓨터와의 상호 작용 기술을 연구하는 학문이고, 그 중에서도 지능형 공간은 정보화 사회에서 소외될 수 있는 장애인에게 더욱 효과적인 사용 환경을 제공할 수 있는 중요한 연구 분야이다. 장애인을 위한 지능형 공간에서의 정보 지원 방법은 장애 유형에 따라 달라지는데, 본 논문은 정보 지원 대상을 청각 장애인으로 한정한다. 청각 장애인에게 직접 접촉을 통해 정보 제공 위치를 인지시키는 방법을 제외하면, 시선이 향하고 있는 곳에 정보를 표시하는 것이 가장 효율적인 정보 제공 방법이기 때문에, 시선 방향 검출 방법은 필수적이다. 우리는 이처럼 청각 장애인에게 실내 생활 지원 서비스를 제공하기 위해 반드시 필요한 시선 방향 검출 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 다시점 영상(Multi-view Camera Image) 내에서 검출된 사용자 영역 정보를 이용하여, 시점 별 수평/수직 방향 시선각 후보를 생성하고 후보 간의 크기 비교를 통해 사용자의 시선 방향을 계산한다. 실험 결과에서, 제안된 방법은 높은 시선 방향 검출 성능을 보이며, 장애인을 위한 시나리오를 수행할 수 있는 가능성을 보였다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 개인의 활동시간배분 행태 중 출근통행시간에 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 출근통행시간은 개인의 거주지를 결정하고 교통수단을 선택하는 중요한 지표가 된다. 수도권(서울, 인천, 경기)에 거주하며, 동시에 수도권으로 출근하는 단순연계 통행(집-직장-집)을 한 사람들을 대상으로 분석하였다. 종속변수가 연속변수일 경우, 어떤 분포를 가정하지 않고 적용할 수 있는 Cox Hazard Proportional 방법론을 이용하였으며, 공변량(covariate)으로는 출근지의 공간변수와 교통수단 변수의 교호작용(interaction effect)을 모델에 도입하였다. 출근통행시간은 수도권 전체를 대상으로 한 경우와 서울, 인천, 경기도의 거주지별로 나누어 추정하였는데, 그 결과, 개인속성변수, 가구속성변수, 통행특성변수가 출근통행시간에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었으며, 교통수단별 이용행태에서도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.01). 본 연구를 통해 Cox Hazard Proportional모델의 유용성을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 2006년 수도권 가구통행실태조사 자료를 이용하였는데 현재 진행 중인 2010년 조사 자료를 이용하여 시대적 변화를 고려한 행태 변화에 대한 연구를 향후과제로 제안하였다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.54-65
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• 2020

본 연구는 그동안 잘 알려지지 않았던 철도공원의 연혁, 이용행태, 공간적 변화를 파악하고, 공원계획 의미를 운동공원의 개념을 중심으로 고찰하였다. 연구는 철도공원이 일제강점기에 최초로 신규 계획 조성된 공원이면서 공식적인 계획도서에서 계획 공원으로 편입되어 여러 차례 명칭과 영역이 변경된다는 사실에 주목한다. 이는 철도공원의 변화가 중요한 계획적 개념의 변화를 반영한다는 것을 의미한다. 철도공원에 대한 분석은 공간적, 이용적 특징과 계획적 의미로 나누어 진행하였다. 공원 이용의 행태는 주로 당시의 공원과 관련된 신문기사와 사진의 분석을 통해 물리적 특징과 공간적 변화는 도시계획서 내용과 부도 및 지도 자료, 항공사진을 시기별로 분석하여 파악하였다. 계획적 의미는 도시계획서와 부도에 나타난 철도공원의 변화를 운동공원의 관점에서 분석하였다. 1915년 개설된 철도공원은 철도국 용산관사단지의 부대시설로 조성되었으나, 1925년 경성부 공원으로 편입되면서 일제강점기에 종합운동경기장의 역할을 하였다. 1930년 공원계획에서 운동공원의 유형이 등장하지만, 프로그램적 성격이 명확하게 나타나지는 않았으며, 운동공원으로서 철도공원의 중요성은 주목받지 못했다. 1930년대에 운동공원이 계획적으로 일반공원과는 다른 프로그램적 성격의 공원으로 인식되면서 철도공원을 확대하여 운동공원으로 만들기 위한 시도가 나타난다. 1940년의 계획안에서 철도공원은 이촌공원으로 재편되어 경성의 중요한 대형 공원이자 운동공원으로 계획된다. 철도공원은 근대 공원계획이 양적인 계획에서 프로그램을 고려한 질적 공원계획으로 변화하는 과정에서 중요한 역할을 하였으며, 여러 제약 속에서 근대 공원계획을 구현할 수 있는 현실적인 모델로서의 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.133-141
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• 2007

