Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common complications of pregnancy, and women with GDM are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Uncomplicated pregnancy is characterized by insulin resistance and enhanced insulin secretion as a compensatory mechanism to maintain normal glucose tolerance (NGT). However, previous studies showed that in women with GDM during pregnan...

T he prevalence of diabetes in South Korea reached 9 to ;10% in adults aged $30 years and remained stable in the 2000s (1,2). Even though the Korean population is rapidly aging, the proportion of the elderly population aged $65 years has been increasing over the past 10 years from 7.2% of the total population in 2000 to 11.0% in 2010 (3). We investigated the change in the prevalence of diabetes...

Many abused married Korean women have a strong desire to leave their abusive husbands but remain in the abusive situations because of the strong influence of their sociocultural context. The article discusses Korean women's responses to spousal abuse in the context of patriarchal, cultural, and social exchange theory. Age, education, and income as component elements share common effects on the ...

glycosidases are the enzymes involved in various biochemical processes related to metabolic disorders and diseases. therefore, much effort has been focused on searching novel pharmacotherapy for the treatment of these ailments from medicinal plants due to higher safety margins. to pursue these efforts, the present study was performed to evaluate the α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of thirty...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the bone mineral density and the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal Korean women with low-energy distal radius fractures and compared with those of aged-matched normal Korean women. Two hundred and six patients with distal radius fractures between March 2006 and March 2010 were included in this study. Patients were divided into three groups by age...

BACKGROUND As coffee consumption is increasing remarkably over the past decade, the health effects concerning the coffee drinking has gained a wide attention across the nation. However, there is not a true consensus regarding the effects of coffee on metabolic disease. Therefore, this study aims to examine the association between coffee intake and the risk of metabolic syndrome in Korean women....

PURPOSE Asian immigrant and Asian American women are less likely to use oral contraceptives (OCs) and tend to rely on low-efficacy methods of contraception. This contraceptive pattern remains poorly understood, in part, because no theory-driven measurement exists to assess psychosocial determinants essential in explaining behaviors related to OC use in this population. The current study aimed t...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate health disparities between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults and the general population in Korea, where there is low public acceptance of sexual minorities and a lack of research on the health of sexual minorities. METHODS The research team conducted a nationwide survey of 2,335 Korean LGB adults in 2016. Using the dataset, we estimated the age-...

Background: This study examined gender differences in perceived risks and benefits of quitting smoking among Korean Americans who are known for high rates of smoking. Methods: This is a secondary data analysis of two research studies: a smoking cessation intervention study and a telephone survey on factors associated with quit intention. Results: Women perceived greater risks and greater benefi...