Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated factors in the Korean adult population: The Korean Health and Genome Study

The present study was purposed to identify the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and its associated factors in the Korean adult population. Among a total of 9939 participants derived from the Korean Health and Genome Study, 12.1% of subjects (men, 8.5%; women, 15.4%) suffered from RLS. Fact...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2005-06, Vol.59 (3), p.350-353
Hauptverfasser:	KIM, JINYOUNG, CHOI, CHANGHO, SHIN, KYUNGRIM, YI, HYERYEON, PARK, MINGYU, CHO, NAMHAN, KIMM, KUCHAN, SHIN, CHOL
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Cross-Sectional Studies epidemiology Fatigue - epidemiology Fatigue - etiology Genome, Human Humans Korea Korea - epidemiology Logistic Models Medical sciences Middle Aged Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous Neurology Odds Ratio Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology prevalence Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry restless legs syndrome Restless Legs Syndrome - complications Restless Legs Syndrome - epidemiology Sex Factors Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	The present study was purposed to identify the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and its associated factors in the Korean adult population. Among a total of 9939 participants derived from the Korean Health and Genome Study, 12.1% of subjects (men, 8.5%; women, 15.4%) suffered from RLS. Factors independently related with RLS were older age and frequent fatigue in both men and women.
ISSN:	1323-1316 1440-1819
DOI:	10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01381.x