• Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.470-477
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• 2018

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the progression of visual field (VF) loss and changes in lamina cribrosa depth (LCD) as determined by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) enhanced depth imaging in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods: Data from 60 POAG patients (mean follow-up, $3.5{\pm}0.7$ years) were included in this retrospective study. The LCD was measured in the optic disc image using SD-OCT enhanced depth imaging scanning at each visit. Change in the LCD was considered to either 'increase' or 'decrease' when the differences between baseline and the latest two consecutive follow-up visits were greater than the corresponding reproducibility coefficient value ($23.08{\mu}m$, as determined in a preliminary reproducibility study). All participants were divided into three groups: increased LCD (ILCD), decreased LCD (DLCD), and no LCD change (NLCD). The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial criteria were used to define VF deterioration. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox's proportional hazard models were performed to explore the relationship between VF progression and LCD change. Results: Of the 60 eyes examined, 35.0% (21 eyes), 28.3% (17 eyes), and 36.7% (22 eyes) were classified as the ILCD, DLCD, and NLCD groups, respectively. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a greater cumulative probability of VF progression in the ILCD group than in the NLCD (p < 0.001) or DLCD groups (p = 0.018). Increased LCD was identified as the only risk factor for VF progression in the Cox proportional hazard models (hazard ratio, 1.008; 95% confidence interval, 1.000 to 1.015; p = 0.047). Conclusions: Increased LCD was associated with a greater possibility of VF progression. The quantitative measurement of LCD changes, determined by SD-OCT, is a potential biomarker for the prediction of VF deterioration in patients with POAG.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2016

취업자들이 재직기간이 경과하면서 이직 또는 실업 상태로 탈출확률 및 탈출요인 문제를 분석하는 것은 취업의 질을 측정할 수 있는 하나의 방법이다. 일반적으로 취업자들의 이직 또는 실업으로의 탈출확률은 취업자의 개인특성뿐만 아니라, 직종 특성에도 영향을 받는 복수의 분석단위를 가지게 된다. 복수의 분석단위를 가지는 위계적 (hierarchical) 자료구조에서는 직종별로 공유되는 특성이 존재하게 되어, 동일 직종 집단 내의 상관이 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 취업자 개인특성 (1-수준)과 직종 특성 (2-수준)의 위계적 자료구조 하에서 콕스의 비례위험 모형 (Cox's proportional hazard model)을 이용하여 중소기업 청년인턴사업에 참여한 취업자들의 재직기간 중 실직 및 이직으로의 탈출요인을 분석하였다. 분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 처리집단 (인턴집단)이 통제집단 (비인턴집단)에 비해서 탈출확률이 통계적으로 유의하게 낮음을 알 수 있다. 또한 남자들이 여자들에 비해서 탈출할 확률이 높고, 연령이 높을수록 탈출할 확률이 더 낮아지는 것을 알 수 있다. 그리고 기업규모가 클수록 탈출확률이 낮으며, 직종별로는 관리사무 관련직에 비해서 전문 서비스 관련직의 탈출확률이 더 낮게 나타났다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.4653-4659
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• 2012

본 연구는 보건소 금연클리닉의 6개월 금연성공자의 금연지속 실패와 관련된 요인을 파악하고자 시도되었다. 자료는 6개월 금연성공자 347명으로부터 보건소 금연클리닉 등록카드와 전화설문 조사를 통하여 수집되었으며, 생명표법과 Cox-proportional hazard model로 분석하였다. 금연지속 실패와 관련된 요인은 주거지가 읍 면인 경우(HR 2.50, 95% CI 1.69-3.68), 만성질환이 없는 경우(HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.21-3.04), 동거가족 흡연자가 없는 경우(HR 1.93, 95% CI 1.21-3.09) 금연보조제를 사용한 경우(HR 2.17, 95% CI 1.01-4.68)로 나타났다. 누적 금연지속 실패율은 6개월까지가 28.6%, 24개월은 36.1%로 나타났다. 이에 보건소 금연클리닉은 금연성공 및 금연 지속률을 높이기 위하여 대상자의 금연의지를 강화할 수 있는 다양한 중재 개발이 필요하다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권21호
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• pp.9453-9458
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• 2014

