PURPOSE Growing evidence suggests that hypoadiponectinemia may play a significant role in the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Therefore, the relationships between serum adiponectin with MetS and components of MetS were investigated in non-diabetic samples of drawn from the Koreans general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study in samples of older Kore...

OBJECTIVE Asian Americans have low prevalence of overweight/obesity based on standard BMI cut points yet have higher rates of diabetes. We examined the prevalence of overweight/obesity, using lower BMI cut points recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for Asians, and diabetes in Asian American subgroups in California. METHOD Secondary analysis of the 2009 adult California Health I...

Hb Hoshida (␤43Glu3 Gln). All 4 patients with abnormal peaks at the S window on HPLC (mean retention time, 0.91 min) had Hb Queens (␣1 34Leu3 Arg). All 10 patients with variant peaks were heterozygous, and they had abnormal bands within the Hb S/Hb G/Hb D area on cellulose acetate Hb electrophoresis. Hb G Coushatta has been found in Koreans, Chinese, and in some Japa-nese families (6). This var...

BACKGROUND Interventions using mobile health (mHealth) apps have been effective in promoting healthy lifestyle behavior change and hold promise in improving health outcomes to thereby reduce health disparities among diverse racial/ethnic populations, particularly Latino and Asian American subgroups (Filipinos and Koreans) at high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Latinos and Asian A...

BACKGROUND Research on the co-occurrence of unhealthy lifestyles has tended to focus mainly upon the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals. This study investigated the relevance of neighborhood socioeconomic circumstance for multiple unhealthy lifestyles. METHOD An unhealthy lifestyle index was constructed for 206,457 participants in the 45 and Up Study (2006-2009) by s...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of medical conditions and use of health services among young adults with Down syndrome and describe the impact of these conditions upon their lives. METHODS Using questionnaire data collected in 2011 from parents of young adults with Down syndrome we investigated the medical conditions experienced by their children in the previous 12 months. Univariate, lin...

The paper analyses the portrayal of Ming envoys in South Korean dramas. four series, i.e. Wang-i doen namja, Baegir-ui Nanggunnim, Wang-ui Eolgul and Yeon-mo are taken under consideration. Conducted analysis shows that presented image is often incorrect terms hairstyles or clothing, show questionable etiquette. Moreover, quality used Chinese emissaries costumes seems to be lower than characters...

Although renal hyperfiltration (RHF) or an abnormal increase in GFR has been associated with many lifestyles and clinical conditions, including diabetes, its clinical consequence is not clear. RHF is frequently considered to be the result of overestimating true GFR in subjects with muscle wasting. To evaluate the association between RHF and mortality, 43,503 adult Koreans who underwent voluntar...