• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.237-244
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• 2006

Objectives: DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) diet are recommended as first-line therapy for prevention of hypertension individuals with high normal blood pressure. We studied the effects of DASH program on blood pressure among the pre-hypertension group. Methods: To determine the impact of dietary patterns on the control of hypertension we studied the subgroup of 141 participants with systolic blood pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg or diastolic BP of 80 to 89mmHg, body mass index(BMI) ${\geq}25kg/m^3$ or waist to hip ratio(WHR) ${\geq}0.95$(for man). 0.85(for woman) enrolled in DASH program. Participants were received of education and consulting about DASH every week for 8 weeks. Results: The level of diet to prevention of hypertension and compliance of DASH increased after education. Also, The DASH program significantly reduced systolic BP (from $136.03{\pm}12.40mmHg$ to $126.09{\pm}11.25mmHg$, p< .01) and diastolic BP (from $81.80{\pm}6.32mmHg$ to $76.44{\pm}10.61mmHg$, p< .01). Conclusion: The DASH program effectively lowers BP and may be useful in achieving prevention of hypertension.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.319-332
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• 2009

The present study was performed to analyze the life style and eating behavior of stroke patients and to find the risk factors related to stroke incidence in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. The case subjects (n=100) were selected from newly diagnosed stroke patients at Kyungpook National University Hospital. The control subjects (n=150) were selected from community inhabitants who did not have stroke history and were sex and age-matched with the case subjects. The survey was conducted by individual interviews using questionnaires on the general characteristics, life-style, eating behavior, food intake frequency and food preference. The high body mass index, preexisting diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, stroke family history, smoking, overeating habit and high preference for sweet, greasy and meat foods appeared to be the risk factors for stroke incidence. On the other hand, the results suggest that life style of regular exercise and nonsmoking, food habits of green tea drinking and enough chewing, preference for Korean meal type, high intake frequency for legumes, vegetables, mushrooms, seaweeds, fishes and shell fishes, soy milk and green tea might be the protective factors for the stroke. Therefore, maintenance of healthy weight, the prevention and management of the deteriorative chronic diseases, change of life style and improvement of eating behaviors are considered to be important for stroke prevention.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.39 no.9 s.266
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• pp.692-698
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• 2006

Background: Owing to the fact that the average life span has increased and the progress in medical science has been made, the number of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) who have to take hemodialysis (HD) has been going up gradually. Accordingly, it is considered to be as a significant issue to obtain blood vessels which can be used repetitively and supply enough blood flows. Therefore, there have been various kinds of study on an inosculation rate andfactors influencing it following an arteriovenous fistula (AV fistula) and lots of studies are ongoing for the purpose of escalating the inosculation rate. The authors analyzed the effects of short-term result, age, sex, diabetes and hypertension on arteriovenous inosculations in 134 anatomical snuffbox operated subjects among the patients who have taken an AV fistula at this center. Material and Method: Based on 134 patients who underwent an AV fistula at the department of thoracic surgery of this center from July, 2000 to May, 2004, the difference in arteriovenous inosculation rate was compared and analyzed depending or age (discriminated by 65-year-old), sex and the condition of the presence or absence of diabetes and hypertension. Correlation analyses were conducted for each parameter and statistical tests were performed by using SPSS for windows Release 11.0.1, which were determined to be statistically significant if p value was below 0.05. Result: The total number of operations was 169 including 35 of re-operations. The male/female rate was 70 : 64 (52% : 48%). The average age was $56.3{\pm}12.26$ years and there were 33 (24%) old aged patients above 65-year-old; there were 103 (71%) patients with hypertension and 90 (67%) patients with diabetes. Overall arteriovenous inosculation rate was $93{\pm}2.4%,\;91{\pm}2.7%,\;89{\pm}3.0%$ at 6, 12, 24 months, respectively. The arteriovenous inosculation rate of above 65-year-old patient group was $85{\pm}4.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%$ and below 64-year-old patient group's was $85{\pm}4.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%,\;80{\pm}5.8%$ at given time points, respectively, which showed higher inosculation rate in below 64-year-old patient group with a statistical significance (p=0.0034). However, no statistical significance was found between the patients with hypertension and diabetes and the patients with no complication. In addition, there was no statistical significance in inosculation rate between male and female. Conclusion: The arteriovenous inosculation ratewas higher in the treated patient below 64-year-old than in the treated patient above 65-year-old. Thus it is advantageous for increase in long-term inosculation rate to obtain hemodialysis routes at an early age. The conditions of sex and the presence or absence of diabetes and hyper- tension do not make statistically significant effect on the arteriovenous inosculation rate.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.149-157
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• 2002

