• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.379-382
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• 2001

Objectives: Many studies have been reported about Sasang constitutional distribution of cerebrovascular disease(CVD) patients. But there has been little study about the risk factors of normal persons between Sasang constitutions. So we studied to evaluate the risk of CVD between Sasang constitutions. Methods: We retrospectively studied subjects without previous stroke($age{\geq}40$) who visited east-west medical examination center in Kang Nam Korean Hosipital, Kyung Hee University for last 2 years(1998.8.1.${\sim}$2000.7.31.). Sasang constitutional differentiation was performed by Questionnaire for the Constitution Classification(QSCC) II and subjects who couldn't be classifiea by QSCC II were excluded. Results : Total 363 subjects participated in this study(Taeyangin 0, Taeumin 103, Soyangin 113, Soumin 92, obscure 55). Diabetes mellitus(p<0.05), hyperlipidemia(p<0.01), obesity(p=0.000) were significantly prevalent in Taeumin. Hypertension and heart disease had no significant difference between Sasang constitutions. Conclusions: This study showed that the risk factors of CVD were more prevalent in Taeumin. Therefore we guess that Taeumin has high risk of CVD.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.249-259
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• 2011

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze long-term trends in the contribution of each cause of death to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality among Korean adults. Methods: Data were collected from death certificates between 1990 and 2004 and from censuses in 1990, 1995, and 2000. Age-standardized death rates by gender were produced according to education as the socioeconomic position indicator, and the slope index of inequality was calculated to evaluate the contribution of each cause of death to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality. Results: Among adults aged 25-44, accidental injuries with transport accidents, suicide, liver disease and cerebrovascular disease made relatively large contributions to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality, while, among adults aged 45-64, liver disease, cerebrovascular disease, transport accidents, liver cancer, and lung cancer did so. Ischemic heart disease, a very important contributor to socioeconomic mortality inequality in North America and Western Europe, showed a very low contribution (less than 3%) in both genders of Koreans. Conclusions: Considering the contributions of different causes of death to absolute mortality inequalities, establishing effective strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mortality is warranted.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제62권9호
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• pp.334-339
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• 2019

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis in infants and young children. However, its natural history has not been fully elucidated because the first case was reported in the late 1960s and patients who have recovered are just now entering middle age. Nevertheless, much evidence has raised concerns regarding the subclinical vascular changes that occur in post-KD patients. KD research has focused on coronary artery aneurysms because they are directly associated with fatality. However, aneurysms have been reported in other extracardiac muscular arteries and their fate seems to resemble that of coronary artery aneurysms. Arterial strokes in KD cases are rarely reported. Asymptomatic ischemic lesions were observed in a prospective study of brain vascular lesions in KD patients with coronary artery aneurysms. The findings of a study of single-photon emission computed tomography suggested that asymptomatic cerebral vasculitis is more common than we believed. Some authors assumed that the need to consider the possibility of brain vascular lesions in severe cases of KD regardless of presence or absence of neurological symptoms. These findings suggest that KD is related with cerebrovascular lesions in children and young adults. Considering the fatal consequences of cerebral vascular involvement in KD patients, increased attention is required. Here we review our understanding of brain vascular involvement in KD.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.161-168
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 기계 학습을 사용하여 심혈관 질환 예측 모델을 제안한다. 먼저 두 집단간에 다양한 차이를 다차원분석하고 그 결과를 시각화한다. 특히, 질환과 같이 정상집단과 환자집단 간에 높은 클래스 불균형이 존재하는 경우에 대하여 민감도를 향상시킬 수 있는 비용 민감 학습을 사용하는 예측 모델을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 머신러닝 기술인 CART와 XGBoost를 사용하여 예측모델을 개발하고, 심혈관 질환 환자 데이터를 대상으로 예측하고 성능을 비교한다. 연구결과에 따르면 CART가 XGBoost 보다 더 높은 정확도와 특이도를 보였으며, 정확도는 약 70%~74%로 나타났다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2024