Minerals play important roles in biological processes. Hair mineral analysis has the advantages of conveniences in sampling and observing the profiles of multiple minerals simultaneously. The purpose of this study was to compare hair mineral contents between urban and local middle school students, and to find out the relation with nutrient intakes and clinical symptoms. Ten nutritional minerals and 7 environmental mineral contents were analyzed in the hair samples of 44 and 37 male students who resided in urban and local area, respectively. And their nutrient intake and clinical symptom score were estimated from questionnaire. The average age, height, and weight were 15.1 years, 168.4 cm, 56.8 kg in urban subjects and 15.4 years, 169.1 cm, 61.9 kg in local subjects, respectively. The residence types were apartment (63.6%) and small-sized apartment (22.7%) in urban subjects and apartment (51.4%) and house (37.8%) in local subjects. The primary water sources were purified water (38.3%), running water (18.2%) in urban subjects and purified water (32.4%), underground water (27.0%) in local subjects, respectively. Daily energy and nutrient intakes were not significantly different between two groups. Among the surveyed 17 clinical symptoms, the scores of constipation, cold, anxieties and total score of clinical symptoms in urban subjects were significantly love. than those in local subjects. Hair contents of Na, Mg, Ca, Cu, V Al, As were significantly higher, while U was lower in urban subjects compared to those in rural subjects. Hair contents of Ni and U were significantly correlated with food intake, and Cr, V, Al, Sb, As, U showed a correlation with energy intake. Hair Mg level showed significantly negative correlation with total clinical symptom score. In conclusion, hair mineral profile between urban and local students was significantly different. And some of these minerals were significantly correlated with food and nutrient intakes. Especially hair magnesium was significantly correlated with total clinical symptom score. Therefore, hair mineral levels would be needed for more systematic study elucidating potentiality as a useful clinical tool.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.175-185
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• 1999

This study was conducted among the university students to investigate the effects of working in an daytime and studying in an evening class on dietary behaviors and nutrient intakes. A 24-hour recall method was used along with food frequency questionnaires. The subjects were composed of three groups : 172 were in the daytime calss regular student group(RS), 178 were evening class students without a job(ESWOJ), and 140 were evening class students with a job(ESWJ). An average age of the ESWJ was 31 years old, which was 9 years older than the RS and 7 years older than the ESWOJ. The types of the residence were significantly different among the groups ; were seif-boarding 74% of the ESWJ stayed at home while 47% of the RS were self-boarding and 61% of the ESWOJ. The survey shows that while a great majority of the RS and ESWOJ has breakfast and supper at home, about 10% and 17% of the ESWJ ate breakfast and supper, respectively, at the cafeteria in their work place. The most frequently skipped meal was the breakfast in all groups. Approximately 9% of the ESWJ tended to skip the breakfast, while 27% of the RS and 33% of the ESWOJ did. It turns out that the mose common reason why ESWJ skipped meals was due to a lack of time. About 71% of the ESWJ ate out more than once a week compared to 57% and 62% of the RS and ESWOJ, respectively. Approximately 30% of the ESWJ ate out more than once a week compared to 57% and 62% of the RS and ESWOJ, respectively. Approximately 30% of the ESWJ spent less than 10 minutes at meal time, showing a hurried eating habit. The results show that the ESWJ tended to eat a variety of food s and eat less instant foods, but drink coffee more often compared to the other two groups. The results also show that in all groups, the intakes of energy, Ca, and vitamin A were lower than the Korean Recommended Daily Allowances(RDA). In addition to these nutrients, protein, vitamin B1, vitamin $B_2$, and niacin were also lower than the RDA in all make students, and Fe was lower than the RDA in all female students. Among the deficient nutrients, vitamin A showed the lowest % RDA : 48% in the male and 64% in the female students. Among the deficient nutrients, vitamin A showed the lowest % RDA ; 48% in the male and 64% in the female students. The intakes of Ca, Fe, and niacin in the ESWJ were significantly greater than those in the RS and ESWOJ groups, and the vitamin C intake in the ESWJ was greater than that in the ESWOJ(p<0.01). In conclusion, university students in all three groups have a serious imbalance in the nutrient intakes, and the evening class students with a daytime job have unhealthy dietary behaviors in the light of high frequency of eating out and heavy coffee drinking, a rushed eating pattern, and therefore showing a strong need of proper nutritional education for them.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2005년도 Proceedings of KSEH.Minamata Forum
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• pp.87-94
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• 2005

Results from previous studies revealed that metal level in the body is related to certain types of diseases. For example. serum copper level with chronic heart failure, iron and transferrin in the blood serum with acute cerebral vascular diseases, Zn in the CNS, lead with neurotoxicity, hypertension, genetic damage, arsenic with cancer skin lesion, Al with neurobehavioral function (cognitive impairment and memory disorder), and etc. The rate of stroke has increased in recent years and several metals were found to be responsible for causing stroke. This study compared several blood metal concentrations between stroke and non-stroke patients. Patients with stroke (116 samples) and non-stroke (111 samples including lowback pain and others) participated in this study. Total of 227 blood samples were collected and participants completed questionnaires regarding age, gender, occupation, residence, alcohol, smoking, and etc. To be qualified into the stroke group, patients have never experienced stroke previously. Subjects only included ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage patients diagnosed by brain CT and brain MRI. Patients with high risk of metal exposure such as herbal intake and job related exposure were excluded. 10ml of blood samples were analyzed by ICP-MS method at the Center of Nature and Science at Sangji University. Metal geometric mean (SD) concentrations in blood of study subjects showed higher values, 2.64-36.12%, than WHO reference values in Mn, Ni, Hg, Se, and As. Metal concentration in blood of stroke patients non-adjusted for potential confounders was higher except for Hg and also higher except for Ni in adjusted for potential confounders. Co was significantly higher in stroke patients (p=0.002) than non-stroke patients adjusted for potential confounders. Regression coefficient values of stroke patients was 0.17-8.25 in each metals. Odd ratio of stroke patients had 0.96 (Ni)-2.68 (Co) compared to non-stroke cases. This result means that Co increase of 1 raises the risk ratio of stroke by 2.86 times. Based on the results, metal concentration in blood seems to affect incidence of stroke.