Andrew G Alexander, Paul E Lyons
Rebound Body Mass Index Growth in Year-Round Elementary Education Students of Largely Hispanic Descent Undergoing Obesity Interventions
The Journal of school health
investigated association social support metabolic syndrome incident cardiocerebrovascular disease ccvd rural koreans aged 50 years conducted prospective study using korean genome epidemiology study atherosclerosis risk rural areas korean general population kogesarirang dataset baseline 5169 adults 1682 participants finally included according exclusion criteria outcomes myocardial infarction angina stroke included independent variables social support score metabolic syndrome used descriptive statistics multivariate logistic regression performed investigate association among variables paired ttest conducted analyze longitudinal variation social support scores 637 years median followup 137 participants developed ccvd adjusted odds ratio aor metabolic syndrome persistently high social support 2175 95 confidence interval ci 14793119 aor metabolic syndrome persistently low social support 2494 95 ci 11415452 longitudinal variation social support score persistently high social support group increased significantly 4262632 score persistently low social support group decreased 1341687 statistical significance presence metabolic syndrome increases likelihood developing onset ccvd within metabolic syndrome positive group social support persistently low cohort developed cardiocerebrovascular disease compared persistently higher social support group social support score persistently low social support group could improved proper intervention prevent ccvd metabolic syndrome components low social support improved study participants