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Cardiology
The Korean Hypertension Cohort study: design and baseline characteristics
Hae-Young Lee, Ju-Yeon Lee, Ho-Gyun Shin, Song-Hee Cho, Kyun-Ik Park, Gyu-Chul Oh, Seung-Pyo Lee, Hogon Kim, Hee-Sun Lee, Kwang-Il Kim, Si-Hyuck Kang, Jang Hoon Lee, Se Yong Jang, Ju-Hee Lee, Kye Hun Kim, Jae Yeong Cho, Jae-Hyeong Park, Jieun Jang, Sue K. Park, Jean Kyung Bak
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(5):1115-1125. Published online July 22, 2021
Background/Aims: Hypertension (HT) has a significant impact on public health and medical expenses. However, HT is a chronic disease that requires the long-term follow-up of a large number of patients.
Methods: The Korean Hypertension Cohort (KHC) study aimed to develop a model for calculating cardi..
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Endocrinology-metabolism
Fasting glucose level and all-cause or cause-specific mortality in Korean adults: a nationwide cohort study
Yi-Suk Kim, Yong-Moon Park, Kyung-Do Han, Jae-Seung Yun, Yu-Bae Ahn, Seung-Hyun Ko
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(3):647-658. Published online July 7, 2020
Background/Aims: Although people with diabetes have been shown to have higher mortality than people without diabetes, there is a lack of data on the association between fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels and cause-specific mortality rates in the general population.
Methods: A total of 326,547 Kore..
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Hemato-oncology
Risk factors for primary lung cancer among never-smoking women in South Korea: a retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study
Yoon Ho Ko, Seung Joon Kim, Wan-Seop Kim, Chan Kwon Park, Cheol-Kyu Park, Yang-Gun Suh, Jung Seop Eom, Sukki Cho, Jae Young Hur, Sung Ho Hwang, Jun-Pyo Myong
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(3):692-702. Published online February 19, 2020
Background/Aims: We performed a large-scale, retrospective, nationwide, cohort study to investigate the risk factors for lung cancer among never-smoking Korean females.
Methods: The study data were collected from a general health examination and questionnaire survey of eligible populations conducte..
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A paradigm shift in studies based on rheumatoid arthritis clinical registries
Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoon-Kyoung Sung
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(5):974-981. Published online February 18, 2019
Clinical research is the study of aspects of patient health or illness that are closely related to clinical practice. In the late 20th and early 21th century, outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) improved dramatically due to breakthroughs in new drugs. Patient-reported outcome measur..
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Gastroenterology
Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on the regression of gastric polyps in National Cancer Screening Program
Su Youn Nam, Bum Joon Park, Kum Hei Ryu, Ji Hyung Nam
Korean J Intern Med. 2018;33(3):506-511. Published online December 14, 2017
Background/Aims: Western guidelines recommend Helicobacter pylori eradication in H. pylori-associated gastric polyps; however, there is no standard guideline in Korea. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of H. pylori eradication on the regression of gastric hyperplasti..
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Hemato-oncology
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a clinical review including Korean cohorts
Young-Woo Jeon, Seok-Goo Cho
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(3):433-443. Published online April 5, 2016
Only 5th decade ago, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was only recognized as disease group of presenting features like peripheral lymphocytosis, organomegaly including of splenomegaly. As understanding of disease biology and molecular diagnostic tools are getting improved gradually, characterizati..
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