Usefulness of Heavy Drinking and Binge Drinking for the Diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder.

Background: This research investigated the sensitivity and specificity of heavy and binge drinking for screening of alcohol use disorder.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted with 976 adults who visited the Sun Health Screening Center for health screenings in 2015. Daily drinking amount, drinking frequency per week, and weekly drinking amount were investigated.

Diabetes and depressive symptoms in korean women: the fifth korean national health and nutrition examination survey (2010-2011).

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between diabetes and depressive symptoms among Korean women.

Methods: We performed an analysis of data for 6,572 women aged 30 or over obtained from the Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2010 to 2011. We examined the presence of depressive symptoms and the treatment of depression according to diabetes status.