A case–control study on the dietary intake of mushrooms and breast cancer risk among Korean women

Hong, Seo Ah,Kim, Kirang,Nam, Seok-Jin,Kong, Gu,Kim, Mi Kyung Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2008 International journal of cancer: Journal internati Vol.122 No.4

<P>To evaluate the association between dietary mushroom intake and breast cancer risk, a total of 362 women between the ages of 30 and 65 years who were histologically confirmed to have breast cancer were matched to controls by age (±2 years) and menopausal status. Mushroom intake was measured via a food frequency questionnaire that was administered by well-trained interviewers. The associations between the daily intake and the average consumption frequency of mushrooms with breast cancer risk were evaluated using matched data analysis. Both the daily intake (5th vs. 1st quintile, OR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.30–0.78, p for trend 0.030) and the average consumption frequency of mushrooms (4th vs. 1st quartile, OR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.35–0.82, p for trend 0.008) were inversely associated with breast cancer risk after adjustment for education, family history of breast cancer, regular exercise [≥22.5 MET (metabolic equivalent)-hr/week], BMI (body mass index, Kg/m<SUP>2</SUP>), number of children and whether they are currently smoking, drinking or using multivitamin supplements. Further adjustments were made for energy-adjusted carbohydrate, soy protein, folate and vitamin E levels, which tended to attenuate these results. After a stratification was performed according to menopausal status, a strong inverse association was found in postmenopausal women (OR = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.04–0.54, p for trend = 0.0058 for daily intake; OR = 0.17, 95% CI = 0.05–0.54, p for trend = 0.0037 for average frequency), but not in premenopausal women. In conclusion, the consumption of dietary mushrooms may decrease breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.</P>

Prevalence and determinants of sufficient fruit and vegetable consumption among primary school children in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Seo Ah Hong,Noppawan Piaseu 한국영양학회 2017 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol.11 No.2

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Low consumption of fruit and vegetable is frequently viewed as an important contributor to obesity risk. With increasing childhood obesity and relatively low fruit and vegetable consumption among Thai children, there is a need to identify the determinants of the intake to promote fruit and vegetable consumption effectively. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at two conveniently selected primary schools in Nakhon Pathom. A total of 609 students (grade 4-6) completed questionnaires on personal and environmental factors. Adequate fruit and vegetable intakes were defined as a minimum of three servings of fruit or vegetable daily, and adequate total intake as at least 6 serves of fruit and vegetable daily. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, and multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: The proportion of children with a sufficient fruit and/or vegetable intakes was low. Covariates of child’s personal and environmental factors showed significant associations with sufficient intakes of fruit and/or vegetable (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analyses showed that the following factors were positively related to sufficient intake of vegetable; lower grade, a positive attitude toward vegetable, and fruit availability at home; and that greater maternal education, a positive child’s attitude toward vegetable, and fruit availability at home were significantly associated with sufficient consumption of fruits and total fruit and vegetable intake. CONCLUSIONS: The present study showed that personal factors like attitude toward vegetables and socio-environmental factors, such as, greater availability of fruits were significantly associated with sufficient fruit and vegetable consumption. The importance of environmental and personal factors to successful nutrition highlights the importance of involving parents and schools.

Educational attainment and differences in fruit and vegetable consumption among middle-aged adults in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV

Seo Ah Hong,Kirang Kim,Mi Kyung Kim 대한지역사회영양학회 2012 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol.6 No.3

