Relationship of some nutrients with chronic degenerative disease mortality in Korea

Relationship of Some Nutrients with Chronic Degenerative Disease Mortality in Korea

 

Jung Eun Park^a, Hyun Kyung Moon^b , Seung Wook Lee^a,c

a) School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

b) Department of Food and Nutrition, Dankook University, Kyunggi-Do, Korea

c) Correspondent Author

 <ABSTRACT>

 OBJECTIVE
The chronic degenerative disease death rates in Korea have increased more than 60% of total death rates since the 1970s. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of nutrient variables on chronic degenerative disease deaths rates through hypertension, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

 METHODS

The nutrient intake data was obtained from the Korean Nutrition Survey and the Korean Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The chronic degenerative disease death rates data was obtained from the National Statistics Office. Primarily, Spearman’s rank correlation analysis was done between individual nutrient and chronic degenerative disease mortality over years. 0, 5, 10 years were used for lag periods. Then, dealing with significant variables, stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was done with those significant variables in each lag period.

 RESULT
 Hypertension death rates showed significant negative correlation with fat. Also vitamin c, fruit, sea weeds, meat and milk showed significant positive correlations with Hypertension death rates but it gave the positive result for the rest of the chronic degenerative disease.

 CONCLUSION

The results of multiple linear regression in all lag periods, fat, meat, and milk consumption were the most significant factor on increasing hypertension death rates. But, these consumptions were negative impacts on mortality rate of diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis.