Objective: The authors assessed the relationship between exposure to ambient particulate
matter and suicide in urban settings during a 1-year period. Method: The association between …

OBJECTIVE Mounting evidence suggests that smoking is a cause of type 2 diabetes. We
explored the association of cigarette smoking with diabetes incidence and mortality in a large …

The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between visceral and subcutaneous
adiposity measured by computed tomography and bone mineral density (BMD) and to …

Background Dyslipidemia is a disorder of lipid metabolism, including elevated total
cholesterol, elevated triglyceride, elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and …

Background To investigate the independent effects of smoking cessation on the risk for
developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in the general population. Design An 8-year …

Objective To estimate the prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases, especially osteoarthritis,
rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and lumbar disc herniation, in Korean adults. For arthritis …

Background and Purpose— Serum aminotransferase levels are known to be associated
with cardiovascular risk factors, but the relation with stroke incidence is not well known. We …

We performed a multicenter cross-sectional study of 134 sexually active systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) patients to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for high risk human …

Background Smoking has been reported to be associated with abnormal lipid metabolism.
However, it remains uncertain whether adverse metabolic effects of smoking on dyslipidemia …

Background Hypertension is a common chronic disease among older adults, and is associated
with medical complications and mortality. This study aimed to examine the effects of …