The growth status of North Korean refugee adolescents in South Korea: comparison with South Korean adolescents.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Annals of Human Biology Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1080/03014460.2023.2183988

So-Yeong Kim, Hye-Min Ku, Seong-Woo Choi

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Abstract

Aim: To assess the growth status of North Korean refugee adolescents (NKRA) living in South Korea (SK) and compare their growth status with that of SK adolescents (SKA).

Subjects and methods: NKRA were interviewed from 2017 to 2020, whereas the data for SKA were from the 2016 to 2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. SKA and NKRA were matched by age and gender in a 3:1 ratio and 534 SKA and 185 NKRA were enrolled.

Results: After adjusting for the covariates, NKRA had greater prevalences of thinness (odds ratio [OR], 11.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.9-45.6) and obesity (OR, 12.0; 95% CI, 3.1-46.1) than SKA, but were not of short stature. In comparison with SKA in low-income families, NKRA had similarly greater prevalences of thinness and obesity, but not of short stature. As the length of stay of NKRA in SK increased, the prevalence of short stature and thinness did not decrease, while the prevalence of obesity increased significantly.

Conclusion: Although they had lived in SK for several years, NKRA had greater prevalences of thinness and obesity than SKA and the prevalence of obesity increased significantly with the length of stay in SK.

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朝鲜难民青少年在韩国的成长状况:与韩国青少年的比较。

目的:了解在韩国(SK)生活的朝鲜难民青少年(NKRA)的成长状况，并与韩国青少年(SKA)的成长状况进行比较。对象和方法:NKRA于2017 - 2020年进行访谈，SKA的数据来自2016 - 2018年韩国国家健康与营养检查调查。SKA和NKRA按年龄和性别按3:1的比例匹配，共入组534例SKA和185例NKRA。结果:调整协变量后，NKRA的瘦患病率更高(优势比[OR]， 11.5;95%可信区间[CI]， 2.9-45.6)和肥胖(OR, 12.0;95% CI, 3.1-46.1)大于SKA，但并不矮小。与低收入家庭的SKA相比，NKRA同样有更大的消瘦和肥胖的患病率，但身材矮小的患病率则不高。随着NKRA在SK停留时间的增加，矮小和瘦弱的患病率没有减少，而肥胖的患病率明显增加。结论:虽然他们在SK生活了几年，但NKRA的瘦和肥胖患病率高于SKA，肥胖患病率随着在SK生活的时间延长而显著增加。

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Annals of Human Biology 生物-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.40

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5.90%

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1 months

期刊介绍： Annals of Human Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal published six times a year in electronic format. The journal reports investigations on the nature, development and causes of human variation, embracing the disciplines of human growth and development, human genetics, physical and biological anthropology, demography, environmental physiology, ecology, epidemiology and global health and ageing research.