Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Youn Sun Hwang

2 Articles

Incidence and Risk Factors of Dyslipidemia after Menopause: Ihn Sook Jeong, Hae Sun Yun, Myo Sung Kim, Youn Sun Hwang; J Korean Acad Nurs 2022;52(2):214-227. Published online April 30, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.21188

Purpose
This study was aimed at investigating the incidence and risk factors of dyslipidemia in menopausal women using a Korean community-based longitudinal study.
Methods
The subjects were 245 postmenopausal women without dyslipidemia who had participated in the Ansan-Ansung cohort study from 2001~2002 (baseline) to 2015~2016 (seventh follow-up visit). The dyslipidemia incidence was measured as incidence proportion (%) and incidence rate per 100 person-years. The predictors of developing dyslipidemia were analyzed with Cox’s proportional hazard model.
Results
The incidence of new dyslipidemia during the follow-up period was 78.4% (192 patients), and 11.9 per 100 person-years. Mean duration from menopause to developing dyslipidemia was 5.3 years in new dyslipidemia cases. The triglyceride/high density lipoprotein (TG/HDL-C) ratio at baseline (hazard ratio = 2.20; 95% confidence interval = 1.39~3.48) was independently associated with developing dyslipidemia.
Conclusion
Dyslipidemia occurs frequently in postmenopausal women, principally within five years after menopause. Therefore, steps must be taken to prevent dyslipidemia immediately after menopause, particularly in women with a high TG/HDL-C ratio at the start of menopause.

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Research ethics and emerging challenges in the era of coexistence with artificial intelligence: Heeseung Choi, Youn Sun Hwang, Youngrye Park; Received October 7, 2025 Accepted October 26, 2025 Published online November 27, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.25138 [Epub ahead of print]

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