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects multiple organs. More than half of the patients with SLE have kidney involvement, and up to 10% of patients with lupus nephritis develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in SLE occurs in 21% to 95% of patients. Severe neurological manifestations such as seizures, cerebrovascular disease, meningitis, and cerebrovascular accidents can develop in childhood-onset SLE, but cerebral infections, such as brain abscess and hemorrhage, are seldom reported in lupus nephritis, even in adults. Here, we report a rare case of childhood-onset SLE with ESRD, cerebral abscess, and hemorrhage. A 9-year-old girl diagnosed with lupus nephritis was administered high-dose steroids and immunosuppressant therapy to treat acute kidney injury (AKI) and massive proteinuria. The AKI deteriorated, and after 3 months, she developed ESRD. She received hemodialysis three times a week along with daily peritoneal dialysis to control edema. She developed seizures, and imaging showed a brain abscess. This was complicated by spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage, and she became unstable. She died shortly after the hemorrhage was discovered. In conclusion, CNS complications should always be considered in clinical practice because they increase mortality, especially in those with risk factors for infection.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.724-728
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• 2002

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism, which consists of presence (insertion, I) or absence (deletion, D) of a 250-bp fragment, is associated with ischemic heart disease, renovascular disease, systemic lupus erythematosus. Subjects with the DD genotype have higher levels of circulating ACE than subjects with the II genotype and show an increased tendency towards vascular wall thickness and contribute to the development of vascular disease. But the association between I/D polymorphism of the ACE gene and cerebrovascular disease is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether the DNA polymorphism of the ACE are associated with cerebrovascular disease in Korean population. The study group comprised 377 Korean patients admitted to Kyunghee Oriental Medical Center in the year of 2000 for the treatment of brain infarction or brain hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) was performed for each patient to determine the stroke phenotype, infarction or hemorrhage. The 183 subjects without evidence of brain infarction or brain hemorrhage were selected from the some ethnical population(control group). Venous blood samples were drawn from each subject for the extraction of DNA. Genotypes of ACE were determined by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the genomic DNA. Case and control genotype frequencies were compared by chi-square testing. Both the patients and the controls were classified respectively into 4 groups: age less than forty years, age forty one to fifty, age fifty one to sixty, age greater than sixty years. There were no significant differences in the distributions of ACE genotypes among the patients with infarction, with hemorrhage and controls (Infarction: D/D 15.8%, I/D 46.7%, I/I 37.5%, Hemorrhage: D/D 15.1%, I/D 46.5%, I/I 38.4%, Control: D/D 18.6%, I/D 50.3%, I/I 31.2%). There was a significant difference in the distribution of ACE genotypes between the age greater than sixty year subgroup of patient with brain hemorrhage and the control (Hemorrhage: D/D 0%, I/D 55.6%, I/I 44.4%, Control: D/D 13.0%, I/D 63.0%, I/I 23.9%; Pearson Chi-Square value 5.956, P<0.05). Furthermore, the frequency of the ACE D/D type declined with increasing age both in the patient and control group (Patient group: age < 50 D/D 21.5%, age > 50 D/D 14.42%; Control group: age < 50 D/D 21.0%, age > 50 D/D 14.2%). In conclusion there is no clear association between ACE polymorphism and cerebrovascular disease in Korean population. Although, there was a tendency for the frequency of the ACE D/D type declined with increasing age in both patients and controls.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.56-67
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• 1996

