Association of Self-Reported and Cotinine-Verified Smoking Status with Atrial Arrhythmia.

Background: The relationship between self-reported and urinary cotinine-verified smoking status and atrial arrhythmia (AA) is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of self-reported and urine cotinine-verified smoking status with AA.

Method: A total of 201,788 participants (106,375 men, mean age 37 years) who had both a urinary cotinine measurement and electrocardiogram were included.

Association between Cigarette Smoking and New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in 78,212 Koreans Using Self-Reported Questionnaire and Urine Cotinine.

Background: No study has assessed association between cigarette smoking and new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) incidence using two different smoking classification systems: self-reported questionnaire and urine cotinine. The objective of this longitudinal study was to evaluate NODM risk using the above two systems in Korean adults.

Methods: Among individuals enrolled in Kangbuk Samsung Health Study and Cohort Study who visited between 2011 and 2012 at baseline and 2014 at follow-up, 78,212 participants without baseline diabetes mellitus were followed up for a median of 27 months.

Association between Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Hypertension in 106,268 Korean Self-Reported Never-Smokers Verified by Cotinine.

No study has reported the relationship between secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and hypertension in self-reported never-smokers verified by nicotine metabolite. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between SHS exposure and hypertension in self-reported and cotinine-verified never-smokers. A total of 106,268 self-reported never-smokers, verified as nonsmokers by urinary cotinine, who participated in Kangbuk Samsung Cohort study (KSCS) between 2012 and 2016 were included.

Relationship Between Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity and Incident Hypertension According to 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guidelines.

Background Arterial stiffness predicts both cardiovascular events and incident hypertension. However, whether brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is predictive of incident hypertension based on the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) High Blood Pressure Guidelines has not been established. We performed a large cohort study to investigate whether incident hypertension could be predicted from baPWV measurements as a measure of arterial stiffness, even when applying updated hypertension criteria.

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Association between self-reported physical activity and incident atrial fibrillation in a young Korean population.

The association between physical activity (PA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. We thus investigated association of PA with the development of AF. Type and duration data for PA were acquired from 211,992 AF-free individuals using the validated Korean version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short From between March 2002 and December 2014.

Association of self-reported and cotinine-verified smoking status with incidence of metabolic syndrome in 47 379 Korean adults.

Background: The relationship of cotinine-verified vs self-reported smoking status with the incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is not known. This study investigated the effect of urinary cotinine-verified vs self-reported smoking status on incident MetS.

Methods: In all, 47 379 participants without MetS enrolled in the Kangbuk Samsung Health Study and Kangbuk Samsung Cohort Study between 2011 and 2012 (baseline) were included in this study and followed-up in 2014; median follow-up duration was 25 months.

Relationship Between Cotinine-Verified Smoking Status and Incidence of Hypertension in 74,743 Korean Adults.

Background: The relationship between chronic smoking and hypertension (HTN) is inconclusive in previous studies, which were mainly based on self-reported smoking status. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of cotinine-verified smoking status with incident HTN.

Methods and results: A total of 74,743 participants (43,104 men; age 38±5.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided sampling of a metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma mimicking a gastric subepithelial tumor.

Metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma of appendix origin and mimicking a gastric subepithelial tumor (SET) is very rare. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided sampling is a useful diagnostic method for SETs. However, the cytologic findings of metastatic mucinous adenocarcinoma are unfamiliar to many pathologists and gastroenterologists.

Pulse pressure as a prognostic marker in patients receiving extracorporeal life support.

Background: It is not easy to predict the prognosis of patients receiving extracorporeal life support (ECLS) because of the highly variable situation around its implementation. We evaluated the role of pulse pressure (PP), which is available on real-time basis, as a hemodynamic prognostic marker during ECLS.

Methods: From January 2009 to August 2011, data from 69 patients who were treated with ECLS for at least 6h in a single center for any cause was collected.