Publications by authors named "Eunseon Gwak"
To estimate the relative effectiveness of NVX-CoV2373 versus BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 disease during the Omicron variant dominance in South Korea, we conducted a retrospective cohort-study among ≥12-year-olds using the K-COV-N database, which links COVID-19 vaccine registry data with health insurance claims data. The Cox proportional-hazards model and inverse probability of treatment weighting were employed to calculate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs). Among homologous primary-series NVX-CoV2373 versus BNT162b2 recipients at Day 180 post-vaccination, the aHR was 0.
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- The study examined how air pollution affects inflammation and aging in middle-aged and older women by analyzing data from 380 participants in South Korea.
- Researchers measured blood markers related to inflammation (hsCRP) and age-related proteins (SASP) while assessing exposure to six different air pollutants.
- Results indicated that certain SASP proteins, like IL-8 and IFN-γ, showed significant associations with recent air pollution exposure, suggesting that these proteins could serve as indicators of biological aging linked to air quality.
Background: We aimed to assess the risk of maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and early abortive outcomes after the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination during the preconceptional period and preclinical pregnancy, which are likely to be inadvertent vaccination.
Methods: We used data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency-COVID19-National Health Insurance Service cohort from December 2020 to December 2021. The vaccinated pregnant women were matched to unvaccinated pregnant controls at a 1:4 ratio.
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- A study was conducted to explore how both maternal and paternal occupations influence the risk of preterm birth using national birth data from Korea between 2010 and 2020.
- The research found that employed parents generally had a lower risk of preterm birth compared to non-employed parents, but certain occupations, particularly service and sales for mothers and manual work for fathers, were linked to higher risks.
- The combined effect of both parents having high-risk jobs resulted in an even greater risk for preterm birth, indicating the need for more research on the specific occupational hazards involved.
We explored the annual risks of mild and severe preeclampsia (PE) among nulliparous women. Using the National Health Information Database of South Korea, 1,317,944 nulliparous women who gave live births were identified. Mild PE increased from 0.
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