Skeletal muscle mass and risk of advanced adenoma in surveillance colonoscopy.

Background And Aim: Sarcopenia has been suggested to be associated with chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. This study aimed to evaluate whether low muscle mass is associated with the incidence and recurrence of advanced colorectal adenoma.

Methods: We conducted a cohort study including 14 701 participants who underwent first-time screening colonoscopy between 2003 and 2012 and follow-up colonoscopy until 2017.

Comparison of Serum Adipocytokine Levels according to Metabolic Health and Obesity Status.

Background: Metabolic health is an emerging concept that is highly correlated with various metabolic complications, and adipocytokines have been causally linked to a wide range of metabolic diseases. Thus, this study compared serum adipocytokine levels according to metabolic health and obesity status.

Methods: Four hundred and fifty-six nondiabetic subjects (mean age, 40.

Increased risk of diabetes development in subjects with the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype: a 4-year longitudinal study.

Background: The hypertriglyceridemic waist (HTGW) phenotype is a simple and inexpensive screening parameter to identify people at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. We evaluated whether the HTGW phenotype predicts diabetes in urban Korean adults.

Methods: A total of 2,900 nondiabetic subjects (mean age 44.

Age Is the Strongest Effector for the Relationship between Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Coronary Artery Calcification in Apparently Healthy Korean Adults.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered one of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a potential mechanism that explains the association between renal function and cardiovascular mortality. We aimed to evaluate the association between renal function and CAC in apparently healthy Korean subjects.

Dissemination of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a patient with acute HIV infection.

Background: Opportunistic infections are relatively rare in early human immunodeficiency virus infection, especially infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we report a patient who presented with acute human immunodeficiency virus and multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis co-infections.

[Correlation between adenoma detection rate and advanced adenoma detection rate].

Background/aims: Adenoma detection rate (ADR) is widely used as an index of colonoscopy quality management. Although advanced adenomas can be found less frequently than non-advanced adenomas, advanced adenomas have a higher clinical significance during screening for colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between advanced and non-advanced ADR among colonoscopists.