Oh, Eui Geum
Yoo, Jae Yong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1212-5121
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1C1B5016907)
Article History
Received: 27 November 2018
Accepted: 22 July 2019
First Online: 2 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This cohort protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Asan Medical Center in Korea (Approval No 2005–0345). The Institutional Review Boards of the all hospitals included in the KOLD cohort approved the protocol and written informed consent was obtained from all patients: Ajou University Hospital IRB (10–237), Asan Medical Center IRB (2012–0226), CHA Bundang Medical Center IRB (2005–017), Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital IRB (106–02), Hallym University Medical Center IRB (2005–9), Hanyang University Guri Hospital IRB (2012–016), Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital IRB (05–06), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital IRB (2005–19), Kangwon National University Hospital IRB (05–01), Korea University Anam Hospital IRB (254), Konkuk University Medical Center IRB (KUH 1010210), National Medical Center IRB (CM-KOLD-1109), Seoul National University Hospital IRB (H-0505-148-013), Seoul National University Bundang Hospital IRB (B-05081023-009), Severance Hospital IRB (4–2006-0101), The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital IRB (KC-11-OIME-0668). Written informed consent was provided by each participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.