Table 3

Crude and age-standardised (with the 2005 Korean census and world standard populations as references) prevalence rates (%) for specific health problems in the health screening database of the National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening Cohort database at baseline, 2002–2003

	All				Men				Women
	Cohort n	Crude rates	Age-standardised rates		Cohort n	Crude rates	Age-standardised rates		Cohort n	Crude rates	Age-standardised rates
	Cohort n	Crude rates	Census	WHO	Cohort n	Crude rates	Census	WHO	Cohort n	Crude rates	Census	WHO
Anaemia*	514 256	9.2	9.8	9.8	278 866	4.4	5.6	5.9	235 390	15.6	15.9	15.5
Diabetes mellitus	514 190	7.9	8.2	8.4	278 826	9.0	9.4	9.6	235 364	6.2	6.4	6.6
Prediabetes†		23.9	23.8	23.9		26.0	25.9	25.9		20.8	20.7	20.9
Hypertension	514 581	34.4	35.6	36.1	278 989	38.0	39.1	39.4	235 592	29.8	30.3	31.0
High-normal‡		17.0	16.9	16.8		17.8	17.8	17.8		15.7	15.5	15.6
Abnormal liver function test§	514 286	6.2	5.8	5.8	278 866	5.7	5.3	5.1	235 420	6.5	6.3	6.4
Obesity	514 350	2.9	2.7	2.7	278 901	2.1	1.9	1.9	235 449	3.7	3.6	3.6
Overweight¶		32.1	31.2	31.0		33.1	31.4	31.0		30.6	29.8	30.1
Hypercholesterolaemia**	513 887	14.3	14.2	14.3	278 681	13.0	12.5	12.4	235 206	15.8	15.6	16.0
Abnormal urine blood††	513 046	5.9	6.0	6.1	278 228	3.2	3.4	3.4	234 818	9.3	9.3	9.4
Abnormal urine protein‡‡	513 095	2.0	2.0	2.0	278 252	1.9	2.0	2.0	234 843	1.9	2.0	2.0

*Hb <13 g/dL (men), <12 g/dL (women).
†Diabetes mellitus: fasting glucose of 126 mg/dL; prediabetes, 100–126 mg/dL.
‡Hypertension: systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg; high-normal, systolic blood pressure of 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure of 85 mm Hg.
§More than two times than upper limit of normal (ULN); ULN for alanine aminotransferase: men, 30 IU/L; women, 19 IU/L.
¶Obesity: body mass index ≥30 kg/m²; overweight: body mass index 25–29.9 kg/m².
**Total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL (6.2 mmol/L).
††Urine dip-stick test for occult blood: +1, +2, +3, +4.
‡‡Urine dip-stick test for protein: +1, +2, +3, +4.