Belong Cho

Visibility of the Korean National Health Information Portal across search engines and generative artificial intelligence platforms: a repeated cross-sectional study

Objectives: This study assessed changes in the visibility of the National Health Information Portal (NHIP), operated by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, across conventional search portals and generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Methods: We analyzed...

Linking visceral fat accumulation to gut microbiota: key bacterial taxa and their roles in the glycogen synthesis pathway

Abstract Obesity, marked by visceral fat accumulation, has a complex relationship with the gut microbiome that impacts body weight and fat accumulation. However, previous studies did not account for fat distribution, reflecting only overall fat mass, leaving specifics of this rel...

Validation of ring-type cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring device for detecting awake-asleep BP variations compared to ambulatory BP monitoring device

Abstract We evaluated the accuracy of a ring-type cuffless BP device (CART BP Pro) in detecting awake–asleep BP changes compared to conventional 24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), following the validation protocol recommended by the European Society of Hypertension (ESH). Amon...

Living alone, socioeconomic status, and mortality among older adults: a population-based cohort study

This study examined the association between living alone, socioeconomic status, and mortality among community-dwelling older adults. We analyzed mortality outcomes among 3,771 participants aged ≥ 60 years enrolled in the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) beginning in 200...