smoking, habitual tea drinking and metabolic syndrome in elderly men living in rural community the tianliao old people (top) study 02吸烟,和老年人代谢综合征的饮茶习惯住在农村社区tianliao老人(上)研究02.pdf

Smoking, Habitual Tea Drinking and Metabolic Syndrome in Elderly Men Living in Rural Community: The Tianliao Old People (TOP) Study 02 1,4 1 2 3 4 1 Chin-Sung Chang , Yin-Fan Chang , Ping-Yen Liu , Chuan-Yu Chen , Yau-Sheng Tsai , Chih-Hsing Wu * 1 Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, 2 Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, 3 Tianliao District Public Health Center, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 4 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Abstract The literature shows an inconsistent relationship between lifestyle behaviors and metabolic syndrome (MetS), especially in the elderly. We designed this study to investigate the interrelationships among cigarette smoking, tea drinking and MetS, and to verify the factors associated with MetS in elderly males dwelling in rural community. In July 2010, with a whole community sampling method, 414 male subjects aged over 65 dwelling in Tianliao township were randomly sampled. The response rate was 60.8%. Each subject completed the structured questionnaires including sociodemographic characteristics, habitual behaviors (including cigarette smoking and tea drinking habits) and medical history. After an overnight fast, the laboratory and anthropometric data were obtained. MetS was confirmed according to the criteria defined by the modified NCEP ATP III for the male Chinese population. Subjects were split into either non-MetS or MetS groups for further analysis. Of the 361 subjects with complete data, 132 (36.6%) elderly men were classified as having MetS. Using binary logistic