Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated factors in the Korean adult population: the Korean Health and Genome Study |
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| Authors: | Kim Jinyoung Choi Changho Shin Kyungrim Yi Hyeryeon Park Mingyu Cho Namhan Kimm Kuchan Shin Chol |
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| Affiliation: | Institute of Human Genomic Study, Ansan Hospital, Korea University Medical School, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | The present study was purposed to identify the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and its associated factors in the Korean adult population. Among a total of 9939 participants derived from the Korean Health and Genome Study, 12.1% of subjects (men, 8.5%; women, 15.4%) suffered from RLS. Factors independently related with RLS were older age and frequent fatigue in both men and women. |
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| Keywords: | epidemiology Korea prevalence restless legs syndrome |
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