Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Divorced Male Workers

Abstract

Background: Considering the unhealthy lifestyle observed in men, we planned this study to compare the lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors between and man. Methods: A total of 11,855 male workers took a health check-up in a University Hospital in Ulsan from March to December 2004. One hundred eight workers were recognized to have checked affi rmative on divorced check item on the marital status and 400 workers were matched for age and randomly selected from the married 10,177 workers. Comparison was performed between the two groups with the results of the main laboratory data and self-recorded life style questionnaire. Results: The men were shorter in height than the men (P = 0.022), and showed significantly higher diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.033) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (P = 0.001). In lifestyle, the men had signifi cantly lower educational level, lower monthly household income, higher smoking rate, and more frequent irregular meals than the men. Divorcing had 1.88 times the odds of having higher diastolic blood pressure compared to staying married. Conclusion: The men had poorer lifestyle and higher diastolic blood pressure than the men.