Lee, Hyeonbin
Seo, Hyung Suk
Kim, Regina E. Y.
Lee, Seung Ku
Lee, Young Hen
Shin, Chol
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (No. 2015-P71001-00, 2016-E71003-00, 2017-E71001-00)
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016R1A2B4012155, NRF-2015R1A2A2A01003167)
Article History
Received: 16 April 2020
Revised: 26 August 2020
Accepted: 9 October 2020
First Online: 16 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Hyung Suk Seo, MD. (seohs@korea.ac.kr).
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Jaehyung Cha, PhD in Medical Science Research Center, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: This study included a portion of participants in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) which is a population-based cohort study initiated in 2001. KoGES was reported in many previous reports, and the detailed information about the KoGES was described in reference [] in this manuscript. All of this information about the participants was included in the section “” of “” in this manuscript.
: • prospective• cross-sectional study• performed at one institution