Epidemiology and Health

Article	Citations
Effect modification of consecutive high concentration days on the association between fine particulate matter and mortality: a multi-city study in Korea	77
Limiting the spillover of zoonotic pathogens from traditional food markets in developing countries and a new market design for risk-proofing	66
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality trends in Spain, 1980-2020	53
Effective vaccination strategies to control COVID-19 in Korea: a modeling study	36
Association of insomnia and daytime napping with metabolic syndrome and its components in a Korean population: an analysis of data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study	34
Comparison of HIV characteristics across 3 datasets: the Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study prospective, retrospective, and national reporting system	31
Regional disparities in major cancer incidence in Korea, 1999-2018	28
Cohort profile: investigating SARS-CoV-2 infection and the health and psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian CHILD Cohort	23
Decentralized pandemic response and health equity: an analysis of socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in Japan	23
Exploring cognitive trajectories and their association with physical performance: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	19
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among Korean adolescents: the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS) 2006 to 2020	19
Risk of lymphadenopathy from SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Korea: a self-controlled case series analysis	19
Dietary mercury intake, the IL23R rs10889677 polymorphism, and the risk of gastric cancer in a Korean population: a hospital-based case-control study	18
Regional differences in the associations of diet quality, obesity, and possible sarcopenia using the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016-2018)	18
Age- and disability-based trends in potentially preventable hospitalizations: evidence from nationwide claims data in South Korea	18
The bounds of meta-analytics and an alternative method	17
Dental implant removal rates and related factors in older adults in Korea: a cross-sectional study using National Health Insurance Sharing Service database	16
Study protocol for the Korean Human Exposure Safety Survey (KoHESS): a national biomonitoring program for food and consumer product safety	15
Levels of exposure markers among residents in environmentally vulnerable areas in Korea, the general population in Korea, and Asians in the United States	15
Association between secondhand smoke exposure and incidence of metabolic syndrome: analyses of Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) data	14
Identification of acute myocardial infarction and stroke events using the National Health Insurance Service database in Korea	14
Prediction of the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Korean population	13
Age-period-cohort analysis of dietary sodium, potassium, and sodium-to-potassium ratio in Korea	12
The uneven playing field: provider participation and regional disparities in oral health examination rates in Korea	12
Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies with multiple thresholds for data integration	12

Genetic associations and parent-of-origin effects of PVRL1 in non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate across multiple ethnic populations	12
Health literacy in Korea: findings from the 2023 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	12
Identifying factors associated with mental health status following climate-related disasters: a nationwide longitudinal panel study in Korea	12
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and diabetes among middle-aged and older Chinese: a social-ecological perspective	11
Changes in proteinuria and the associated risks of ischemic heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris in Korean population	11
Cohort profile: The Korean Youth Health Behavior Panel Survey (KYHPS)	11
The associations of job strain and leisure-time physical activity with the risk of hypertension: the population-based Midlife in the United States cohort study	11
Normal liver enzymes do not indicate safety from alcohol-related liver disease: evidence from a Korean nationwide cohort	11
The status quo of systematic reviews published in high-impact journals in Korea: a study focused on protocol registration and GRADE use	11
Inequitable distribution of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea, 2020	11
Erratum: Trends in gastrointestinal infections before and during non-pharmaceutical interventions in Korea in comparison with the United States	11
The physical activity paradox in relation to work ability and health-related productivity loss in Korea	11
Occurrence rate and estimated economic burden of pulp and periapical disease treatment among Korean older adults: a national population-based retrospective study	11
Clinical traits and systemic risks of familial diabetes mellitus according to age of onset and quantity: an analysis of data from the community-based KoGES cohort study	11
Socioeconomic inequality in organized and opportunistic screening for breast cancer: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2009-2021	11
The associations of obesity phenotypes with the risk of hypertension and its transitions among middle-aged and older Chinese adults	11
Identifying pregnancy episodes and estimating the last menstrual period using an administrative database in Korea: an application to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	11
Clinical symptom profile of hospitalized COVID-19 Brazilian patients according to SARS-CoV-2 variants	11
Association of the dietary inflammatory index with phenotypic age in the United States adults	11
