The Effect of Health Behavior, Depression and Stress on Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Adults

The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is growing. The risk of developing cardio-cerebrovascular diseases is accelerated by metabolic syndrome. This research was to identify the determinants of the metabolic syndrome of Korean adults.

Data from the 7th Korean National Health Examination Survey (VII-1, 2016) was used to analyze 3, 377 adults aged 19 to 64 years. The data were analyzed using complex sample analysis that considered stratification, clustering of variables and sampling weights using SPSS/WIN 22.0.

32.0% of male and 18.5% of female were affected by metabolic syndrome. The factors related to the metabolic syndrome of both sexes were smoking status, frequency of having breakfast per week, age, body mass index (BMI). The frequency of binge drinking was related to the metabolic syndrome in male and psychological health such as stress and depression were not connected with the metabolic syndrome of Korean adults of both sexes.

It needs to strengthen their right lifestyle to reduce the developing metabolic syndrome in Korean adults. It is required to identify gender differences between psychological health and metabolic syndrome.