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KHGS
Korean Health and Genome Study
Ongoing trial
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Author(s) |
Lim S, Jang HC, Lee HK, Kimm KC, Park C, Cho NH
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Title(s) |
A rural-urban comparison of the charactertistics of the metabolic syndrome by gender in Korea: The Korean Health and Genome Study (KHGS)
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Reference(s) |
J Endocrinol Invest 2006;29:313–9 |
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Disease |
Metabolic syndrome |
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Purpose |
To investigate parameters of the metabolic syndrome as defined by the NCEP Adult Treatment Panel III, in rural and urban Korean populations and to determine which modifiable risk factor is most effective in reducing metabolic syndrome |
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Study design |
Observational |
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Follow-up |
Aim 10 years |
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Patients |
10,044 subjects (5024 rural, 5020 urban), aged 40–69 years |
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Results |
A total of 26.1% were classed as having metabolic syndrome. Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of metabolic syndrome was significantly higher in the rural population than in the urban community (29.3% vs 22.3%; p < 0.01). Major components of the metabolic syndrome were abdominal obesity (46.9%) and high blood pressure (45.2%) in the rural community, and hypertriglyceridaemia (37.6%) and low HDL cholesterolaemia (37.0%) in the urban community. Final results not yet available |
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