Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated factors in the Korean adult population: the Korean Health and Genome Study

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Jun;59(3):350-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01381.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Fatigue / epidemiology
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Genome, Human*
  • Humans
  • Korea / epidemiology
  • Logistic Models
  • Middle Aged
  • Odds Ratio
  • Restless Legs Syndrome / complications
  • Restless Legs Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Sex Factors