OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of @entity209 , as defined by the ATP III report, in some Korean adults and use the Asian-Pacific proposed waist circumference to investigate waist circumference in some Korean adults using ROC curves. METHODS: Study subjects were seventy-five thousands and ninety one @entity1 (47, 979 @entity1 and 27, 111 @entity1 ) who were selected among the @entity1 who visited hospital for health evaluation from January 2000 to December 2001. All subjects were measured by height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, blood pressure and blood chemistry (lipid profile). RESULTS: The mean age was 41.6+/-8.5 years in @entity1 , 41.1+/-10.4 years in @entity1 (p< 0.05). Body mass index was in the normal range in 35.3% of @entity1 , and 55.9% of @entity1 . In both @entity1 and @entity1 , blood pressure, blood sugar, total @entity165 and @entity412 were positively correlated with BMI. waist circumference, and Broca's index (p< 0.01). However HDL. choloesterol was correlated negatively (p< 0.01). Using ROC curve, the calculated waist circumferences were 84 cm in @entity1 (sensitivity 61.4% and specificity 64.1%) and 74 cm in @entity1 (sensitivity 65.0% and specificity 73.2%). The age adjusted prevalences of the @entity209 as defined by NCEP ATP III were different for @entity1 (6.4%) and @entity1 (14.6%). The prevalence increased from 1.2% among @entity1 aged 20 through 29years to 15.0% among @entity1 aged over 60years in @entity1 (p< 0.05) and from 1.6% to 27.4% respectively, in @entity1 . The age adjusted prevalences, as defined by using the waist circumference that was recommended by WHO's regional office for the western Pacific, were 10.6% in @entity1 and 18.5% in @entity1 . The age adjusted prevalences, as defined by using the waist circumference that was calculated by the ROC curves, were 17.1% in @entity1 and 22.4% in @entity1 . And All prevalences were increased following increased BMI and Broca's index. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of @entity209 in some Korean adults was lower than that in western adults. Nevertheless because waist circumference was differed among race and region, application of the same criteria was not proper. Morcover, a higher awareness was required in @entity1 , because the prevalence of @entity209 was rapidly increased with increment of age.

Prevalence of XXXX and waist circumference estimation in some korean adults.

@entity209 :: ('MESH:D008659', 'Disease') :: ['metabolic syndrome'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'patients', 'persons', 'men'] @entity412 :: ('CHEBI:17855', 'Chemical') :: ['triglyceride'] @entity165 :: ('MESH:D002784', 'Chemical') :: ['cholesterol']
@entity209 :: (MESH:D008659,Disease) :: ['metabolic syndrome']
