Korean Journal of Family Medicine

"Seok Jun Yoon"

Original Articles

Association between Alcohol Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome Determined by Facial Flushing in Korean Women: Yu Ri Seo, Jong Sung Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Jin Gyu Jung, Seok Jun Yoon; Korean J Fam Med 2021;42(1):24-30. Published online February 14, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.19.0141

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Background
This study aimed to examine the relationship between alcohol consumption and metabolic syndrome in Korean women as determined by facial flushing.
Methods
Of the female patients aged <65 years who visited the health promotion center at Chungnam National University Hospital from January 2016 to March 2017, 1,344 women were included. After adjusting for confounding factors such as age, body mass index, smoking, exercise, and menopausal status, multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of metabolic syndrome in the facial flushing and non-facial flushing groups compared with the non-drinkers.
Results
Even after adjusting for confounding factors, the risk of metabolic syndrome was significantly high in all drinking subgroups (≤2 standard drinks: odds ratio [OR], 1.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10–2.68; 2<, ≤4 standard drinks: OR, 2.48; 95% CI, 1.29–4.74; and >4 standard drinks: OR, 4.16; 95% CI, 2.03–8.30) of the facial flushing group. The risk of metabolic syndrome was significantly high only in the subgroup of weekly alcohol consumption >4 standard drinks (OR, 2.20; 95% CI, 1.07–4.52) in the non-facial flushing group.
Conclusion
This study suggests that Korean women experiencing facial flushing when drinking have a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome even with a low weekly drinking amount than those who do not experience face flushing.

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Influence of the Flushing Response in the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Hae Sun Suh, Jong Sung Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Jin Gyu Jung, Seok Jun Yoon, Jae Bum Ahn; Korean J Fam Med 2014;35(6):295-302. Published online November 21, 2014; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2014.35.6.295

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Background

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between cardiovascular disease risk and alcohol consumption according to facial flushing after drinking among Korean men.

Methods

The subjects were 1,817 Korean men (non-drinker group, 283 men; drinking-related facial flushing group, 662 men; non-flushing group, 872 men) >30 years who had undergone comprehensive health examinations at the health promotion center of a Chungnam National University Hospital between 2007 and 2009. Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related facial flushing were assessed through a questionnaire. Cardiovascular disease risk was investigated based on the 2008 Framingham Heart Study. With the non-drinker group as reference, logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between weekly alcohol intake and cardiovascular disease risk within 10 years for the flushing and non-flushing groups, with adjustment for confounding factors such as body mass index, diastolic blood pressure, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and exercise patterns.

Results

Individuals in the non-flushing group with alcohol consumption of ≤4 standard drinks (1 standard drink = 14 g of alcohol) per week had significantly lower moderate or high cardiovascular disease risk than individuals in the nondrinker group (adjusted odds ratio, 0.51; 95% confidence interval, 0.37 to 0.71). However, no significant relationship between the drinking amount and cardiovascular disease risk was observed in the flushing group.

Conclusion

Cardiovascular disease risk is likely lowered by alcohol consumption among non-flushers, and the relationship between the drinking amount and cardiovascular disease risk may differ according to facial flushing after drinking, representing an individual's vulnerability.

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Measuring the status of obesity prevalence and food habit of children in Asan city.: Sun Mi Yoo, Seok Jun Yoon; J Korean Acad Fam Med 2001;22(1):78-86. Published online January 1, 2001

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Background
: Childhood obesity that has been increasing in Korea in influenced by the environment and life style. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of childhood obesity in a rural city and to compare the food habit and life style of obese children with normal children.

Methods : We made 13 conventional samples of primary school and attached kindergarten located in Asan-city, ChungNam, in 1999. We surveyed height, weight, food habits and the life style related to obesity with a self-report questionnaire. The criteria of obese children were over 120% of ideal body weight which is defined as the 50th percentile of weight for Korean children of the same height and sex in 1998, and over 95th percentile of body mass index of Korean children in 1998.

Results : The subjects were 1,449 children smong 2,117 respondents. The prevalence of obese children by relative weight method was 11.3%, and that of male children was 12.4% and that of female children was 10.1%. The prevalence of obese children by body mass index method was 7.1% in male and 8.1% in female. The younger in both male and female, the higher the obesity prevalence was. The food habits that showed significant difference between normal and obese children were eating rapidly and outdoor activity. Obese children has fewer bad habits that normal.

Conclusion : The prevalence of childhood obesity in Asan-city was 11.3%, and lower than that in Seoul. The gravest concern in food habits of obese children was eating rapidly.