National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Researchers Update Current Study Findings on Metabolic Syndrome (Oxidative balance score inversely associated with the prevalence and incidence of metabolic syndrome: analysis of two studies of …): Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions – Metabolic Syndrome

2023 SEP 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Genomics & Genetics Daily -- Investigators publish new report on metabolic syndrome. According to news originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “BackgroundPro-oxidant/antioxidant imbalances leading to chronic inflammation and insulin resistance can contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS).”

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “Oxidative Balance Score (OBS), a comprehensive measure of exposure to pro- and anti-oxidants, represents an individual’s total oxidative balance. This study aimed to evaluate the association between OBS and MetS using two large datasets. MethodsWe analyzed data from 2,735 adults older than 19 years from the 2021 Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (KNHANES) and 5,807 adults aged 40-69 years from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). In each dataset, OBS was categorized into sex-specific tertiles (T).ResultsIn KNHANES, the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for prevalent MetS in T3, compared to T1, were 0.44 (0.29-0.65) in men and 0.34 (0.23-0.50) in women after adjusting for confounders. In KoGES, the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for incident MetS in T3, compared to T1, were 0.56 (0.48-0.65) in men and 0.63 (0.55-0.73) in women after adjusting for confounders.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “ConclusionOBS appears to be inversely related to MetS, which suggests that adopting lifestyle behaviors that decrease oxidative stress could be an important preventive strategy for MetS.”

For more information on this research see: Oxidative balance score inversely associated with the prevalence and incidence of metabolic syndrome: analysis of two studies of the Korean population. Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023,10. (Frontiers in Nutrition - http://www.frontiersin.org/nutrition). The publisher for Frontiers in Nutrition is Frontiers Media S.A.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1226107.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Hye-Min Park, Primary Care Research Center, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Tea-Hwa Han, Yu-Jin Kwon, Jun-Hyuk Lee. Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.