Association of group-level segregation with cardiovascular health in older adults: an analysis of data from the Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project	11
Incidence and case fatality of acute myocardial infarction in Korea, 2011-2020	10
Socioeconomic inequality in organized and opportunistic screening for colorectal cancer: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2009-2021	10
Seasonal impact of diurnal temperature range on intracerebral hemorrhage in middle-aged and elderly people in central China	10
The associations of cardiovascular and lifestyle factors with mortality from chronic kidney disease as the underlying cause: the JACC study	10
Data profile: the Korean Workers’ Compensation-National Health Insurance Service (KoWorC-NHIS) cohort	10
Geospatial analysis of neonatal mortality in north-eastern India: a multilevel Bayesian approach	10
Changes in mental health of Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a special report using the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey	10
The associations of tobacco use, sexually transmitted infections, HPV vaccination, and screening with the global incidence of cervical cancer: an ecological time series modeling study	10
Cohort profile: the Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research - a prospective cohort study on cognition	9
Association between the safety climate and occupational injury in the Korean working population: a cross-sectional study	9
Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the severity of non-fatal injuries, but not the risk of fatal injuries, among driver victims of motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan	9
Decreased birth weight after prenatal exposure to wildfires on the eastern coast of Korea in 2000	9
Associations of daily diet-related greenhouse gas emissions with the incidence and mortality of chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies	9
The delayed cancer treatment and economic inequality in Korea: results of common cancers by the time-to-surgery	9
The mediating role of atrial fibrillation in causal associations between risk factors and stroke: a Mendelian randomization study	9
Does the father’s job matter? Parental occupation and preterm birth in Korea	9
Exploring the relationships between anthropometric indices of adiposity and physical performance in middle-aged and older Brazilian women: a canonical correlation analysis	9
Gender-specific associations among neck circumference, the rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism, and the 14-year risk of metabolic syndrome in the Korean adult population	9
Spatial patterns of laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis in north-eastern Peninsular Malaysia, 2016-2023	9
Aedes aegypti container preference for oviposition and its possible implications for dengue vector surveillance in Delhi, India	9
Timely access to secondary pediatric services in Korea: a key to reducing child and adolescent mortality	8
Cancer incidence among male construction workers in Korea: a standardized incidence ratio analysis, 2009-2015	8
Association between plant-based diets and the risk of coronary heart disease predicted using the Framingham Risk Score in Korean men: data from the HEXA cohort study	8
The association between migraine and Parkinson’s disease: a nationwide cohort study in Korea	8
The association between the consumption of raw Kudoa septempunctata–infected farmed Paralichthys olivaceus and gastrointestinal symptoms	8
Maternal pre-pregnancy anemia and childhood anemia in Indonesia: a risk assessment using a population-based prospective longitudinal study	8
The role of supervisor support in the association between night work and depressive symptoms: a gender-stratified analysis of 22,422 full-time wage workers in Korea	8
Changes in the management of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia in Korean adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the 2010-2020 Korea National Health and Nutri	8
Detecting mpox infection in the early epidemic: an epidemiologic investigation of the third and fourth cases in Korea	8
Dynamic changes in clinical biomarkers of cardiometabolic diseases by changes in exercise behavior, and network comparisons: a community-based prospective cohort study in Korea	8

The risk of gastric cancer according to changes in smoking status among Korean men	8
Influence of practice location on prescribing, diabetes care, and colorectal cancer screening among Czech general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Temporal trends in the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of cardiac amyloidosis in Korea over 12 years	7
Blood lipid levels and all-cause mortality in older adults: the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 2008-2018	7
Application of a joint latent space item response model to clustering stressful life events and the Beck Depression Inventory-II: results from Korean epidemiological survey data	7
Associations between usual source of care characteristics and health outcomes in diabetes mellitus: a focus on medication adherence and healthy behaviors in Korea	7
Cohort profile: a nationwide retrospective cohort of mortality in people living with HIV in Korea, 1985-2020	7
Letter to the Editor: Mediating effect of lower extremity muscle on the relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly women in Korea: based on the 2009-2011 Korea National	7
The associations of the national health and productivity management program with corporate profits in Japan	7
Preventable cancer cases and deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in Korea from 2015 to 2030	7
Nationwide trends in the incidence of tuberculosis among people with disabilities in Korea: a nationwide serial cross-sectional study	7
