The analysis of risk for peptic ulcer disease using Korean national health and nutrition examination survey: a cross-sectional analysis of a national survey sample

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the risk factors associated with the incidence of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), study was conducted to assess the relationship between socioeconomic and environmental factors and PUD in a large scales data of the Korean population using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). METHODS: We conducted a cross sectional study of 12,095 enrollment in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. The data was collected from KNHANES between 2008 and 2009 by the Division of Chronic Disease Surveillance under the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to assess the associations of PUD with the multiple variables. RESULTS: An association between old age, mental and psychosocial factor and PUD could be seen in both genders under multivariate analysis. Additionally, PUD in male associated with lower BMI and lesser exercise in life. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that, in Korean, mental health is associated with increased prevalence of PUD.