Background This study aimed to investigate the relationship between marital status and the incidence of metabolic syndrome in Korean middle-aged women.
Methods Based on data from the sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013–2014), 3,225 women aged 40–69 years were subjected to the analysis. Marital status was categorized as married, unmarried, separated, widowed, or divorced. The odds ratios (ORs) for metabolic syndrome were calculated based on marital status. After adjustment for age, income level, education level, alcohol intake, smoking status, leisure physical activity, menopause status, daily calories, and fat intake, changes in the OR for metabolic syndrome based on marital status were examined by multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results The OR for metabolic syndrome in the widowed group to the married group was 4.818 (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.861–6.002; P<0.001) and that after adjustment of age, economic level, education level, alcohol intake, smoking status, physical activity, menopause status, total daily calories, and fat intake was 2.141 (CI, 1.432–3.199; P<0.001), both of which were statistically significant. The OR for metabolic syndrome in the unmarried group to the married group was 0.246 (CI, 0.141–0.431; P<0.001) after adjustment of all components. On the contrary, the ORs of the separated group and the divorced group to the married group were not significant.
Conclusion In comparison with the married middle-aged group, the widowed middle-aged group tended to have a higher risk of metabolic syndrome, which is speculated to be related to socioeconomic factors and health behavior.
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Methods : Questionnaires were provided to the students' mothers of a high school located in Seoul from June 10th to 15th, 1996. General characteristics and routine breast examination, routine Pap smear, the knowledge and practice of high calcuim diet for preventing osteoporosis, their menstrual pattern, the information source of HRT, in attitude for HRT, and the reasons for refusing.
Results : Among 560 women, 362 women(64.6%) responsed, and the mean age was 45.5 years. For osteoporosis prevention, they knew milk(74.7%) were, anchovy(27.4%), calcium(23.6%). HRT(7.4%) were beneficial. And almost(91.8%) all subjects answered that menopause was a natural course and 40.5% of women answered that physical change after menopause could not prevent. Among 34 postmenopause, 5(14.2%) received HRT and 48(20.3%) answered that they would receive HRT, and 57(24.1%) answered that they would not receive HRT. The reasons for refusing HRT were that menopause was a natural course, therefore devoiding the need for artificial hormone therapy(22.4%), increased incidence of breast cancer(21.8%), and that lack of information for HRT(13.9%). The association was not proven between the attitude for HRT and regular Pap smear, regular breast examination, exercise, oral intake for osteoporosis prevention.
Conclusion : Almost all of the respondents recognized that menopause was a natural course. And the effectiveness of diet and exercise in preventing osteoporosis was more well known compared to HRT.
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