Professor Chun Dae-young of the Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University won the Outstanding Research Award of the Korean Society for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Dec 10, 2024
Professor Chun Dae-young of the Department of Circulatory Medicine at Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital of Hallym University won the Excellence Award at the '2024 Korean Society of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (IMCVP 2024)' held in Grand Walkerhill Seoul from November 29 to November 30.
Professor Chun Dae-young was honored for his large-scale cohort study on the association between dementia and metabolic syndrome occurring at a young age. The study was conducted with Professor Lee Min-woo of the Department of Neurology at Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital and Professor Han Kyung-do of the Department of Information Statistics Insurance and Mathematics at Soongsil University.
The research team analyzed about 2 million dementia patients aged 40 to 60 using data from the National Health Insurance Corporation. As a result, the metabolic syndrome group had a 24% higher risk of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia than the non-metabolic syndrome group.
The diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome in Korea are cases of having at least three out of five factors: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low HDL cholesterol, and high triglycerides. Among the components of these metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid abnormalities, and abdominal obesity were all associated with an increased risk of developing dementia in young age, and the more of these components, the gradually increased risk.
Professor Chun Dae-young said, `In this study, in order to prevent dementia at a young age, a healthy lifestyle of managing factors related to metabolic syndrome such as blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides, and abdominal circumference is important.' `We will continue to make efforts to provide practical prevention and management measures while treating patients in actual clinical practice.'
Professor Chun Dae-young was honored for his large-scale cohort study on the association between dementia and metabolic syndrome occurring at a young age. The study was conducted with Professor Lee Min-woo of the Department of Neurology at Hallim University Sacred Heart Hospital and Professor Han Kyung-do of the Department of Information Statistics Insurance and Mathematics at Soongsil University.
The research team analyzed about 2 million dementia patients aged 40 to 60 using data from the National Health Insurance Corporation. As a result, the metabolic syndrome group had a 24% higher risk of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia than the non-metabolic syndrome group.
The diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome in Korea are cases of having at least three out of five factors: abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low HDL cholesterol, and high triglycerides. Among the components of these metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid abnormalities, and abdominal obesity were all associated with an increased risk of developing dementia in young age, and the more of these components, the gradually increased risk.
Professor Chun Dae-young said, `In this study, in order to prevent dementia at a young age, a healthy lifestyle of managing factors related to metabolic syndrome such as blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides, and abdominal circumference is important.' `We will continue to make efforts to provide practical prevention and management measures while treating patients in actual clinical practice.'
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