Jungbok Lee's scientific contributions

Publication (1)

Article
Objectives: To determine prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, and its risk factors in an urban Korean population. Design and setting: A cross-sectional survey in Ansan-city, Korea. Subjects and methods: Population-based samples of people aged 18-92 years in Ansan-city, Korea, were selected, yielding 2278 men and 1948 women...

Citations

... Additionally, this study reveals that the prevalence of hypertension increased with weight. In the Ansan City study conducted in Korea, weight and abdominal boundary were found to be risk factors for hypertension [32]. Elsewhere in Asia, the prevalence of overweight and hypertension was most common in Japan, followed by Iran, urban India, Singapore, urban Sri Lanka, and the urban Philippines [33]. ...