Lee, Seung Ku https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5120-5557
Siddiquee, Ali Tanweer
Kim, Soriul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6161-1636
Hwang, Yoon Ho
Koo, Jung-Hoon
Jang, Yong-Chul
Kim, Seong Hwan
Kim, Nan Hee
Jeon, Yoo Jeong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-1418
Shin, Chol https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2928-8576
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Article History
Received: 17 March 2025
Revised: 22 May 2026
Accepted: 27 May 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Korea University Ansan Hospital, and written informed consent was given by all study subjects (IRB No. 2006AS0045).