2.Triiodothyronine Is Associated with Incidence/Resolution of Steatotic Liver Disease: Longitudinal Study in Euthyroid Korean
Hye In KIM ; Jun Young KIM ; Jung Hwan CHO ; Ji Min HAN ; Sunghwan SUH ; Ji Cheol BAE ; Tae Hyuk KIM ; Sun Wook KIM ; Jong Ryeal HAHM ; Jae Hoon CHUNG
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025;40(1):135-145
Background:
The positive relationship between triiodothyronine (T3) and steatotic liver disease (SLD) demonstrated only in crosssectional study. We aimed to evaluated whether total T3 (TT3) is associated with the development/resolution of SLD in longitudinal design.
Methods:
This retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study included 1,665 South Korean euthyroid adults with ≥4 thyroid function test. We explored the impact of mean TT3 during follow-up on development/resolution of either SLD (diagnosed by ultrasound) or modified metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using Cox proportional hazards regression models.
Results:
During about median 5 years follow-up, 807/1,216 (66.3%) participants among participants without SLD at baseline developed SLD, and 253/318 (79.5%) participants among participants with SLD at baseline SLD resolved fatty liver. Mean TT3 rather than thyroid stimulating hormone or mean free thyroxine was significantly related with development (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 1.02; P=0.002) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96 to 0.99; P=0.005) of SLD. Compared with low mean TT3 group, high mean TT3 group was positively associated with development of SLD (adjusted HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.38; P=0.008) and inversely associated with resolution of SLD (adjusted HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.51 to 0.85; P=0.001). The statistical significance remained for development (adjusted HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.51; P=0.001) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.94; P=0.018) of modified MASLD.
Conclusion
In Korean euthyroid adults, TT3 level was associated with development and resolution of either SLD or modified MASLD.
5.Triiodothyronine Is Associated with Incidence/Resolution of Steatotic Liver Disease: Longitudinal Study in Euthyroid Korean
Hye In KIM ; Jun Young KIM ; Jung Hwan CHO ; Ji Min HAN ; Sunghwan SUH ; Ji Cheol BAE ; Tae Hyuk KIM ; Sun Wook KIM ; Jong Ryeal HAHM ; Jae Hoon CHUNG
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025;40(1):135-145
Background:
The positive relationship between triiodothyronine (T3) and steatotic liver disease (SLD) demonstrated only in crosssectional study. We aimed to evaluated whether total T3 (TT3) is associated with the development/resolution of SLD in longitudinal design.
Methods:
This retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study included 1,665 South Korean euthyroid adults with ≥4 thyroid function test. We explored the impact of mean TT3 during follow-up on development/resolution of either SLD (diagnosed by ultrasound) or modified metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using Cox proportional hazards regression models.
Results:
During about median 5 years follow-up, 807/1,216 (66.3%) participants among participants without SLD at baseline developed SLD, and 253/318 (79.5%) participants among participants with SLD at baseline SLD resolved fatty liver. Mean TT3 rather than thyroid stimulating hormone or mean free thyroxine was significantly related with development (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 1.02; P=0.002) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96 to 0.99; P=0.005) of SLD. Compared with low mean TT3 group, high mean TT3 group was positively associated with development of SLD (adjusted HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.38; P=0.008) and inversely associated with resolution of SLD (adjusted HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.51 to 0.85; P=0.001). The statistical significance remained for development (adjusted HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.51; P=0.001) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.94; P=0.018) of modified MASLD.
Conclusion
In Korean euthyroid adults, TT3 level was associated with development and resolution of either SLD or modified MASLD.
6.Triiodothyronine Is Associated with Incidence/Resolution of Steatotic Liver Disease: Longitudinal Study in Euthyroid Korean
Hye In KIM ; Jun Young KIM ; Jung Hwan CHO ; Ji Min HAN ; Sunghwan SUH ; Ji Cheol BAE ; Tae Hyuk KIM ; Sun Wook KIM ; Jong Ryeal HAHM ; Jae Hoon CHUNG
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025;40(1):135-145
Background:
The positive relationship between triiodothyronine (T3) and steatotic liver disease (SLD) demonstrated only in crosssectional study. We aimed to evaluated whether total T3 (TT3) is associated with the development/resolution of SLD in longitudinal design.
Methods:
This retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study included 1,665 South Korean euthyroid adults with ≥4 thyroid function test. We explored the impact of mean TT3 during follow-up on development/resolution of either SLD (diagnosed by ultrasound) or modified metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using Cox proportional hazards regression models.