Background: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Differences in survival of breast cancer have been noted among racial and ethnic groups, but the reasons for these disparities remain unclear. This study presents the characteristics and the survival curve of two racial and ethnic groups and evaluates the effects of race on survival times by measuring the lifetime data-based half-normal model. Materials and Methods: The distributions among racial and ethnic groups are compared using female breast cancer patients from nine states in the country all taken from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results cancer registry. The main end points observed are: age at diagnosis, survival time in months, and marital status. The right skewed half-normal statistical probability model is used to show the differences in the survival times between black Hispanic (BH) and black non-Hispanic (BNH) female breast cancer patients. The Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard ratio are used to estimate and compare the relative risk of death in two minority groups, BH and BNH. Results: A probability random sample method was used to select representative samples from BNH and BH female breast cancer patients, who were diagnosed during the years of 1973-2009 in the United States. The sample contained 1,000 BNH and 298 BH female breast cancer patients. The median age at diagnosis was 57.75 years among BNH and 54.11 years among BH. The results of the half-normal model showed that the survival times formed positive skewed models with higher variability in BNH compared with BH. The Kaplan-Meir estimate was used to plot the survival curves for cancer patients; this test was positively skewed. The Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard ratio for survival analysis showed that BNH had a significantly longer survival time as compared to BH which is consistent with the results of the half-normal model. Conclusions: The findings with the proposed model strategy will assist in the healthcare field to measure future outcomes for BH and BNH, given their past history and conditions. These findings may provide an enhanced and improved outlook for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer patients in the United States.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2007

Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the association between health risk factors and mortality in Juam cohort. Methods: The subjects were 1,447 males and 1,889 females who had been followed up for 68.5 months to 1 January 2001. Whether they were alive or not was confirmed by the mortality data of the National Statistical Office. A total of 289 persons among them died during the follow-up period. The Cox's proportional hazard regression model was used for survival analysis. Results: Age, type of medical insurance, self cognitive health level, habit of alcohol drinking, smoking, exercise and BMI level were included in Cox's proportional hazard model by gender. The hazard ratio of age was 1.07(95% CI: 1.05-1.10) in men, 1.09(95% CI: 1.06-1.12) in women. The hazard ratio of medical aid(lower socioeconomic state) was 1.43(95% CI 1.02-2.19) in women. The hazard ratios of current alcohol drinking and current smoking were respectively 1.69(95% CI: 1.01-2.98), 1.52(95% CI: 1.02-2.28) in women. The hazard ratio of underweight was 1.56(95% CI 1.08-2.47) in men. The hazard ratios of underweight, normoweight, overweight, and obesity were respectively 1.63(95% CI: 1.02-2.67), 1.0(referent), 0.62(95% CI: 0.32-1.63), 1.27(95% CI: 0.65-3.06), which supported the U-shaped relationship between body mass index and mortality among the men over 65. Conclusions: The health risk factors increasing mortality were age, underweight in male, age, lower socioeconomic state, current alcohol drinking, current smoking in female. To evaluate long-term association between health risk factors and mortality, further studies need to be carried out.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한예방의학회 2003년도 제11회 춘계 심포지움 연제집
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• pp.30-37
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• 2003

