Factors associated with the risk of colorectal neoplasia in young adults under age 40

Ilsoo Kim,Han Hee Lee,Young Jae Ko,Ho Eun Chang,Dae Young Cheung,Bo-In Lee,Young-Seok Cho,Jin Il Kim,Myung-Gyu Choi 대한내과학회 2022 The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine Vol.37 No.5

Background/Aims: Recent epidemiologic studies have shown a continued increase in colorectal cancer incidence among younger adults. Little is known about the factors that contribute to the development of young-onset colorectal neoplasia (CRN). Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed for individuals younger than 40 years who underwent colonoscopy in Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and its affiliated health screening center. High-risk CRN was defined as adenoma or sessile serrated lesion ≥ 10 mm, with three or more adenomas, villous histology, high grade dysplasia, or carcinoma. Results: Of these 13,621 included participants, 2,023 (14.9%) had one and more CRN. Young patients with CRN tended to be elderly, male, obese, smoker, having a habit of drinking, and having comorbidities such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. In a multivariate analysis adjusted for age, sex, obesity, smoking status, and alcohol intake, old age (odds ratio [OR], 1.086; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.054 to 1.119), male sex (OR, 1.748; 95% CI, 1.247 to 2.451), obesity (OR, 1.439; 95% CI, 1.133 to 1.828), and smoking (OR, 1.654; 95% CI, 1.287 to 2.127) were independent risk factors for overall CRN. Obesity and smoking as two modifiable factors increased the risk for high-risk CRN even more than for overall CRN (OR, 1.734; 95% CI, 1.168 to 2.575 and OR, 1.797; 95% CI, 1.172 to 2.753, respectively). Conclusions: Obesity and smoking were modifiable risk factors for CRN in young adults. They increased the risk for highrisk CRN even more than for overall CRN. A colonoscopy might be beneficial for young individuals with these factors.

Comparison of risk and protective factors associated with smartphone addiction and Internet addiction

Choi, Sam-Wook,Kim, Dai-Jin,Choi, Jung-Seok,Ahn, Heejune,Choi, Eun-Jeung,Song, Won-Young,Kim, Seohee,Youn, Hyunchul Akadémiai Kiadó 2015 JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTIONS Vol.4 No.4

<P><B>Background and Aims</B></P><P>Smartphone addiction is a recent concern that has resulted from the dramatic increase in worldwide smartphone use. This study assessed the risk and protective factors associated with smartphone addiction in college students and compared these factors to those linked to Internet addiction.</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>College students (<I>N</I> = 448) in South Korea completed the Smartphone Addiction Scale, the Young’s Internet Addiction Test, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, the Beck Depression Inventory I, the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (Trait Version), the Character Strengths Test, and the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analyses.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>The risk factors for smartphone addiction were female gender, Internet use, alcohol use, and anxiety, while the protective factors were depression and temperance. In contrast, the risk factors for Internet addiction were male gender, smartphone use, anxiety, and wisdom/knowledge, while the protective factor was courage.</P><P><B>Discussion</B></P><P>These differences may result from unique features of smartphones, such as high availability and primary use as a tool for interpersonal relationships.</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>Our findings will aid clinicians in distinguishing between predictive factors for smartphone and Internet addiction and can consequently be utilized in the prevention and treatment of smartphone addiction.</P>

대장직장종양에 있어서 Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS)의 초기 경험

조호영,최선근,구지회,허윤석,이건영,김세중,조영업,안승익,홍기천,신석환,김경래,우제홍 대한내시경복강경외과학회 2003 대한내시경복강경외과학회지 Vol.6 No.-

전경대원에서 발생한 결핵의 임상 양상

문창기,박상준,조민구,김영중,김소연,김윤권,정준오,안석진,김은실,서승오,김지훈,최원제,이윤영,박형기,최규영,김현근 대한감염학회 2006 감염과 화학요법 Vol.38 No.6

