Association between family history of diabetes and clusters of adherence to healthy behaviors: cross-sectional results from the Health Examinees-Gem (HEXA-G) study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study evaluated whether individuals with affected family member adhered to healthy behaviours.

Design and setting

This was a cross-sectional study of participants selected from health examinees who underwent the national health check-up programme of Korea in 39 centres between 2004 and 2013.

Participants

The baseline data of 128 520 participants enrolled in the Health Examinees-Gem study were used for analysis.

Main outcomes and measures

Associations of family history of diabetes with adherence to regular exercise, healthy diet and body composition, and clusters of healthy behaviours were evaluated while adjusting for potential confounders selected by a directed acyclic graph.

Results

Participants with a family history of diabetes were mo

SUBMITTER: Choi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588964 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature