우리나라 무증상 성인에서의 신장기능 및 성인병의 발현빈도

Objectives: This report is the results of mass study on renal functions and prevalence of adult diseases in asympotmatic Korean. Methods: The subjects were 50,000 persons (male 31,633, female 18,367) who were enrolled a regular health check up program, June 1990 to Dec 1994, at Catholic Medical Center, Korea. Results: The mean serum creatinine were 1.073±0.19㎎/dl in male and 0.824±0.13㎎/dl in female. Abnormal creatinine (over mean plus 2 standard deviation) prevalence rate were 0.37% in male (1.6㎎/dl and aver) and 0.65% in female (1.2㎎/dl and over). The prevalence of urine occult blood (one positive) were 3.6% in male, 13.4% in female. The proteinuria were 3.3%, 2.1%, respectively. The differences between age group of serum creatinine were little, but that of blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass index were significant, especially before and after menopause in woman. The prevalence of hypertension were 27.1% in male and 24.2% in female. Hyperlipidemia and obesity (BMI over 25㎏/㎡) were 9.5, 9.3% in male and 28.9, 25.0% in female, respectively. Conclusion: These data were may represent overall Korean normal value and could be useful as reference value in Korea.