Background: The purpose of this study was to document the incidence and clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB) in combat and auxiliary police, living in a group, in Korea where the incidence rate of active TB in a general population is higher than in Western countries. Materials and Methods:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all tuberculosis patients diagnosed at National Police Hospital from January 2002 through December 2004. Results:In 2002-2004, a total of 156 cases of tuberculosis were identified with the mean (Standard deviation) age of 20.6 (±1.0) years. Of these, 134 (85.9%) patients were registered as new cases, 11 (7.1%) as relapse, 2 (1.3%) as failure, 5 (3.1%) as treatment-after-default cases whereas 4 (2.6 %) patients were not included in any categories. Average annual new TB rate and smear-positive TB rate were 86.5/10^(5) and 17.4/10^(5) person-years, respectively. In 12 of 31 smear-positive cases, time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis was more than 30 days. Two multidrug-resistance TB cases were identified and two suspected outbreak episodes of TB had occurred during 3 years. Conclusion:There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence rate of new cases of TB between the general population aged 20 to 29 years and combat and auxiliary police in Korea. 배경 : 국내 결핵의 발생은 감소 추세에 있으나 여전히 후진국형 발생양상을 보이고 있다. 특히 집단생활을 하는 젊은이들에서 발생하는 결핵의 유행이 간헐적으로 알려지고 있어 우려를 낳고 있다. 이에 저자들은 최근 전경대원의 결핵 발병 양상에 대해 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 재료 및 방법 : 2002년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 3년간 경찰병원에서 결핵 진료를 받은 전경대원의 의무기록을 후향적으로 분석하여 연도별 결핵 신환발생률, 도말양성결핵 신환율, 진단 지연, 집단발병, 다제내성결핵을 조사하였다. 결과 : 연도별 결핵 신환자 수(10만명당 발생추정치)는 2002년 50명(83.6명), 2003년 42명(83.7명), 2004년 42명(93.5명)이었고 도말양성 폐결핵 신환자 수는 2002년 10명(16.7명), 2003년 11명(21.9명), 2004년 6명(13.4명)이었다. 3년간 도말양성 폐결핵 환자는 31명이 있었고 그 중 12명은 호흡기 증상 발생 30일이 지나서 진단을 받았다. 다제내성 결핵은 2명이 있었으며 결핵의 집단발병이 의심되는 사례는 2차례 있었다. 결론 : 전경대원과 20-29세 연령군 일반인의 결핵 신환발생률, 도말양성 폐결핵 발생률의 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다.

Helicobacter pylori와 대장균의 Shuttle Vector 개발

조명제,이우곤,이상룡,김경희,안영숙,김성희,김현주,류복덕,최여정,윤영혜,백승철,전영석,이광호 경상대학교 유전공학연구소 1997 遺傳工學硏究所報 Vol.16 No.-

In this study, a vehicle vector using cryptic plasmids was constructed for gene transfer in Helicobacter pylori. pHP51(3.9 kb) and pHP489(1.2 kb) were selected for constructing vectors from cryptic plasmid of H. pylori isolates in Korea. The HindⅢ-digestedDNA fragment(1.2kb) of pHP489 and 1.6kb DNA fragment of pHP51 were ligated with a kanamycin resistance gene(aph3'-Ⅲ) from C. jejuni to produce the recombinant plasmids pHP489K and pHP51K, respectively. Transformation frequency of pHP51K by electroporation was low. But pHP489K could be effectively transformed into various H. pylori strains. In order to design an intermdiate vehicle vector for gene transfer into H. pylori, pBlueHP489K was prepared by recloning pHP489K DNA into pBluescript and pTZ19R vector. This vector permitted the DNA fragment containing pHP489 sequence, aph3'-Ⅲ, and cloned DNA to be cut and self-ligated in the SacⅠ site after cloning. ureA and ureB gene were inserted into pBlueHP489K, resulting in pBlueHP489K/AB. The DNA fragment containing pHP489, kanamycin resistance gene(aph3'-Ⅲ), and urease structural gene was cut away from pBlueHP489K/AB and self-ligated to generate pBlueHP489K/AB. pBlueHP489K/AB made urease-negative H. pylori strains restore their urease activity. By this experiment, pBlueHP489K was confirmed to be the vehicle system for transferring H. pylori genes.

만성 B형 간염에서 라미부딘 치료중 발생한 Viral Breakthrough 예의 임상 결과

안수현,장윤정,오성남,최도원,백수정,정원석,최창원,김경오,임형준,조남영,박종재,김재선,박영태,이명석,연종은,변관수,이창홍 대한간학회 2002 Clinical and Molecular Hepatology(대한간학회지) Vol.8 No.4

