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Smoking and tobacco addiction are serious public health problems worldwide. New research reveals that addiction to tobacco can begin very early, with very low levels of smoking. Family physicians are...
BACKGROUND: As the importance of the quality of life is emphasiged in our society, efforts to improve the quality of life in the field of medicine have intensified. Terminal cancer...
BACKGROUND: Depression is common among type 2 diabetic patients. To determine the relationship between depressive symptoms and metabolic control, we evaluated the risk factors that are related to metabolic control...
BACKGROUND: Obesity and visceral fat accumulation have been known as independent risk factors of cardiovascular diseases with increased risk of metabolic syndrome. Visceral fat can be accurately calculated by using...
Kim SH, Choi HR, Won CW, Kim BS, Kim SW, Choi JY, Chae KH
KMID: 2294636
J Korean Acad Fam Med.
2005 Dec;26(12):759-765.
BACKGROUND: There are some studies concerning fasting insulin and insulin resistance in normal healthy Korean adults, but none exists especially for adolescence. Therefore, we investigateck insulin resistance and its related...