ArticleScientific reports2021
Non-cancer disease prevalence and association with occupational radiation exposure among Korean radiation workers.
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- Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Ionising radiation and cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Association of radiation exposure and blood lipid derived indices with hypertension risk in radiation workers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Analysis of the association between long-term exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation and dyslipidemia and its components in medical radiologists: The mediating role of inflammatory markers.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
- On-Site Evaluation and Improvement Strategies of Radiation Occupational Hazard Prevention and Control Effectiveness in Medical Institution Construction Projects.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- A Historical Survey of Key Epidemiological Studies of Ionizing Radiation Exposure.Radiation research · 2024Review
- Low-Dose Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation and Cardiovascular Effects: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Thyroid volume changes following adjuvant radiation therapy for breast cancer.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2023Article
- Tissue Reactions and Mechanism in Cardiovascular Diseases Induced by Radiation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Machine Learning of Dose-Volume Histogram Parameters Predicting Overall Survival in Patients with Cervical Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiotherapy.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Radiation-induced cancer risks have known stochastic effects; however, regarding non-cancer diseases, evidence of risk at low radiation doses remains unclear. We aimed to identify underlying characteristics concerning non-cancer disease prevalence and determine associations with radiation dose among Korean radiation workers. Using a nationwide baseline survey, 20,608 workers were enrolled. Data concerning participant demographics, occupational characteristics, lifestyle, and lifetime prevalence of non-cancer diseases were linked to a national dose registry. We compared non-cancer disease prevalences in the Korean general population with those in this cohort and undertook a dose-response analysis concerning the cumulative dose. Hyperlipidemia (10.6%), circulatory (9.6%), and respiratory (4.1%) system diseases, followed by thyroid diseases (3.5%), had the highest prevalences, with hyperlipidemia, thyroid diseases, and hepatitis prevalence being higher in the cohort than in the general population. Radiation doses were associated with elevated prevalences of most diseases; however, associations were attenuated and not significant after adjusting for confounders, except for musculoskeletal system diseases (prevalence odds ratio [POR]/10 mSv, 1.03; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00-1.07) and cataracts (POR/10 mSv, 1.04; 95% CI 1.00-1.07). Further studies are warranted to investigate the causality of those non-cancer diseases involving more varied confounders such as physical and psychosocial stresses and ultraviolet light.
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