Safety of combination therapy of azilsartan medoxomil and amlodipine: a population-based cohort study	7
Epidemiology of myocardial infarction in Korea: hospitalization incidence, prevalence, and mortality	7
Associations of racial and ethnic discrimination with adverse changes in exercise and screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	7
Mediation analysis of leisure activities on the association between cognitive function and mortality: a longitudinal study of 42,942 Chinese adults 65 years and older	7
Parents’ employment and non-chromosomal congenital anomalies in Korea: a national population cohort study	7
Regional disparities in the availability of cancer clinical trials in Korea	7
Adverse health effects of climate change and air pollution in people with disabilities: a systematic review	6
A decision tree model for traffic accident prediction among food delivery riders in Thailand	6
Multimorbidity patterns by health-related quality of life status in older adults: an association rules and network analysis utilizing the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	6
Folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine status in the Korean population: data from the 2013-2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	6
Associations of cumulative average dietary total antioxidant capacity and intake of antioxidants with metabolic syndrome risk in Korean adults aged 40 years and older: a prospective cohort study (KoGE	6
Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of suspected and confirmed mpox cases during the 2022-2023 epidemic in the Capital Region, Korea	6
Causal effect of fasting serum glucose on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a multivariable Mendelian randomization	6
Risk factors for early-onset lung cancer in Korea: analysis of a nationally representative population-based cohort	6
Genetically determined alcohol consumption and cancer risk in Korea	6
The Korea National Disability Registration System	6
Forecasting the effects of vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia using SEIRV compartmental models	6
Validation of the Korean Academy of Geriatric Dentistry screening questionnaire and oral frailty diagnostic criteria in community-dwelling older adults	6
Smoking-attributable mortality among Korean adults in 2019	6
Evaluation of the accessibility and its equity of the national public-private mix program for tuberculosis in Korea: a multilevel analysis	6
Hematological inflammatory indices and their relationship to the risk of hypertension	6
Effectiveness of community-based interventions for older adults living alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Epidemiologic Questionnaire (EPI-Q) – a scalable, app-based health survey linked to electronic health record and genotype data	6
Analysis of the on-ship transmission of the COVID-19 mass outbreak on the Republic of Korea Navy amphibious warfare ship	6
The association between metabolic syndrome and heart failure in middle-aged male and female: Korean population-based study of 2 million individuals	5
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and mortality risk from stroke in women: findings from the PLCO study	5
Validation of self-reported morbidities in the Korean Atomic Bomb Survivor Cohort	5
Plan and operations of the 10th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2025–2027)	5
Effect of trajectory of employment status on all-cause mortality in the late middle-aged and older population: results of the Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2020)	5
A large-scale norovirus outbreak associated with kimchi consumption across multiple schools in a Korean city in 2024	5
Latency period of lung cancer in relation to tobacco smoking in Korea	5
A meta-analysis of the association between adolescent pregnancy and the risk of gynecological cancers	5
The prevention and response to infectious diseases in long-term care facilities in Korea: a nationwide survey	5
Salmonellosis outbreaks linked to eggs at 2 gimbap restaurants in Korea	5
Validation of the Korean version of the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS-K): a non-invasive self-report tool for epidemiological use	5
Clinical severity according to the primary infection variant in patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Korea	5
Association of dietary inflammatory index with mortality risk: a prospective analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	5
Age-specific findings on lifestyle and trajectories of cognitive function from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging	5
Positive association of unhealthy plant-based diets with the incidence of abdominal obesity in Korea: a comparison of baseline, most recent, and cumulative average diets	5
Personal, community, and societal factors associated with mukbang viewing among adolescents: findings from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey	5
Contrasting income-based inequalities in incidence and mortality of breast cancer in Korea, 2006-2015	5
The prevalence of functional disability and its impact on older adults in the ASEAN region: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Can resident registration expiration statistics due to death be used for near-real-time mortality tracking? A validation study using 2023 data from Korea	5
Spatiotemporal trends in severe complicated influenza among the local population in Taiwan region, 2003-2023	5
Mortality risk associated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitor use in Parkinson’s disease dementia according to sex and age at disease onset: a nationwide cohort study	5
Adherence to the American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer survivors and biomarkers of inflammation among breast cancer survivors	5
