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BACKGROUND: When physicians use the medical terms difficult to understand the meaning, patients regard it as an authority of the physician. It has negative influence on physician-patient relationship and hinders...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of job characteristics and occupational stress on health-related behavior.
METHODS: Eight thousand five hundred twenty two workers (21-65 years of...
Hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of secondary hypertension, 10% is known as a common cause of resistant hypertension. Development of diagnostic...
BACKGROUND: Korean versions of Fat Phobia Scale (short form) (F-scale), Beliefs About Obese Persons Scale (BAOP), and Attitudes Toward Obese Persons Scale (ATOP) which are scales of rating weight bias...
BACKGROUND: Metabolic indexes (blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipid) differ depending on lower or upper normal value of obesity indexes (weight, percent-body-fat, and waist circumference) despite normal value. Therefore, we...
BACKGROUND: Proteinuria is a predictor of chronic kidney disease and a common risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have reported that a urinary albumin-creatinine ratio and a glomerular filtration...