Investigators from Yonsei University Target Health Insurance [Diabetes, Frequency of Exercise, and Mortality Over 12 Years: Analysis of the National…

Investigators from Yonsei University Target Health Insurance [Diabetes, Frequency of Exercise, and Mortality Over 12 Years: Analysis of the National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening (NHIS-HEALS) Database]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Fresh data on Health Insurance are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The goal of this study was to analyze the relationship between exercise frequency and all-cause mortality for individuals diagnosed with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). We analyzed data for 505,677 participants (53.9% men) in the National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening (NHIS-HEALS) cohort."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Yonsei University, "The study endpoint variable was all-cause mortality. Frequency of exercise and covariates including age, sex, smoking status, household income, blood pressure, fasting glucose, body mass index, total cholesterol, and Charlson comorbidity index were determined at baseline. Cox proportional hazard regression models were developed to assess the effects of exercise frequency (0, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7 days per week) on mortality, separately in individuals with and without DM. We found a U-shaped association between exercise frequency and mortality in individuals with and without DM. However, the frequency of exercise associated with the lowest risk of all-cause mortality was 3-4 times per week (hazard ratio [HR], 0.69; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65-0.73) in individuals without DM, and 5-6 times per week in those with DM (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.78-1.10)."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "A moderate frequency of exercise may reduce mortality regardless of the presence or absence of DM; however, when compared to those without the condition, people with DM may need to exercise more often."

For more information on this research see: Diabetes, Frequency of Exercise, and Mortality Over 12 Years: Analysis of the National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening (NHIS-HEALS) Database. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2018;33(8):10-18. Journal of Korean Medical Science can be contacted at: Korean Acad Medical Sciences, 302 75 Dong Du Ichon, Dong Yongsan Ku, Seoul 140 031, South Korea (see also Health Insurance).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from H.C. Kim, Yonsei University, Coll Med, Dept. of Prevent Med, Seoul 03722, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include T. Lee, D.H. Jeon and W.Y. Shin.

Keywords for this news article include: Seoul, South Korea, Asia, Insurance Companies, Health and Medicine, Health Insurance, Yonsei University.

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