lifestyle and metabolic syndrome among male workers in an electronics research and development company objectives the objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between lifestyleimplementation and metabolic syndrome in an electronics research and development company and to provide a foundation for health providers of health management programs for setting prioritiesmethods from july 1 to july 16 2008 we carried out a descriptive crosssectional survey consecutive workers of one r d company in seoul korea n2079 were enrolled in study a checklist for lifestyle from the national health insurance corporation consisted of questions regarding diet drinking smoking and exercise after the survey researchers obtained data from health profiles for metabolic syndromewaistcircumference triglycerides hdl cholesterol blood pressure and fasting blood sugar level lifestyle was recorded as good or not good statistical analysis of metabolic syndrome and the lifestyle of subjects was done using multiple logistic regression analysisresults the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in our study gropu was 133 n277 after adjustment for age the adjusted odds ratios odds ratio 95 confidence intervals for metabolic syndrome increased in proportion to the number of bad habits two 172 123244 three 247 173356 and four 363 203634 relative to subjects eating both vegetables and meat the or for meat eaters was 166 118231 compared with nonsmokers and eversmoker the or for currentsmoker was 162 125210 compared with healthy drinker the or for unhealthy drinker was 138 105183conclusions poor lifestyle was associated with an increased likelihood of metabolic syndrome these findings suggest that lifestylebased occupational health interventions for young employees should include a specific diet smoking cessation and healthydrinking programs