11 results match your criteria: "Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine[Affiliation]"
Long-Term Particulate Matter Exposure and Onset of Depression in Middle-Aged Men and Women.
Environ Health Perspect
July 2019
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Background: Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution is associated with all-cause mortality and adverse cognitive outcomes, but the association with developing depression remains inconsistent.
Objective: Our goal was to evaluate the prospective association between PM air pollution and developing depression assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale.
Methods: Subjects were drawn from a prospective cohort study of 123,045 men and women free of depressive symptoms at baseline who attended regular screening exams in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea, from 2011 to 2015.
Hepatitis B virus infection and development of chronic kidney disease: a cohort study.
BMC Nephrol
December 2018
Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Background: The effect of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is controversial. We examined the prospective association between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) serology status and incident CKD in a large cohort of men and women.
Methods: Cohort study of 299,913 adults free of CKD at baseline who underwent health screening exams between January 2002 and December 2016 in South Korea.
Hepatitis B and C virus infection and diabetes mellitus: A cohort study.
Sci Rep
July 2017
Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine, and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The role of hepatitis virus infection in glucose homeostasis is uncertain. We examined the associations between hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the development of diabetes in a cohort (N = 439,708) of asymptomatic participants in health screening examinations. In cross-sectional analyses, the multivariable-adjusted odds ratio for prevalent diabetes comparing hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (+) to HBsAg (-) participants was 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption and coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic men and women.
Am Heart J
July 2016
Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address:
Background: Sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption has been linked to obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and clinically manifest coronary heart disease, but its association with subclinical coronary heart disease remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage consumption and coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a large study of asymptomatic men and women.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 22,210 adult men and women who underwent a comprehensive health screening examination between 2011 and 2013 (median age 40 years).
A Longitudinal Study of Association between Adiposity Markers and Intraocular Pressure: The Kangbuk Samsung Health Study.
PLoS One
June 2016
Department of Epidemiology and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Importance: Intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction or stabilization is the only proven method for glaucoma management. Identifying risk factors for IOP is crucial to understand the pathophysiology of glaucoma.
Objective: To examine the associations of change in body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and percent fat mass with change in intraocular pressure (IOP) in a large sample of Korean adults.
Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, and Markers of Subclinical Arterial Disease in Healthy Men and Women.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
October 2015
From the Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center (C.-W.K., Y. Chang, S. Ryu, H.-S.J., K.E.Y., Y. Choi, J.A., Y.B., J.C.) and Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Y.C., S. Ryu), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Departments of Epidemiology (D.Z., M.C.-A., Y.Z., S. Rampal, E.G., J.C.) and Medicine (E.G.), Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Department of Cardiology, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.C.-A.); Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Julius Centre University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (S. Rampal); Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (J.A.L.); Department of Family Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (H.S., E.S.); Department of Clinical Research Design & Evaluation, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea (Y. Chang, S. Ryu, J.C.); and Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.C.).
Objective: Short and long sleep duration are associated with increased risk of clinical cardiovascular events, but the association between sleep duration and subclinical cardiovascular disease is not well established. We examined the association between sleep duration and sleep quality with coronary artery calcification (CAC) and with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (PWV) in a large sample of young and middle-aged asymptomatic adults.
Approach And Results: We conducted a cross-sectional study of adult men and women who underwent a health checkup examination, including assessment of sleep duration and quality and coupled with either CAC (n=29 203) or brachial-ankle PWV (n=18 106).
Metabolically-healthy obesity and coronary artery calcification.
J Am Coll Cardiol
June 2014
Center for Cohort Studies, Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address:
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores of metabolically-healthy obese (MHO) and metabolically healthy normal-weight individuals in a large sample of apparently healthy men and women.
Background: The risk of cardiovascular disease among obese individuals without obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, referred to as MHO, is controversial.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 14,828 metabolically-healthy adults with no known cardiovascular disease who underwent a health checkup examination that included estimation of CAC scores by cardiac tomography.
Thyroid hormones and mortality risk in euthyroid individuals: the Kangbuk Samsung health study.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
July 2014
Departments of Epidemiology and Medicine (Y.Z., Y.C., S.R., J.C., S.R., E.G.), and Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; Department of Occupational Medicine (Y.C., S.R.), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine. Seoul 110-746, South Korea; Center for Cohort Studies (Y.C., S.R., J.C.), Total Healthcare Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea; Department of Health Sciences and Technology (J.C.), Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 135-710, South Korea; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism (W.-Y.L., E.-J.R.), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea; Department of Laboratory Medicine (M.J.K.), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea; National Center for Epidemiology (R.P.-B.), Carlos III Institute of Health and Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (S.R.), Julius Centre University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Surgery (W.K.H.), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea; and Department of Family Medicine (H.S.), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine. Seoul 110-746, South Korea.
Context: Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, both overt and subclinical, are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. The association between thyroid hormones and mortality in euthyroid individuals, however, is unclear.
Objective: To examine the prospective association between thyroid hormones levels within normal ranges and mortality endpoints.
Association of coronary artery calcification and serum gamma-glutamyl transferase in Korean.
Atherosclerosis
January 2013
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background And Objective: Elevated serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) has been known to be associated with the cardiovascular disease. However, there is a lack of researches on direct examination of relevance between serum GGT and coronary artery calcification (CAC). Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between serum GGT levels and the prevalence of CAC in Korean.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA cohort study of serum bilirubin levels and incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in middle aged Korean workers.
PLoS One
September 2012
Department of Occupational Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Background: Serum bilirubin may have potent antioxidant and cytoprotective effects. Serum bilirubin levels are inversely associated with several cardiovascular and metabolic endpoints, but their association with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has not been investigated except for a single cross-sectional study in a pediatric population. We assessed the prospective association between serum bilirubin concentrations (total, direct, and indirect) and the risk for NAFLD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA prospective study of a new immunochemical fecal occult blood test in Korean patients referred for colonoscopy.
Clin Biochem
April 2005
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, #108 Pyeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Objectives: The exquisite performance characteristics of an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (IFOBT) are well understood. We evaluated the diagnostic validity of a new IFOBT for colorectal neoplasia in patients undergoing colonoscopy and compared its results with two other commercially available IFOBTs.
Design And Methods: Eighty-five consecutive patients referred for colonoscopy were studied.