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. Factors independently related with RLS were older age and frequent fatigue in both men and women.
Kim
Jinyoung
J
Institute of Human Genomic Study, Ansan Hospital, Korea University Medical School, Korea.
Choi
Changho
C
Shin
Kyungrim
K
Yi
Hyeryeon
H
Park
Mingyu
M
Cho
Namhan
N
Kimm
Kuchan
K
Shin
Chol
C
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors