%0 Journal Article
%T Correlates Between Health Beliefs and Health
%A Ching-Ching Lin
%A Kun-Yun Yeh
%A Pin-Hsuan Chen
%A Shu-Ching Chen
%A Sue-Hsien Chen
%A Tzu-Yun Huang
%A Yo-Ping Lai
%J Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
%@ 1941-2479
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1010539518816245
%X Differences in sociodemographic variables, health beliefs, and a healthy lifestyle all contribute to the varied prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). We investigated the associations among MetS-related risk factors and performed a cross-sectional study, recruiting 1741 Taiwanese residents aged ¡Ý30 years, between August 2014 and August 2015. Data were obtained on sociodemographic factors, health beliefs, and health-promoting lifestyle profiles using questionnaires. Multivariate analysis revealed that age ¡Ý65 years (odds ratio [OR] = 2.17), low educational level (OR = 1.46), body mass index ¡Ý24 kg/m2 (OR = 9.00), more health responsibility (OR = 1.08), and less exercise (OR = 0.924) were independent risk factors for MetS development. A correlation existed between health beliefs and health-promoting lifestyle profiles, suggesting that the establishment of an effective health-promoting program should consider participants¡¯ health beliefs
%K health beliefs
%K health-promoting lifestyle
%K metabolic syndrome
%K risk factors
%K Taiwan
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1010539518816245