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

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 che...

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Published in:Gut and liver 2024-09, Vol.18 (5), p.888
Main Authors: 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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Language:Korean
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Korea military
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
Metabolic syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Young adult
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Summary: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
ISSN:1976-2283