목적: 만성 B형 간염의 치료 중 발생하는 약제 내성 변이종은 임상적으로는 치료 중 음전되었던 혈청 HBV DNA가 다시 양전되는 viral breakthrough 로 진단할 수 있다. 현재 약제 내성 변이종이 발생했을 경우라도 라미부딘 치료를 계속 유지하는 것을 권장하고 있으나, viral breakthrough 발생 예들의 장기적 임상경과가 아직도 불명확하여 이것을 일반화하기는 어려운 상황이다. 이에 라미부딘 사용 중 viral breakthrough 가 발생한 예들을 대상으로 그 임상경과를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상과 방법: 9개월 이상 라미부딘을 투약한 만성 B형 간염 환자로 viral breakthrough가 발생한 74명을 대상으로 하였다(남/여 54/20, 평균연령 42세). Viral breakthrough 후 혈청 ALT치, 총 빌리루빈치, HBV DNA 역가, HBeAg, anti-HBe를 정기적으로 검사하면서 임상경과를 관찰하였다. Viral breakthrough 후 라미부딘의 투약기간은 평균 13개 월(1-41개월)이었다. 결과: Viral breakthrough 발생후 혈청 ALT치가 정상으로 유지되었던 환자는 8예(11%)에 불과했고 나머지 66예(89%)에서는 ALT치가 증가하였으며, 이중 30예(41%)에서 급성 악화(ALT 정상 상한치의 5배 이상 상승)를 보였다. 급성악화는 viral breakthrough 후 3개월 내에 19예 (63%)에서 발생하여 3개월 내에 발생한 예가 많았으나 12개월 이상 지나서 나타나는 예도 약 20%에서 있었다. 비대상성 악화는 6예에서 관찰되었다. Viral breakthrough 후 급성악화가 일어난 예와 없었던 예의 비교에서 급성악화를 예측할 수 있는 인자는 발견할 수 없었다. Viral breakthrough 후 발견할 수 없었다. Viral breakthrough 후 HBeAg이 음전된 예는 8예(11%)였으나 그 임상경과는 양호하지 않았다. 결론: 만성 B형 간염 환자 에서 라미부딘 투여 중 발생한 viral breakthrough 예 중 상당수에서 급성악화가 발생하였으며, HBeAg 이 소실되더라도 그 임상경과는 양호하지만은 않았다. Viral breakthrough 발생 후 주의 깊은 임상경과 의 관찰이 요구되며, 앞으로 viral breakthrough 후 급성악화 예에 대한 대규모 연구와 적절한 치료방향의 제시가 이루어져야 할 것으로 생각된다. Background/Aims: Long-term lamivudine therapy can induce the emergence of lamivudine resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants. Clinically emergence of the mutant is expressed by the reappearance of disappeared HBV DNA in serum. Continued lamivudine treatment has been usually recommended in cases of viral breakthrough. However, the clinical outcome in patients with viral breakthrough is not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical course of chronic hepatitis B patients after viral breakthrough during lamivudine therapy. Methods: A total of 74 patients with chronic hepatitis B who showed viral breakthrough after at least 6 months of lamivudine treatment were included in this study. They had positive HBeAg and HBV DNA before treatment. The median follow-up duration after breakthrough was 13 months. Results: After viral breakthrough, only 8 patients (11%) maintained normal ALT levels and 66 patients (89%) showed elevation of ALT. 30 patients (41%) showed acute exacerbation of hepatitis (ALT increase over five-times upper normal limit). These acute exacerbations occurred within three months after breakthrough in 19 patients (63%). In the cases of acute exacerbation, 6 patients showed decompensated progression such as elevation of serum total bilirubin. One of them died of hepatic failure. A predictive factor for acute exacerbation was not found. HBeAg seroconversion occurred in 8 patients after viral breakthrough but their clinical course was highly variable. Conclusions: Chronic hepatitis B patients who had viral breakthrough during lamivudine therapy should be followed carefully and regularly in mind of potential clinical deterioration. New strategies are needed to manage the cases of acute exacerbation after viral breakthrough.(Korean J Hepatol 2002;8:389-396)

내재적 조세에 관한 연구

崔圭相,韓永熙,鄭柔錫 군산대학교 산업개발연구소 1997 産業開發硏究 Vol.16 No.-

This paper provides thoretical research and previous empirical evidence on the Implicit Tax. Results of previous empirical studies are consistent with the predictions of the Implicit. Tax hypothesis and are stastically significant inverse relation between tax subsidy(PTTSE) and pre-tax returen(PTROE). But the empirical relation is weaker than predicted for a perfectly competitive and frictionless market, which is due to presence of market frictions or systematic measurement error. We can know that previous studies on the tax burden of corporate that measured the varioation fo Explict Tax only have not means. As a result, tax burden of corporate is sum of Explict Tax and Implicit Tax, When both Explict Tax and Implict Tax are considered, horizontal inequity of tax burden disappear. So we can appreciate efficiency of tax strategy. Existence of Implict Tax resulted from the tax subsidy means efficient in the application of tax strategy.