This study was carried out to investigate the nutrients intakes of hypertensive female farmers in Korea. The number of subjects in this survey was 40(normal 22, hypertensive 18). Body weight, height, circumferences of waist, hip and thigh, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure of them were measured, and lipids and mineral levels of venous blood, mineral contents of 24-hour urine and Na or K levels of some sodium sources were analyzed. The evaluation of nutritional status was performed by recording dietary intake for a day and analyzing it with food composition table. Body weight, waist circumference, waist to thigh ratio, and serum triglyceride were higher in hypertensive. The mean values of calcium, vitamin B2 and niacin intakes of the subjects didn't meet the Korean recommended allowances though there was no significant difference in nutrients intake between two groups. The value of sodium intake presumed from content of sodium excreted to urine, and Na content and Na/K in Korean cabbage Kimchi was higher in hypertensive. These results suggest that reducing of serum triglyceride, decreasing of sodium intake and changing the taste for saltiness can help develop the health status of the rural female hypertensive and control the blood pressure of them.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.735-739
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• 2010

An 8 month old female Maltese (body weight 3.6 kg) was referred with primary complaints of dyspnea and exercise intolerance. Diagnostic imaging studies revealed marked cardiomegaly and prominent main pulmonary trunk dilation on thoracic radiography, abnormally arisen aortic roots (toward right ventricle) with left-to right shunted perimembraneous ventricular septal defect located underneath of aortic root, aortic root was located to predominantly to the right ventricle and pulmonary regurgitation (peak velocity 4.7 m/s, pressure gradient ~88 mmHg) from pulmonary over-circulation and hypertension on echocardiography, indicating double outlet right ventricle (DORV). The dog was treated with furosemide (1 mg/kg, BID) for reducing volume overload at right ventricle, spironolatcone (1 mg/kg) and enalapril (0.5 mg/kg) for minimizing deleterious cardiac remodeling, and sildenafil (1 mg/kg) for lessening pulmonary over-circulation and hypertension. The clinical condition of this dog was improved after 1 week of medical treatment. The dog is currently survived and regularly monitored.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1996

뇌졸중이라고 진단된 입원 환자 26명을 대상으로 3일동안 섭취한 식이와 24시간 뇨와 혈액을 수집하고 혈압을 측정하여 나트륨, 칼륨, 캄슘, 마그네슘의섭취 수준에 다른 뇨중 배설량과 혈중 수준을 관찰하고 이들과 혈압과의 관계를 알아봄으로써 뇌졸중 환자를 포함한 고혈압 관리의 치료식이를 제공하는데 기초자료로 사용하고자 실시간 연구결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 대상자들의 평균 연령은 남녀 각각 52.6세, 58.5세였으며 평균 BMU는 남녀 각각 21.6, 22.4였다. 입원 당시 평균 혈압은 남녀 각각 147.3/90.9mmHg, 162.7/102.0mmHg였고, 실험 종료일의 평균 혈압은 남자의 경운 124.6/80.8mmHg 였고 여자 대상자는 137.7/91.3mmHg 였다. 2. 1일 평균 나트륨, 칼륨, 칼슘, 마그네슘의 섭취 향은 96.7$\pm$30.7mEq,64.8$\pm$19.0mEq, 431.3$\pm$227.1mg, 333.9$\pm$145.9mg이었다. 3. 1일 평균 뇨중 나트륨, 칼륨, 칼슘, 마그네슘의 배설량은 76.7$\pm$28.2mEq, 33.9$\pm$16.6mEq, 65.6$\pm$34.0mg, 96.5$\pm$58.0mg이었다. 4. 평균 혈청내 나트륨, 칼륨, 칼슘, 마그네슘의 함량은 137.8$\pm$4.3mEq/l, 3.7$\pm$0.5mEq/l, 7.6$\pm$0.8mg/dl, 2.2$\pm$0.2mg/dl로써 칼슘 농도가 정상수준에 비해 비교적 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 5. 혈압과 무기질과의 관계에서 수축시 혈압의 증가시 뇨중 칼륨 배설이 증가함으로써 수축기 혈압과 뇨중 칼륨 배설량 사이에 유의적인 부의 상관관계가 나타났다. (p<0.05). 이상과 같은 입원중인 뇌졸중 환자의 뇨중 나트륨과 칼륨의 배설률 및 혈청과 뇨중 칼슘 배설수준이 정상인 보다 낮은 수준이었으며, 칼륨은 뇌졸중 환자의 혈압관리에 효과적이 무기질로 작용할 가능성이 보여지므로 고혈압관리를 위한 식사 처방시 이들 무기질에 대한 고려가 있어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.107-122
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• 2003

