Hirohide Yokokawa|Hiroshi Fukuda|Motoyuki Yuasa|Hironobu Sanada|Teruhiko Hisaoka|Toshio Naito
Association between health literacy and metabolic syndrome or healthy lifestyle characteristics among community-dwelling Japanese people
Juntendo University|Juntendo University|Juntendo University|Juntendo University|Juntendo University
studies assessed association health literacy hl healthy lifestyle characteristics among japanese people reports association hl prevalence metabolic syndrome also scarcethe present crosssectional study included 1817 781 men 1036 women japanese individuals participated medical health checkup bange kosei general hospital takada kosei hospital fukushima japan april 20132014 information regarding hl healthy lifestyle characteristics listed breslows seven health practices collected selfadministered questionnairein multivariate logistic analysis higher hl 14 positively associated healthy lifestyle characteristics odds ratio 208 95 confidence interval ci 133323 inversely associated prevalence metabolic syndrome 067 95 ci 048095 among men among hl items ability make decisions based healthrelated information significantly associated healthy lifestyle characteristics 204 95 ci 134310 men 138 95 ci 130185 women inversely associated prevalence metabolic syndrome 062 95 ci 044088 men 068 95 ci 049095 women sexeswe found positive associations hl healthy lifestyle characteristics inverse association prevalence metabolic syndrome among men findings also suggest men women likely engage healthpromoting behaviors make decisions based healthrelated information findings highlight importance comprehensive assessments including hl health promotion community