Results:
During about median 5 years follow-up, 807/1,216 (66.3%) participants among participants without SLD at baseline developed SLD, and 253/318 (79.5%) participants among participants with SLD at baseline SLD resolved fatty liver. Mean TT3 rather than thyroid stimulating hormone or mean free thyroxine was significantly related with development (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 1.02; P=0.002) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96 to 0.99; P=0.005) of SLD. Compared with low mean TT3 group, high mean TT3 group was positively associated with development of SLD (adjusted HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.38; P=0.008) and inversely associated with resolution of SLD (adjusted HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.51 to 0.85; P=0.001). The statistical significance remained for development (adjusted HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.51; P=0.001) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.94; P=0.018) of modified MASLD.
Conclusion
In Korean euthyroid adults, TT3 level was associated with development and resolution of either SLD or modified MASLD.
8.Triiodothyronine Is Associated with Incidence/Resolution of Steatotic Liver Disease: Longitudinal Study in Euthyroid Korean
Hye In KIM ; Jun Young KIM ; Jung Hwan CHO ; Ji Min HAN ; Sunghwan SUH ; Ji Cheol BAE ; Tae Hyuk KIM ; Sun Wook KIM ; Jong Ryeal HAHM ; Jae Hoon CHUNG
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025;40(1):135-145
Background:
The positive relationship between triiodothyronine (T3) and steatotic liver disease (SLD) demonstrated only in crosssectional study. We aimed to evaluated whether total T3 (TT3) is associated with the development/resolution of SLD in longitudinal design.
Methods:
This retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort study included 1,665 South Korean euthyroid adults with ≥4 thyroid function test. We explored the impact of mean TT3 during follow-up on development/resolution of either SLD (diagnosed by ultrasound) or modified metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using Cox proportional hazards regression models.
Results:
During about median 5 years follow-up, 807/1,216 (66.3%) participants among participants without SLD at baseline developed SLD, and 253/318 (79.5%) participants among participants with SLD at baseline SLD resolved fatty liver. Mean TT3 rather than thyroid stimulating hormone or mean free thyroxine was significantly related with development (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00 to 1.02; P=0.002) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96 to 0.99; P=0.005) of SLD. Compared with low mean TT3 group, high mean TT3 group was positively associated with development of SLD (adjusted HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.38; P=0.008) and inversely associated with resolution of SLD (adjusted HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.51 to 0.85; P=0.001). The statistical significance remained for development (adjusted HR, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.51; P=0.001) and resolution (adjusted HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.94; P=0.018) of modified MASLD.
Conclusion
In Korean euthyroid adults, TT3 level was associated with development and resolution of either SLD or modified MASLD.
10.Risk Factors for Multiple Suicide Attempts in Adolescents From 10Years Suicide Repository
Sunghwan KIM ; Eun-Young YANG ; Kyoung Ho CHOI ; Hae Kook LEE ; Yong-Sil KWEON ; Kyoung-Uk LEE
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2024;39(46):e289-
Background:
While there are many studies on adolescents’ suicide attempts in the western countries, studies on adolescent suicide in South Korea are relatively scarce. We compared demographical and clinical variables between the first and multiple suicide attempters and examined potential risk factors predicting multiple suicide attempts.
Methods:
Two hundred forty-eight suicide attempters aged from 11 to 19 years old who visited emergency department of Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, South Korea were recruited and divided into two groups: first attempter (n = 139, 56%) and multiple attempter (n = 109, 44%). A psychiatric interview with the Brief Emergency Room Suicide Risk Assessment were administered to all participants, and univariate analyses to compare characteristics of the two group and a multivariable logistic regression analysis to predict multiple suicidal attempts were performed.
Results:
Our results showed multiple suicide attempters were mostly female (78%), more severe in psychopathology (e.g., higher rate of psychiatric family history, diagnosis of axis I history, history of major depressive disorder, higher feeling of hopelessness/helplessness) and suicidality (e.g., repetitive/severe/continuous suicide ideation, lower regret for suicide attempt). Moreover, multiple suicide attempters were lower in psychiatric resources, such as lower personal achievement, lower ability to control emotion, and less insight. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that suicide ideation severity (odds ratio [OR], 2.30;P = 0.004), past history of axis I diagnosis (especially major depressive disorder; OR, 2.55; P = 0.002), and the use of “cutting” (OR, 2.85; P = 0.001) predicted multiple suicide attempts.
Conclusion
The present study suggests that multiple suicide attempters tend to have more severe clinical profiles than the first suicide attempters. Intervention for depression and selfmutilation behavior of suicide attempters may be important in preventing multiple suicide attempts of adolescents.

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