Objectives : This study was designed to find clinical factors that could be differentiated by the lateralization of lesion and also find clinical factors to predict the lateralization of lesion. Methods : The subjects were 65 cooperative inpatients and outpatients with non-traumatic subcortical cerebrovascular disease without neurologic and psychiatric history from January 1995 to September 1995 ; 48 patients in Kyung Hee University, Oriental Medicine Hospital, 35 patients in Anam Hospital, Korea University were examined as subjects, but authors excluded 20 patients whose data were incomplete or who had uncertain lesions on brain CT or MRI. The 65 patients were divided into three groups-group with left hemispheric lesion, group with right hemispheric lesion, group with both hemispheric lesion-according to the finding of brain imaging study. Their cognitive functions were evaluated by the Benton Neuropsychological Assessment(BNA), their subjective neurobehavioral symptoms by Symptom Check List-90-R(SCL-90-R), their objective neurobehavioral symptoms by Neurobehavioral Rating Scale, and their daily living functions by Geriatric Evaluation by Relative's Rating Instrument(GERRl) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale(IADLs). Results : The results were as follows : 1) The results of cognitive function test indicated that the group with right hemispheric lesion showed low functions in Tactile Form Perception(left), the group with left hemispheric lesion showed low functions in Finger localization(right), the group with right hemispheric lesion showed low functions in Finger Localization(left). 2) Though, there were little significant differences in subjective neurobehavioral symptoms, the group with right hemispheric lesion showed higher scores in all symptoms except hostility. 3) Though, there were little significant differences in objective neurobehavioral symptoms, the group with both hemispheric lesion showed higher scores in cognition, guilty/disinhibition, the group with left hemispheric lesion showed higher scores in lability of mood, the group with right hemispheric lesion showed highest scores in psychotism, neurotism, agitation-hostility and decreased motivation/emotional withdrawal. 4) There were little significant differences among three groups in Daily Living Functions, but the group with right hemispheric lesion showed the lowest functions in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. 5) As a result of discriminant analysis on each factor's contribution to the prediction of lesion, Finger Localization(left), Phoneme Discrimination and Tactile Form Perception(right) showed that they had the potentiality to predict lesion. Conclusion : The results suggest that there are little significant differences among the groups of three non-traumatic subcortical cerebrovascular disease in cognitive functions, but the group with right hemispheric lesion showed more serious and various changes in subjective and objective neurobehavioral symptoms, and showed low functions in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. This results suggest the possibility that the decline of the daily living function in the group with right hemispheric lesion were due to various symptoms, not due to cognitive dysfunction. The confirmation of the possibility should be worked out through the follow-up study of some groups containing cortical lesion. Apart from these findings, Finger Localization, Tactile Form Perception(right) and Phoneme Discrimination suggest that they can be used as clinically valuable cognitive parameters that predict the lateralization of lesion in non-traumatic cerebrovascular disease.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.322-335
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• 2000

목적: 기저상태와 아세타졸아미드 부하 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌 SPECT 영상과 Lassen의 비선형성 보정 알고리즘을 이용하여 뇌혈류와 뇌혈관 예비능을 정량적으로 산출하였고 이들 값들의 매개변수 영상을 만들었다. 대상 및 방법: 정상인 9명(나이:$72{\pm}4$세)에 대해 기저상태와 아세타졸아미드 주사 후에 각각 Tc-99m HMPAO를 555 MBq과 1,110 MBq 주사하였고 일일 연속 두 번 주사 촬영방법을 이용하여 뇌 SPECT 영상을 얻었다. 기저상태의 SPECT 영상에서 소뇌가 가장 잘 나타난 횡단면에서 최대 화소값의 70%를 역치로 정하여 자동적으로 추출한 소뇌영역을 Lassen 알고리즘의 기준영역으로 설정하여 55 ml/100g/min으로 가정하였다. 기저상태에서 각 화소값으로부터 Lassen 알고리즘을 이용하여 화소단위로 뇌혈류를 계산하여 뇌혈류 매개변수 영상을 만들었다. 아세타졸아미드 부하 영상에서도 같은 소뇌 기준영역과 계산 방법을 이용하여 뇌혈류 매개변수 영상을 만들었다. 두 상태의 뇌혈류 매개변수 영상들을 이용하여 각 화소단위로 뇌혈관 예비능을 계산하였고 예비 뇌혈류를 기저상태의 뇌혈류로 나누어 백분율 뇌혈관 예비능 매개변수 영상을 구성하였다. 결과: 자동으로 추출한 소뇌 영역을 이용하여 기저상태와 아세타졸아미드 부하상태의 뇌혈류 매개변수 영상을 얻을 수 있었다. 기저상태와 아세타졸아미드 부하상태의 평균 뇌혈류는 각각 $49.6{\pm}5.5ml/100g/min$과 $64.4{\pm}10.2ml/100g/min$이었고, 평균 뇌혈관 예비능은 $14.7{\pm}9.6ml/100g/min$이었다. 그리고 두 상태의 뇌혈류 매개변수 영상을 이용한 평균 백분율 뇌혈관 예비능은 30.7%로 원래의 뇌섭취 계수영상을 이용한 백분율 예비능(13.8%)보다 높았다. 결론: 기저상태와 아세타졸아미드 부하 Tc-99m HMPAO 뇌영상과 Lassen의 섭취 비선형성 보정 알고리즘을 이용하여 기저 및 아세타졸아미드 부하 상태의 뇌혈류를 준정량적으로 평가할 수 있었고 뇌혈관 예비능을 정량화 하였다. 그리고 산출된 뇌혈류와 뇌혈관 예비능을 이용하여 매개변수 영상을 구성하였다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.11-21
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• 2020