Integrated evidence supports a causal association between PHMG-P exposure and pneumonitis	4
Direct indicators of social distancing effectiveness in COVID-19 outbreak stages: a correlational analysis of case contacts and population mobility in Korea	4
Association between regular dental scaling and stroke risk in patients with periodontal diseases: evidence from a Korean nationwide database	4
Interactions between vitamin B2, the MTRR rs1801394 and MTR rs1805087 genetic polymorphisms, and colorectal cancer risk in a Korean population	4
Analyzing the dynamics of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Seoul, Korea: a multifaceted time series approach	4
Development and validation of the Health Literacy Index for the Community for the Korean National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey	4
Childhood mortality from acute diarrheal disease in Paraguay and vaccination impact: a 31-year ecological study	4
Socioeconomic status and adverse pregnancy outcome increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular disease: an analysis using the UK Biobank	4
Non-cancer health risks in firefighters: a systematic review	4
Association between cardiac arrhythmia before pregnancy and gestational diabetes: a nationwide population-based study in Korea	4
Decrease in household secondhand smoking among Korean adolescents associated with smoke-free policies: grade-period-cohort and interrupted time series analyses	4
Worsening of health disparities across COVID-19 pandemic stages in Korea	4
Disease burden of prostate cancer from 2014 to 2019 in the United States: estimation from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey	4
Evaluation of a telemedicine pilot project for hypertension in Korea: a nationwide real-world data study	4
Associations of the magnesium depletion score and magnesium intake with diabetes among US adults: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2018	4
Changes in food sufficiency among Korean adults in urban and rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the 7th and 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	4
Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cardiovascular disease risk in Korea: a trajectory analysis	4
Association of healthy lifestyle factors with the risk of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and their comorbidity in Korea: results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2019-2021	4
The association between the socioeconomic deprivation level and ischemic heart disease mortality in Japan: an analysis using municipality-specific data	4
Predictors of COVID-19 booster vaccine hesitancy among fully vaccinated adults in Korea: a nationwide cross-sectional survey	3
Combined effect of anemia and chronic rhinitis on hearing loss in Korean adults: a nationwide observational study	3
The relationship between metabolic syndrome and its components with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	3
The impact of COVID-19 on screening for colorectal, gastric, breast, and cervical cancer in Korea	3

Association of decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate with lung cancer risk in the Korean population	3
Predictive ability of the Chinese visceral adiposity index for incident hypertension in working-aged Koreans	3
COVID-19 infection and severe clinical outcomes in patients with kidney disease by vaccination status: a nationwide cohort study in Korea	3
Social capital and regional influences: key predictors of unmet dental care needs among older adults in Korea	3
Comorbidity network of post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea	3
Trends in breast cancer screening rates among Korean women: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2005-2020	3
Socioeconomic inequality in health-related quality of life among Korean adults with chronic disease: an analysis of the Korean Community Health Survey	3
Mediating effect of lower extremity muscle on the relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly women in Korea: based on the 2009-2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition	3
Risk of non-cancer respiratory diseases attributed to humidifier disinfectant exposure in Koreans: age-period-cohort and differences-in-difference analyses	3
Introduction to the forensic research via omics markers in environmental health vulnerable areas (FROM) study	3
Performance pressure and mental health among finance workers in Korea: a cross-sectional study	3
Risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, thromboembolism, and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving Janus kinase inhibitors: a real-world retrospective observational study using Kor	3
Smokeless tobacco consumption and its association with tobacco control factors in the Western Pacific Region: results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2015-2019	3
Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Characteristics of imported and domestic malaria cases in Gyeonggi Province, Korea	3
Association between smoking status and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic Korean individuals	3
Socioeconomic factors affecting breast and cervical cancer screening compliance in Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance countries: a systematic review	3
Cancer risk based on alcohol consumption levels: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Unraveling trends in schistosomiasis: deep learning insights into national control programs in China	3
Cohort profile: Cardiovascular Metabolic Etiological Research Center COVID-19 Mental Health Survey (CC-MHS)	3
Higher energy consumption in the evening is associated with increased odds of obesity and metabolic syndrome: findings from the 2016-2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (7th KN	3