o Cohort study became the major approach to study of chronic diseases such as CVD and cancer o Cohort can be population-based or volunteer-based o Types of be population-be categorized by source population and selection mechanism o More and more cohort studies involve biological specimens, such as blood, urine, toenail, cheek cells, etc. o Multi-center and multi-national collaboration is an effective way to increase sample size. o Current statistical method typically use time-to-event analysis by Cox proportional hazard model.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제113권2호
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• pp.187-197
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 콕스 비례위험모형을 이용하여 산불피해 소나무의 고사에 영향을 미치는 인자를 밝히고자 하였다. 지표화 피해 소나무를 대상으로 고사 영향 인자를 조사하고 산불 발생 7년 차까지 고사 발생 모니터링을 수행하였다. 수집된 자료를 기반으로 생존분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 고사 위험성을 증가시키는 변수는 dNDVI(delta Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), dNBR(delta Normalized Burn Ratio), 경사, 나무에 남겨진 그을음의 상대적인 면적과 평균적인 높이를 나타내는 수피 그을음 지수(Bark Scorch Index, BSI)와 수피 그을음 높이(Bark Scorch Height, BSH)로 나타난 반면, 음의 관계를 가지는 변수는 고도, 흉고직경, 수관층 수분스트레스 변화를 나타내는 수분스트레스지수(dleta Moisture Stress Index, dMSI)로 나타났다(p<0.001). 콕스 비례위험모형의 유의성을 확인하기 위한 변수별 비례위험가정검증에서는 사면방향을 제외한 모든 인자가 모형에 적합하며 고사 발생에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 생존 곡선 분석에서 가장 큰 생존율 차이를 보인 변수는 BSI였으며(p<0.0001), 원격탐사를 통해 얻어진 환경변화 인자들(dNDVI, dNBR, dMSI) 역시 큰 생존율 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.0001). 이러한 결과는 산불 이후 소나무의 잠재적인 고사위험성을 고려한 복원계획 수립을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.301-327
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 미국에서 친권상실이 선고된 위탁아동의 입양률 추이를 살펴보고, 입양결정에 영향을 미치는 주된 요인을 규명하는 데 있다. 본 연구는 미국 위탁보호와 입양에 관한 패널데이터 FY1999-FY2002를 이용하여 1998년 10월부터 2002년 9월까지 32개 주를 추출하여 총 26,895명을 분석에 활용하였다. 사건사 분석의 Kaplan-Meier 분석과 비례적 위험회귀모형(Cox proportional hazards regression model)을 이용하여 친권상실선고 이후 소요되는 위탁기간에 따른 입양률 추이와 위험 입양배율(hazard ratios for adoption)를 산출하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과로는 친권상실선고 이후 3개월-19개월까지 입양률이 급속히 증가하다가 20개월이 지나면서 오히려 감소추세를 보이고 있었다. 입양여부와 관련한 주요 요인으로서는 백인아동일 경우, 나이가 어릴수록, 선입양가족, 도시소재의 위탁보호일 경우, 양부모 위탁가족, 또는 인종적으로 동일한 위탁부모에 의해 위탁보호 될 경우 입양가능성이 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. 또한, 아동이 지체나 장애가 있을 경우, 신체학대나 성학대를 경험한 경우, 친부모의 양육능력부족으로 위탁보호 된 경우 상대적으로 낮은 입양가능성을 보이고 있다. 본 연구결과 친권상실 이전에 발생한 위탁보호 원인이 친권상실 이후에도 입양에 영향을 미치고 있으며, 입양촉진방안으로 친권상실선고 이후 제공된 위탁서비스 활용과 적극적 지원방안 모색의 필요성이 제기되었다. 끝으로 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 한국사회에서 요보호아동의 친권개입의 정책적 방향과 항구적 보호마련을 위한 함의와 제언을 개괄적으로 제시하였다.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.98-107
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of geriatric syndrome on mortality among community-dwelling older adults in Korea. Methods: Data were obtained from the Actual Living Condition of the Elderly and Welfare Need Survey, with a baseline study in 2008 and a 3-year follow-up of mortality data. The mortality risk was measured using the hierarchical Cox proportional hazard model. Results: In Cox regression analysis, male (Hazard Ratio [HR], 2.53; 95% Confidence Interval [CI], 2.12~3.01), old age (HR, 2.14; 95% CI, 1.82~2.53), low education level (HR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.04~1.65), limitation in instrumental activities of daily living (HR, 1.91; 95% CI, 1.60~2.28), depressive symptoms (HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.01~1.43), and frailty (HR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.78~3.03) significantly affected mortality risk. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, nursing intervention programs should be provided to decrease preventable death in older adults.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2018

Purpose - The main purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of children's age on maternal labor supply in Korea using survival analysis. Specifically, we focus on the career re-interruption of women having children under age 12, which has rarely been studied in the existing literature. Research design, data, and methodology - We use micro data from the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) surveyed from 1998 to 2016. Instead of using a pre-school child dummy or the number of young children as an explanatory variable, 9 children's age dummies are included to capture the effect of nurturing 0 to 9 years old children. This study estimates the hazard of a woman's exiting the labor market after her first experience of the career interruption, rather than the hazard of the first career interruption itself. A Cox proportional hazard model is applied to numerically capture the impact of children's age on behavioral changes in maternal labor supply. The sample used in this analysis is women between 15 and 54 years old. Most of all, we restrict the sample to women who had at least a child between 0 and 12 years old at the time of quitting their jobs. Results - The Cox proportional hazard model estimates show a strong negative effect of a 0-year-old child on maternal labor supply. Mothers with newborns have a high hazard ratio of labor force exit after the re-entry. The hazard of women with infants is three times higher than those with children aged 10 to 18. Additionally, the results show that not only newborns, but also children in the age of school-entry have a negative impact on their mother's labor supply. Conclusions - The findings reveal that children's ages need to be properly expanded and included when analyzing the effect of children and their ages on married women's labor supply, especially on women's career re-interruption. A large negative effect of 7-year-old children on maternal labor supply found here indicates that supporting mothers with school age children as well as pre-school children is necessary to prevent mothers from leaving the labor market.