암을 제외한 한국인의 가장 높은 사망원인은 심뇌혈관질환으로 사망원인의 24%를 차지한다. 현재 국내 환자의 심혈관질환의 위험도 산출은 프레밍험 위험지수를 기반으로 하지만, 국외의 가이드라인에 의존하고 있어 정확도가 떨어지는 편이며, 뇌혈관질환의 예측에 대한 위험도는 산출할 수 없다. 심뇌혈관질환은 예방을 위한 조기증상들의 특징 분석이 어려워 질환예측이 힘들며, 한국인에 적합한 예측 방법이 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 심뇌혈관질환 데이터를 이용하여, 특징집합 IG-MLP 평가 기반의 특징선택 방법론을 시뮬레이션 하여 검증하는 것이다. 제안하는 방법은 제4~7기 국민건강영양조사 원시자료를 이용한다. 심뇌혈관질환의 예측에 중요한 특징들을 선별하기 위해, 속성들의 심뇌혈관질환에 대한 정보이득-다층신경망을 이용한 분석을 실시하며, 최종적으로 선별된 특징을 이용한 심뇌혈관질환 예측 모델을 제공한다. 제안하는 방법으로 한국인의 심뇌혈관질환에 관련된 중요한 특징들을 찾을 수 있으며, 최적화된 특징들로 구성된 예측 모델은 한국인에 대해 더욱 정확한 심뇌혈관 예측을 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.486-491
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• 2011

Objective : Structural genetic variation, including copy-number variation (CNV), constitutes a substantial fraction of total genetic variability, and the importance of structural variants in modulating susceptibility is increasingly being recognized. CNV can change biological function and contribute to pathophysiological conditions of human disease. Its relationship with common, complex human disease in particular is not fully understood. Here, we searched the human genome to identify copy number variants that predispose to moya-moya type cerebrovascular disease. Methods : We retrospectively analyzed patients who had unilateral or bilateral steno-occlusive lesions at the cerebral artery from March, 2007, to September, 2009. For the 20 subjects, including patients with moyamoya type pathologies and three normal healthy controls, we divided the subjects into 4 groups : typical moyamoya (n=6), unilateral moyamoya (n=9), progression unilateral to typical moyamoya (n=2) and non-moyamoya (n=3). Fragmented DNA was hybridized on Human610Quad v1.0 DNA analysis BeadChips (Illumina). Data analysis was performed with GenomeStudio v2009.1, Genotyping 1.1.9, cnvPartition_v2.3.4 software. Overall call rates were more than 99.8%. Results : In total, 1258 CNVs were identified across the whole genome. The average number of CNV was 45.55 per subject (CNV region was 45.4). The gain/loss of CNV was 52/249, having 4.7 fold higher frequencies in loss calls. The total CNV size was 904,657,868, and average size was 993,038. The largest portion of CNVs (613 calls) were 1M-10M in length. Interestingly, significant association between unilateral moyamoya disease (MMD) and progression of unilateral to typical moyamoya was observed. Conclusion : Significant association between unilateral MMD and progression of unilateral to typical moyamoya was observed. The finding was confirmed again with clustering analysis. These data demonstrate that certain CNV associate with moyamoya-type cerebrovascular disease.