Impact of Korean Military Service on the Prevalence of Steatotic Liver Disease: A Longitudinal Study of Pre-enlistment and In-Service Health Check-Ups.

IF 3.4 3区 医学 Q2 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Gut and Liver Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Epub Date: 2024-07-02 DOI:10.5009/gnl240077
Jaejun Lee, Jae Hyeop Jung, Sung Jun Choi, Beomman Ha, Hyun Yang, Pil Soo Sung, Si Hyun Bae, Jeong-A Yu
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Abstract

Background/aims: Young Korean men are obligated to serve in the military for 18 to 21 months. We investigated the effects of military service on steatotic liver disease (SLD) and other metabolic parameters.

Methods: Pre-enlistment health check-up performed from 2019 to 2022 and in-service health check-up performed from 2020 to 2022 were merged as paired data. SLD was defined as a hepatic steatosis index of 36 or higher. Hypertension (HTN) and hypertriglyceridemia were also included in the analysis.

Results: A total of 503,136 paired cases were included in the analysis. Comparing pre-enlistment and in-service health check-ups, the prevalence of SLD (22.2% vs 17.6%, p<0.001), HTN (7.6% vs 4.3%, p<0.001), and hypertriglyceridemia (8.1% vs 2.9%, p<0.001) decreased during military service. In terms of body mass index, the proportion of underweight (8.2% vs 1.4%, p<0.001) and severely obese (6.1% vs 4.9%, p<0.001) individuals decreased over time. Regarding factors associated with SLD development and resolution, age was positively associated with SLD development (odds ratio, 1.146; p<0.001) and a health check-up interval of <450 days was a protective factor for SLD development (odds ratio, 0.746; p<0.001). Those serving in the marines were less likely to develop SLD, whereas those serving in the navy were more likely to develop SLD. Serving in the army or the navy was negatively associated with SLD resolution, whereas serving in the air force was positively associated with SLD resolution.

Conclusions: The prevalence of SLD, HTN, and hypertriglyceridemia decreased substantially during Korean military service.

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韩国兵役对脂肪肝患病率的影响:入伍前和服役期健康检查纵向研究》。
背景/目的:韩国年轻男性有义务服兵役18至21个月。我们研究了服兵役对脂肪肝(SLD)和其他代谢指标的影响:方法:将 2019 年至 2022 年进行的入伍前健康检查和 2020 年至 2022 年进行的服役期健康检查合并为配对数据。SLD 的定义是肝脏脂肪变性指数达到或超过 36。分析还包括高血压(HTN)和高甘油三酯血症:共有 503 136 例配对病例纳入分析。对比入伍前和入伍时的健康检查,SLD 的患病率(22.2% vs 17.6%,pConclusions:在韩国服兵役期间,SLD、高血压和高甘油三酯血症的患病率大幅下降。
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Gut and Liver
Gut and Liver 医学-胃肠肝病学
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119
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6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Gut and Liver is an international journal of gastroenterology, focusing on the gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tree, pancreas, motility, and neurogastroenterology. Gut and Liver delivers up-to-date, authoritative papers on both clinical and research-based topics in gastroenterology. The Journal publishes original articles, case reports, brief communications, letters to the editor and invited review articles in the field of gastroenterology. The Journal is operated by internationally renowned editorial boards and designed to provide a global opportunity to promote academic developments in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. Gut and Liver is jointly owned and operated by 8 affiliated societies in the field of gastroenterology, namely: the Korean Society of Gastroenterology, the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, the Korean College of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases, the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, the Korean Pancreatobiliary Association, and the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer.
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