J Korean Acad Fam Med.  2000 May;21(5):660-671.

Relationships between health practices and hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia in male workers

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Inje Medical School, Pusan Paik Hospital, Korea.
  • 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical School, Pusan National University, Korea.
  • 3Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical School, Hyundai Motor Company Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The purpose of this study was to identify health practices that would be helpful in order to reduce the prevalence of correctable cardiovascular risk factors (CVR), i.e. hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia in male workers by examining the association between health practices and the prevalence of the three risk factors.
METHODS
For 1,815 male workers at a car manufacturer who participated in the basic health examination, survey on socioeconomic status and seven healthy practices suchas not currenly smoking, moderate alcohol drinking, proper weight control, regular exercise, 7-8 hour sleep, eating breakfast regularly, and not eating between meals was done and the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia as obtained. x2 test, Fisher's exact test, and multiple logistic regression analyses were done for workers under 40 years old and workers 40 and over in two, separate groups by adjusting socioeconomic variables.
RESULTS
The prevalence of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia was 1.84 times and 5.22 times, respectively, showing, higher in overweight younger workers than in those of normal weight. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 2.02 times higher in younger smokers than in younger non-smokers. In contrast, the prevalence of hyperglycemia was 4.99 times higher in older smokers than in older non-smokers. The prevalence of hyperglycemia was 16.5 times higher in older workers with regular snacking habit than in those without such a habit. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 7.47 times higher only in younger workers practicing healthy behaviors below 3 than in those practicing at least 6 healthy behaviors.
CONCLUSION
Our study suggests that overweight and smoking habit among younger workers, and smoking habit among older workers sould be controlled in order to decrease the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and hyperglycemia.

Keyword

health practices; socioeconomic status; hypertension; hypercholesterolemia; hyperglycemia

MeSH Terms

Adult
Alcohol Drinking
Breakfast
Eating
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia*
Hyperglycemia*
Hypertension*
Logistic Models
Male*
Meals
Overweight
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Smoke
Smoking
Snacks
Social Class
Smoke
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