We investigated whether socioeconomic differences affect fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption with respect to total intake and intake of various FV subgroups. Our study included 6667 adults aged 40-64 years who completed a dietary survey in the fourth Korean NHANES (2007-2009). FV intake was estimated from 24-hour recalls and food frequency questionnaires. Differences in FV consumption related to educational attainment were analyzed according to different nutritional categories of FV. Both men and women in the low-education group had the lowest intake of total FV and total fruits, and women also had the lowest intake of total vegetables. Also lowest in this group was consumption of mushrooms and vegetables (excluding kimchi) among men, and cruciferous and allium vegetables (excluding Chinese cabbage and radish) among women, while kimchi consumption was the highest in this group. Additionally, an association between educational level and intake of citrus fruits was evident among men. Adults in the low-education group consumed less carotene-rich FV, red fruit and/or vegetables, and dark-green leafy vegetables, fewer total vegetable dishes, and fewer types of fruit than in other groups. Men in this group had the lowest intake of yellow/orange fruit and/or vegetables, and women consumed the least folate-rich FV. There is a clear association between educational attainment and FV intake with regard to total intake, and to specific nutrients, bioactive compounds, colors, and variety.

Factors contributing to participation in food assistance programs in the elderly population

Seo Ah Hong,Kirang Kim 한국영양학회 2014 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol.8 No.4

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The study objectives were to examine the participation rate in food assistance programs and explore the factors that contribute to such participation among the Korean elderly population. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The study sample comprised 3,932 respondents aged 65 years or older who were selected from a secondary data set, the fourth Korean Welfare Panel Study (KoWePS). The factors, related to participation in programs were examined based on the predisposing, enabling and need factors of the help-seeking behavior model. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to select the best contributors among the factors related to program participation. RESULTS: The predisposing rate in food assistance programs was 8.5% (7.1% for men and 10.4% for women). When all variables were included in the model, living without spouse, no formal education, low income, having social security benefits and food insecurity in elderly men, and age, low income, having social security benefits and feeling poor in elderly women were significantly related to a higher tendency to program participation. CONCLUSIONS: The predisposing and need factors, such as living without spouse, low education level, food insecurity and feeling poor were important for program participation, as well as enabling factors, such as household income and social security benefits. A comprehensive approach considering these factors to identify the target population for food assistance programs is needed to increase the effectiveness and target population penetration of these programs.

A Study INVESTIGATING the Effect of Adolescent Lifestyles on Experience with Sexual Commoditization Involving the Use of Smartphone in KOREA : Validating the Mediating Effect on Sexual Awareness Level

Hong Seo-ah J-INSTITUTE 2016 Regulations Vol.1 No.1

The purpose of this study was to validate the effect of adolescent lifestyles on the experience of sexual commoditization involving the use of smartphone. Moreover, this study was intended to verify whether unde-sirable sexual awareness would have a significant effect as mediator. Sexual commoditization involving the use of smartphone has become a rampant problem in contemporary society. Although many preceding studies have been conducted to identify the causes of sexual commoditization, no convincing policy implication has been derived. Thus, this study aims to derive preventive measures and countermeasure policy system against situations prone to crime and promote education to adolescents by examining the effect of adolescent lifestyles on the experience with sexual commoditization involving the use of smartphones and validate whether mediating fac-tors are associated with undesirable sexual awareness based on the results substantiated through this study. The data used in this study were obtained from the results of panel survey conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute in 2014 and were analyzed through 4,163 data excluding 193 missing data out of 4,356 data. For analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 21 was used. Moreover, the study intended to validate theoretically whether routine activities online, not offline, could lead to crimes by considering current smartphone use among adoles-cents from the perspective of Routine Activity Theory specified by Lawrence Cohen & Marcus Felson. For analytical methodology, t-test was performed on adolescents experience and non-experience with sex-ual commoditization to verify statistically significant factors by group. Furthermore, binomial logistic regression analysis was carried out to verify the effect that adolescent lifestyles, the independent variable, and sexual awareness level, the mediator, would have on adolescents experience with sexual commoditization. Addition-ally, the study validated the mediating effect through Sobel test, preceded by verification of the effect of inde-pendent variable on mediator. The results of this study suggested that the 3 factors of adolescent lifestyles, the independent variable, had a very significant influence on adolescents experience with sexual commoditization. Sexual awareness level, the mediator, was also found to have a very significant influence on the experience with sexual commoditization. The results of Sobel test showed that mediator had a significant mediating effect through partial mediation. In conclusion, Routine Activity Theory was found to be applicable even to online activities, such as the use of smartphone, in connection with adolescent lifestyles. Such routine lives of adolescents have an effect on sexual awareness level which in turn was found to be a crucial factor for experience with sexual commoditization. Thus, it would be necessary to explore effective al-ternative solutions at policy level, including prevention through increased attention and proper education at home and schools towards adolescents.