Gastric cancer risk is reduced by a predominance of antioxidant factors in the oxidative balance: a hospital-based case-control study in Korea	3
Long working hours and the risk of hypothyroidism in healthy Korean workers: a cohort study	2
Interaction between vitamin E intake and a COMT gene variant on colorectal cancer risk among Korean adults: a case-control study	2
Association of plain water intake with self-reported depression and suicidality among Korean adolescents	2
Health-adjusted life expectancy according to lifestyle classified by the Yonsei Lifestyle Profile-BREF	2
Cohort profile: Korean Varicella Immunization Monitoring (K-VIM) Scheme: a national cohort of children born 2011–2022	2
Explainable SHAP-XGBoost models for identifying important social factors associated with the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score using the LASSO feature selection technique	2
Cardiovascular disease risk disparities between immigrants and native Koreans: a population-based study in Gwangju, Korea	2
Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Korean adolescents: a path analysis using the 2022 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey	2
Self-reported adverse events after 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Korea	2
Public holidays increased the transmission of COVID-19 in Japan, 2020-2021: a mathematical modelling study	2
Individual- and neighborhood-level factors influencing diet quality: a multilevel analysis using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 2010-2019	2
Prevalence and methodological quality of systematic reviews in Korean medical journals	2
An outbreak of Clostridium perfringens infection on a training ship anchored in Busan, Korea	2
The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care in a tertiary hospital in Korea: possible collateral damage to emergency care	2
Unequal burdens of COVID-19 infection: a nationwide cohort study of COVID-19-related health inequalities in Korea	2
Profiling the socioeconomic characteristics, dietary intake, and health status of Korean older adults for nutrition plan customization: a comparison of principal component, factor, and cluster analyse	2
Association of blood pressure measurements in sitting, supine, and standing positions with the 10-year risk of mortality in Korean adults	2
Associations between digital media use and lack of physical exercise among middle-school adolescents in Korea	2
Evaluation of gestational age by pregnancy outcomes and distribution of pregnancy-related codes in Korean claims data	2
The 2019 Rio Grande birth cohort: profile of a Brazilian 5-year study on mental health conditions	2
Maternal vaccine hesitancy towards COVID-19 immunisation of children in Qatar: a population-based cross-sectional study	2
Fraction of cancer incidence and mortality attributable to dietary factors in Korea from 2015 to 2030	2
Inequality in mortality according to regional deprivation during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
The influence of the dietary intake of vitamin C and vitamin E on the risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia in a cohort of Koreans	2
The association between glaucoma and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and elderly Chinese people: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	2
Barriers to COVID-19 vaccine surveillance: the issue of under-reporting adverse events	2
An outbreak of neurologic symptoms among patients exposed to an unknown stench in a high school near an industrial complex: an epidemiological investigation	2
Risk of new-onset seizures following immunization against COVID-19: a self-controlled case-series study	2
Impact of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio on mortality in middle-aged Koreans: a prospective cohort study based on a Health Examinees study	2
Cohort profile: the KDCA-Tuberculosis-NHIS cohort linking tuberculosis surveillance and health insurance data in Korea	2
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cancer risks in relation to environmental waste incinerator emissions: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies	2
Estimated trends in hospitalizations due to occupational injuries in Korea based on the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey (2006-2019)	2
The association between employee lifestyles and the rates of mental health-related absenteeism and turnover in Japanese companies	2
Effects of student human rights ordinances on mental health among middle and high school students in South Korea: a difference-in-differences analysis	2
Toxicological evidence integration to confirm the biological plausibility of the association between humidifier disinfectant exposure and respiratory diseases using the AEP-AOP framework	2
Data resource profile: the Korean Community Health Status Indicators (K-CHSI) database	2
Trends and disparities in avoidable, treatable, and preventable mortalities in South Korea, 2001-2020: comparison of capital and non-capital areas	2
Secular trends in grip strength among Korean adults according to socioeconomic factors: the 2014-2022 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	2
Changes in eating behaviors according to household income in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	2
Tobacco consumption, sales, and output as monitoring indicators in the era of the tobacco endgame: a Korean example	2
Physical and mental health characteristics related to trust in and intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination: results from a Korean community-based longitudinal study	2
The clinical meaning of the area under a receiver operating characteristic curve for the evaluation of the performance of disease markers	2
Adherence to the Korean National Code Against Cancer and mortality: a prospective cohort study from the Health Examinees-Gem study	2