Objectives: The objective of this study is to investigate the use rate and some aspect of complementary therapies used by patients with chronic illness(hypertension, diabetic mellitus and chronic arthritis). Methods: 600 patients visiting the health center for one month(Jan. 2001) were interviewed on their complementary therapies used by the subjects for the previous year. Results: About fourteen-eight percent of the respondents used therapies; 35% of patients with hypertension, 44.6% of patients with diabetic mellitus and 62.9% of patients with chronic arthritis, which shows the highest rate among patients with three chronic disease. The use rate of complementary therapies indicates few meaningful differences according to the general characteristics of the interviewees. Hypertension patients used herb medication(31.0%) acupuncture(29.6%) and most of all the other therapies. Diabetic patients used dietary therapy(57.5%) and herb medication(35.1%). Chronic arthritis patients used acupuncture(85%) and herb medication(34.7%). 36.8% of all the patients who used complementary therapies tried more than two therapies. 18.3% of hypertension patients, 24.1% of diabetic patients and 55.9% of chronic arthritis patients used more than two therapies. Acupuncture(47%) was used most frequently, followed by herb medications(26.3%), health assistance utensils(21.8%). oriental therapy(21.8%), physical therapy(9.5%), health assistance food(8.4%), herb(7.7%), Korea hand acupuncture(3.2%), abdomen respiration(1.1%), and pore therapy(0.7%) Oriental clinic was visited most frequently(42.8%), which was used to cure diseases(61.8%), and to relieve symptoms(26.0%). (p<0.001) The cost spent on complementary therapies last year was 90,000 won(40.3%) and there are some cases of more than 500,000 won(31.2%). Most of the patients(56.1%) were satisfied with the complementary therapies, with 6% of them having side effects. 74% of the patients used complementary therapies answered that they would continue them and 56.1% of them also answered that they would continue them and 56.1% of them also answered that they would advise other patients to do them. Advantages(compared with those of orthodox medical treatment) are psychological comfort(28.1%), body protection(26.0%), effectiveness(20.0%). 34% of the patients using complementary therapies wanted to have informational orientation on complementary therapies. These findings reveal that a considerable number of patients with chronic illness(47.5%) tried a variety of complementary therapies. Though 6% of the patients using therapies had side effects, most of the subjects seemed satisfied with them and they are supposed to continue them. Conclusions: In conclusion, health center personnels and medical doctors should pay more attention to the complementary therapies used by patients with chronic illness. They also have to try their best to advise more scientific and informative complementary programs with less side effects and more help to improve their conditions.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.258
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• pp.36-37
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• 2011

스멀스멀 아지랑이 피듯 나른한 오월, 몸이 피곤하고 의욕이 없는 증상은 누구나 한 번쯤 겪어 보았을 것이다. 일반적으로 과로에 의한 피로는 충분한 휴식과 영양을 공급해주면 회복된다. 그러나 휴식을 취해도 호전되지 않고 피로가 6개월 이상 지속된다면 '만성피로'로 의사의 진찰을 받아보아야 한다. 왜냐하면, 피로의 원인이 당뇨, 암, 갑상선질환, 고혈압, 우울증 등에 있을 수 있기 때문이다. 실제로 원인 모를 피곤함으로 병원을 찾은 환자 중 종종 당뇨 진단을 받기도 한다. 그러면 당뇨병환자는 왜 기력이 떨어지고 피곤해하는지 당뇨와 피로의 상관관계에 대해 알아보도록 하자.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.257
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• pp.38-39
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• 2011

호주 연구진이 산맥을 따라 걷기 운동을 연구한 결과, 아래 경사를 따라 결으면 혈당 수치가 감소하고, 위 경사를 따라 결으면 콜레스테롤의 주요 성분인 중성 지방의 수치가 감소한다는 사실을 밝혔다. 또, 아래 경사를 따라 운동을 하면 당뇨의 발현 가능성도 감소할 수 있다고 한다. 당뇨병환자에게는 혈당관리가 당뇨병관리의 기본이다. 또한, 고혈압에 걸릴 확률이 일반인의 2~3배 더 높으며 심장질환이나 혈관계통질환은 당뇨병환자 증세를 나쁘게 만들므로 중성지방의 수치도 중요하다. 올봄 위, 이래 경사를 걷는 등산으로 혈당과 중성 지방 수치, 두 마리 토끼를 잡기 위한 당뇨인의 등산법을 알아보자.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.1342-1344
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• 2012

안드로이드를 기반으로 사용자가 자신의 상태를 점검하고, 혈압 상태를 자동으로 기록하고, 응급상황 발생시 경고하고 가까운 병원으로 안내하는 시스템을 구현하였다. 스마트폰의 통신을 이용하여 평상시의 혈압을 서버에 저장하고 그 데이터를 바탕으로 환자에게 알맞은 처방을 제공한다.