유연 현장진단검사 플랫폼을 위한 산화물 박막트랜지스터 기반 비교기

강서진(Seo Jin Kang),김서윤(Seo Yun Kim),이장후(Jang Hoo Lee),정아현(Ah Hyun Jeong),홍서현(Seo Hyun Hong),배병성(Byung Seong Bae) 대한전자공학회 2022 대한전자공학회 학술대회 Vol.2022 No.6

Inhibition of S6K1 enhances dichloroacetate-induced cell death

Hong, Sung-Eun,Shin, Keong-Sub,Lee, Yun-Han,Seo, Sung-Kum,Yun, Sun-Mi,Choe, Tae-Boo,Kim, Hyun-Ah,Kim, Eun-Kyu,Noh, Woo Chul,Kim, Jong-Il,Hwang, Chang-Sun,Lee, Jin Kyung,Hwang, Sang-Gu,Jin, Hyeon-Ok,Pa Springer-Verlag 2015 JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol.141 No.7

2021 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinical Practice Guidelines for Endoscopic Sedation

Hong Jun Park,Byung-Wook Kim,Jun Kyu Lee,Yehyun Park,Jin Myung Park,Jun Yong Bae,Seung Young Seo,Jae Min Lee,Jee Hyun Lee,Hyung Ku Chon,Jun-Won Chung,Hyun Ho Choi,Myung Ha Kim,Dong Ah Park,Jae Hung Ju 대한소화기내시경학회 2022 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.55 No.2

Sedation can resolve anxiety and fear in patients undergoing endoscopy. The use of sedatives has increased in Korea. Appropriatesedation is a state in which the patient feels subjectively comfortable while maintaining the airway reflex for stable spontaneousbreathing. The patient should maintain a state of consciousness to the extent that he or she can cooperate with the needs of themedical staff. Despite its benefits, endoscopic sedation has been associated with cardiopulmonary complications. Cardiopulmonarycomplications are usually temporary. Most patients recover without sequelae. However, they may progress to serious complications,such as cardiovascular collapse. Therefore, it is essential to screen high-risk patients before sedation and reduce complications bymeticulous monitoring. Additionally, physicians should be familiar with the management of emergencies. The first Korean clinicalpractice guideline for endoscopic sedation was developed based on previous worldwide guidelines for endoscopic sedation using anadaptation process. The guideline consists of nine recommendations based on a critical review of currently available data and expertconsensus when the guideline was drafted. These guidelines should provide clinicians, nurses, medical school students, and policymakers with information on how to perform endoscopic sedation with minimal risk.

Seven Cases of Wart treated with MY1-Hwan

Ah-Ra Cho,San Seo,Yoon-Hong Yang,A-Rin Lee,Hyung-Tak Lee 대한한의학회 2018 대한한의학회지 Vol.39 No.4

무증상으로 발견된 담낭-담관 누공을 동반한 Mirizzi 증후군 1예

홍진희,전태주,서지영,서동대,오태훈,신원창,최원충,신은아,김기환 인제대학교 2009 仁濟醫學 Vol.30 No.-

Mirizzi's syndrome is a rare complication of the gallstone disease, characterized by narrowing of the common bile duct (CBD) due to chronic extrinsic compression of an impacted gallstone in the cystic duct or the neck of the gallbladder. The impacted gallstone may erode into the bile duct, causing cholecystocholedochal fistula. The patients generally have history of repeated attacks of jaundice and abdominal pain. But there is no report about asymptomatic Mirizzi syndrome with cholecystocholedochal fistula which were found incidentally. So herein we present our clinical experience with a case of asymptomatic Mirizzi syndrome with cholecystocholedochal fistula in a young female.