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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Prevalence of General and Central Obesity and Associated Factors among North Korean Refugees in South Korea by Duration after Defection from North Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Yoon Jung Kim, Sin Gon Kim, Yo Han Lee

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Weight Gain Predicts Metabolic Syndrome among North Korean Refugees in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoon Jung KimDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Beodeunaru-ro 7-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07247, Korea. yjkim99@hallym.or.kr.
Sin Gon KimDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea. k50367@korea.ac.kr.
Yo Han LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, 158, Gwanjeodong-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35365, Korea. vionic@konyang.ac.kr.
Hallym University · KRKonyang University · KRKorea University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies on obesity status among North Korean refugees (NKRs) have been limited. We investigated mean body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and general and central obesity prevalence among NKRs in South Korea (SK) by duration after defection from North Korea (NK), using cross-sectional data of the North Korean Refugee Health in South Korea (NORNS) study and compared these data with a sample from the general South Korean population (the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). The prevalence of general and central obesity among NKRs with duration after defection from NK of less than five years were lower than among South Koreans, except for central obesity among NKR females (obesity prevalence, 19% (12⁻27%) vs. 39% (34⁻44%) for NK vs. SK males (

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Nutrition SurveysAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsian PeopleCross-Sectional StudiesDemocratic People's Republic of KoreaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityObesity, AbdominalPrevalenceRefugeesRepublic of Koreaassociated factorscentral obesityNorth Korean refugeesobesity

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PMID29677154
PMCPMC5923853
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