고등학교 한국지리의 식생,임업 단원 내용 분석

최영미,공우석 한국지리환경교육학회 2001 한국지리환경교육학회지 Vol.9 No.1

이 연구는 한국지리 교과서 기술 내용의 문제점을 보다 구체적으로 제시하기 위해 식생과 임업소단원을 사례로 분석되었다. 제1차에서 제6차 교육과정까지의 식생·임업 단원 내용 변화를 각 교육과정별 교과서 중 1종씩 택해서 살펴보았고, 삼림대 구분의 변천이나 내용 기술의 문제점을 기존 연구 결과와 비교·검토하여 다음과 같은 사실들을 알 수 있었다. 삼림대를 제5차까지는 아한대림, 온대림, 난대림으로, 제6차에서는 냉대림, 온대림, 난대림으로, 농업 교과서에서는 한대림, 온대림, 난대림으로 구분하여 혼란스럽다. 즉 이러한 구분이 식생구분인지 기후구분인지 분명하지 않으므로 보다 명확한 구분이 필요하다. 대표수종에 있어서도 각 교과서마다 다르고 임업 단원에서도 다르게 제시되어 있다. 또한, 제6차 교육과정 시기의 12종 교과서 모두 삼림대 구분과 농작물 북한계선에 관한 지도자료를 제시하고 있으나 각 교과서마다 구분지표가 다르거나 잘못된 정보의 수록으로 혼란이 야기되었다. 따라서, 교육현장에서의 혼란을 줄이기 위해서는 정확한 식생 정보에 의한 일관된 자료제시가 요구된다. This work aims to understand the problems of content and description in the High Korean Geography Textbooks, with special reference to the chapters of Korean vegetation and forestry. Each textbook from 1st to 6th curriculums has selected to examine the changes in contents of the vegetation and forestry chapters. The results and suggestions obtained are as follow. Vegetation zone had been divided into cool temperate, temperate, and warm temperate forests until 5th curriculum. And then, in 6th curriculum, it was divided into cold, temperate, and warm temperate forests. In agriculture textbooks of the same curriculum period, however, forest has divided into arctic, temperate and warm temperate forests. Twelve geography textbooks in 6th curriculum period still suggest different vegetation zone and geographical ranges of plants with economic value, and often include the wrong information. Concerning the typical tree species of each forest zone, each textbook still suggests different examples. Therefore, confusions on the forest division and species range are still remains. To avoid such confusion in the forest zonations, climate and vegetation zonations need to be differentiated. Overall, materials from accurate vegetation informations need to be provided more consistently to avoid further confusion.

A Reanalysis of Quantifier Floating in Korean

Choi,Young-Seok 한국언어학회 1988 언어 Vol.13 No.1

뇌동맥류 파열 환자에서 증후성 뇌혈관연축의 발생 및 회복에 영향을 미치는 인자들

최석민,석종식,권정택,민병국,황성남,김영백,홍현종 대한신경외과학회 1996 Journal of Korean neurosurgical society Vol.25 No.10

To determine the factors affecting development and recovery of symptomatic vasospasm. the author analysed the results of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms treated by nimodipine and prophylactic “triple0H” therapy. From January 1991 to December 1995. 199 patients underwent surgery for ruptured intracerebral aneurysms. Combined hypervolemic hemodilution was initiated at the time of admission. Induced hypertension was added immediately after surgery(aneurysmal neck clipping). All patients received nimodipine intravenously or orally until the 14th day of SAH Sixty patients underwent surgery on Day 0 through 2 after attacks of subarachnoid hemorrhage(Goup A) 105 patients on Day 3 through 14(Group B). and 35 patients after Day 14(Group C). Of 199 patients. 76(38%) patients suffered from symtomatic vasospasm. Symptomatic vasospasm occured in 34% of Group A patients. 33% of Group B patients. and 5% of Group C patients. Symtomatic vasospasm occured more frequently in the older age group. the Fisher group 3 and Hunt & Hess grades 3, 4 and 5 groups. Of 76 patients who suffered from symptomatic vasospasm. 47(62%) patients recovered completely. The author analysed the relationship between recovery rate and sex, age. Hunt & Hess agrde and Fisher group among these 76 patients. Recovery rates between these groups were not significantly different. Based on this experience the author believes that Hunt-Hess grade. Fisher group and age are important factors affecting symptomatic vasospasm development.