Majid Purabdollah, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Leila Valizadeh, Saeid Mousavi, Mostafa Ghasempour
Competency gap among graduating nursing students: what they have achieved and what is expected of them
BMC medical education
background objective insufficient evidence whether concordance sociodemographic behavioral nutritional characteristics spouses correlates concordance metabolic syndrome mets spouses spouses characteristics directly linked mets study seeks evaluate association concordance characteristics concordance mets couples investigate whether spouses attributes linked partners mets methods analyzing data korea national health nutrition examination survey 20192021 1824 couples complete data including mets parameters sociodemographic details health behaviors dietary information included general linear model logistic regression employed results among couples 107 exhibited concordant mets spousal concordance ranging 13 815 nonoptimal characteristics multivariate analysis revealed odds partners mets increased 104161 times higher mean age couple higher concordance lower education poor subjective health insufficient strength exercise excessive carbohydrate consumption accounting individual spousal factors odds mets rose higher mean age couple spouse mets characteristics lower education poor subjective health insufficient strength exercise sedentary behavior husbands wives alcohol consumption insufficient walking husbands excessive carbohydrate intake wives spousal factors smoking husbands lower education lower economic status excessive carbohydrate intake wives wives spousal sedentary behavior poor subjective health linked decreased odds conclusions findings suggest connection mets concordance shared characteristics couples well association spousal mets status characteristics mets