title: Familial concordance of metabolic syndrome in Korean population--Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the familial concordance of metabolic syndrome and its components in a nationally representative survey in Korean.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), a nationwide survey examining the general health and nutritional status of the Korean people. We enrolled 1641 married couples and 1527 parents-1342 offspring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was 17.1% for husbands, 11.7% for wives, 14.3% for parents, and 7.2% for offspring. After adjustment for age, there were strong positive correlations between family members for the metabolic variables. Compared with husbands whose wives did not have metabolic syndrome, adjusted odds ratio in husbands whose wives had metabolic syndrome was 1.43 (95% CI: 1.10-1.87) for the risk of having metabolic syndrome. Similarly, wives whose husbands had metabolic syndrome had 1.41 (95% CI: 1.08-1.84) times higher risk of having metabolic syndrome. Compared with children whose parents did not have metabolic syndrome, adjusted odds ratio in children with at least one parent with the metabolic syndrome was 2.56 (95% CI: 1.09-5.98) for the metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study revealed that there is significant familial concordance for metabolic syndrome and its components in Korean families.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.
authors: Myung Ha
authors: MH
authors: Lee
authors: Hyeon Chang
authors: HC
authors: Kim
authors: G Neil
authors: GN
authors: Thomas
authors: Song Vogue
authors: SV
authors: Ahn
authors: Nam Wook
authors: NW
authors: Hur
authors: Dong Phil
authors: DP
authors: Choi
authors: Il
authors: I
authors: Suh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D016017:Odds Ratio