Life Style and Eating Behavior of Stroke Patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Province, Korea
2009
Sung, S.J., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea | Jung, D.G., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea | Lee, W.K., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea | Kim, Y.J., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea | Lee, H.S., Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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.
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