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ArticlePloS one2015

Normal range albuminuria and metabolic syndrome in South Korea: the 2011-2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Si-Young Park, Yong-Kyu Park, Kyung-Hwan Cho, Hee-Jeong Choi, Jee-Hye Han, Kyung-Do Han, Byung-Duck Han, Yeo-Joon Yoon, Yang-Hyun Kim

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Si-Young ParkDepartment of Family Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Yong-Kyu ParkDepartment of Medical Statistics, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Kyung-Hwan ChoDepartment of Family Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Hee-Jeong ChoiDepartment of Family Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Jee-Hye HanDepartment of Family Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Kyung-Do HanDepartment of Medical Statistics, Catholic University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Byung-Duck HanDepartment of Family Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Yeo-Joon YoonDepartment of Family Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Yang-Hyun KimDepartment of Family Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Korea University · KREulji University · KRCatholic University of Korea · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is well-known that there is a close relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and microalbuminuria. However, some recent studies have found that even normal range albuminuria was associated with MetS and cardiometabolic risk factors. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between MetS and normal range albuminuria and to calculate the cutoff value for albuminuria that correlates with MetS in the representative fraction of Korean population.

methodsData were obtained from the 2011-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and included 9,650 subjects aged ≥ 19 years. We measured metabolic parameters: fasting blood glucose, waist circumference, blood pressure, and lipids, and albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR). The optimal ACR cutoff points for MetS were examined by the receiver operating characteristic curve. Multivariate logistic regression was used to obtain the prevalence of MetS and its components according to the ACR levels.

resultsThe first cutoff value of ACR were 4.8 mg/g for subjects with ≥ 3 components of MetS. There was a graded association between ACR and prevalence of MetS and its components. If ACR was <4 mg/g, there was no significant increase in the prevalence of MetS or its components. From the ACR level of 4-5 mg/g, the prevalence of MetS significantly increased after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, alcohol intake, exercise, and medications for diabetes mellitus and hypertension (odds ratio; 95% confidence intervals = 1.416; 1.041-1.926).

conclusionsAlbuminuria within the normal range (around 5 mg/g) was associated with prevalence of MetS in the Korean population.

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AdultAlbuminuriaBlood PressureFemaleHumansMaleMetabolic SyndromeMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNutrition SurveysRepublic of KoreaRisk Factors

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PMCPMC4433278
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