Association of Family Composition and XXXX in Korean Adults Aged over 45 Years Old.

@entity209 @entity1 @entity412
PURPOSE: This study investigated the relationship between family composition and the prevalence of @entity209 by gender in Korean adults aged 45 years and older. METHODS: The sample consisted of 11,291 @entity1 in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2012. We used complex sample analyses, including strata, cluster, and sample weighting, to allow generalization to the Korean population. Complex samples crosstabs and chi-square tests were conducted to compare the percentage of sociodemographic characteristics to the prevalence of @entity209 and its components by gender and family composition. Next, a complex sample logistic regression was performed to examine the association between family composition and the prevalence of @entity209 by gender. RESULTS: The percentage of adults living alone was 5.6% for @entity1 and 13.9% for @entity1 . Slightly more @entity1 (14.0%) than @entity1 (10.1%) reported living with three generations. The percentage of @entity209 in Korean adults aged 45 years and older was 53.2% for @entity1 and 35.7% for @entity1 . For @entity1 , we found that living with one or three generations was significantly associated with a higher risk of @entity209 , blood pressure, and @entity412 abnormality after adjusting for age, education, household income, smoking, physical activity, and body mass index, when compared to living alone. No significant relationships were found for @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: A national strategy, tailored on gender and family composition, needs to be developed in order to prevent the increase of @entity209 in Korean @entity1 over middle age.
