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Aims: Although Catholic priests have a life of discipline with many responsibilities, there has been little research on the health effects of their lifestyle. Analysis of disease prevalence in priests will help elucidate the influence of religious life and occupational characteristics on the occurrence of diabetes. This retrospective study was performed to examine the differences in the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes between Catholic priests and the general population. Methods: The study population comprised 1845 Catholic priests aged 31–80 years who visited the health promotion centers of three university hospitals in Korea between 2010 and 2019. Controls consisted of 1801 adult non-clerics aged 31–80 years who underwent health checkups at the screening center during the same period. Logistic regression analysis was performed to compare the differences in the rates of diabetes and prediabetes between the priest and control groups. Result: Priests were younger and had lower rates of smoking, drinking alcohol, and hypertension compared with the control group. However, metabolic markers, such as BMI, waist circumference, body fat mass, insulin, HbA1c, and lipid profiles, were significantly higher in the priest group than the control group (all p < 0.05). After adjusting for covariates, the priest group had a significantly higher likelihood of having diabetes (OR = 1.651, 95% CI 1.146–2.379) or prediabetes (OR = 3.270, 95% CI 2.471–4.327) compared with the controls. Conclusions: This study showed that Catholic priests have higher risks of diabetes and prediabetes compared with the general population, and these risks increase with age. Further large-scale prospective studies are required to confirm these relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for various chronic conditions, as well as mental health disorders. However, there have been few studies on weight change and mental health according to obesity. This study was performed to elucidate the association between weight changes and mental health according to obesity in middle-aged women.Methods: Data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014, 2016, 2018), which included 3953 women aged 40 to 59, were used in this study. After excluding those who had chronic conditions possibly affecting weight change, 2964 women were included in the study. The associations between weight changes and mental health, including perceived stress, depressed mood surveyed by the patient health questionnaire-9(PHQ-9), and current depressive disorder were analyzed.Results: Weight change in non-obese and obese women was associated with poorer mental health, including perceived stress and depressed mood (p<0.05), although the significance disappeared in covariates-adjusted analysis in obese women. Both non-obese and obese women with weight gain had higher perceived stress than women with weight loss, while in the PHQ-9 scores, higher scores were observed in non-obese women with weight gain, and in obese women with weight loss.Limitations: Our study could not define causality because this was a cross-sectional study. And the information on body weight change was obtained by self-reported questionnaires.Conclusions: Our study suggested that in relatively healthy middle-aged Korean women, weight change was a significant factor associated with mental health, but obesity itself was not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of various factors related to ADHD on the quality of life (QOL) of those who have ADHD. Patients' self-reported quality of life was measured by PedsQL (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory) 4.0 self-report; depression was measured by CDI (Children's Depression Inventory), and anxiety was measured by RCMAS (Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale). QOL of the patient was measured by PedsQL 4.0 parent-proxy report; ADHD symptoms were measured by Conner's parent-rating scale. [Extracted from the article]