The relationship between body mass index and poor self-rated health in the South Korean population

The relationship between body mass index and poor self-rated health in the South Korean population

This study aimed to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and self-rated health (SRH) in Korean adults. The study included 214,997 adults who participated in the 2016 Korean Community Health Survey. Participants were categorized into four groups according to WHO Asian classification...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2020-08, Vol.15 (8), p.e0219647-e0219647
Hauptverfasser: Sung, Eun-Seok, Choi, Chang Kyun, Jeong, Ji-An, Shin, Min-Ho
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adults
Age
Alcohol use
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic illnesses
Community participation
Confidence intervals
Diabetes
Exercise
Medicine and Health Sciences
Men
Mortality
Obesity
Overweight
Polls & surveys
Population studies
Preventive medicine
Regression analysis
Robustness (mathematics)
Self-rated health
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surveys
Underweight
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Zusammenfassung:This study aimed to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and self-rated health (SRH) in Korean adults. The study included 214,997 adults who participated in the 2016 Korean Community Health Survey. Participants were categorized into four groups according to WHO Asian classification based on their BMI: underweight (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0219647