Objectives : This study aims to investigate health behavior and the degree of its improvement according to a socioeconomic level after the diagnosis of dyslipidemia.
Methods : The subjects include 16,060 individuals that were aged 40 or older, rec...
Objectives : This study aims to investigate health behavior and the degree of its improvement according to a socioeconomic level after the diagnosis of dyslipidemia.
Methods : The subjects include 16,060 individuals that were aged 40 or older, received a checkup both in 2009 and 2015, and were diagnosed with dyslipidemia in 2009. The factors affecting the prevalence and incidence of dyslipidemia included gender, age, insurance premium quintile, obesity, smoking, drinking, and physical activities.
Data was put to the logistic regression analysis to analyze correlations between the improvement of dyslipidemia patients and their premium quintile and also to the Kruskal-Wallis test to examine differences in physical activity scores among the four premium quintile groups.
Results : The improvement rate of dyslipidemia increased according to the higher premium quintile in 16,060 dyslipidemia patients, and its model fitness was confirmed in a multiple logistic analysis(p<0.001). There were differences in physical activities according to the premium quintile with higher physical activity scores in the higher quintile grade, which was confirmed in a trend test(p<0.001).
Of 16,060 patients, a total of 7,438(46.3%) showed an improvement in dyslipidemia. Of them, the improvement rate of LDL cholesterol was the highest at 82%. The improvement rate was lower according to the higher premium quintile grade as a socioeconomic indicator.
The study examined differences in the degree of improvement in 2009-2015 after the diagnosis of dyslipidemia in 2009 according to the premium quintile as a socioeconomic indicator and found that the improvement rate increased according to the premium quintile (p<0.017).
The improvement rate of dyslipidemia also increased according to the higher scores of continuity and intensity in physical activities (p<0.023).
The improvement rate through physical activities was higher according to the higher premium quintile grade(p<0.022).
Conclusion : The findings of the study demonstrate that physical activities make a very important method of correction in dyslipidemia. There were differences in physical activities and health behavior according to the premium quintile as a socioeconomic level. The practice rate of physical activities after the diagnosis of dyslipidemia increased according to the higher premium quintile grade as a socioeconomic level. The resulting improvement effects also increased according to the higher premium quintile grade.
Key words: socioeconomic level, dyslipidemia, health behavior, physical activity