Korea University · Medicine
Professor Jung A Kim's research lab focuses on the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome, with a particular emphasis on insulin resistance, body composition abnormalities such as low muscle mass and abdominal obesity, and their interplay with cardiometabolic disorders. The lab investigates biomarkers like the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and adipokines to understand metabolic dysregulation and identify early indicators of type 2 diabetes and related conditions. A key research direction involves evaluating the clinical implications of metabolic health trajectories and the impact of emerging therapies such as GLP-1 receptor agonists on metabolic outcomes and safety profiles. The lab integrates population-based epidemiological data with clinical and molecular insights to advance precision approaches in metabolic disease prevention and management.
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The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a simple surrogate marker of insulin resistance. We evaluated the association of the TyG index with low muscle mass using a nationwide population-based representative data. This is a cross-sectional study that included 9477 participants aged ≥ 40 years from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2008 and 2011. The TyG index was calculated as ln[triglyceride (mg/dL) × fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)/2]. Dual-energy X-ray absorptio
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Subjects with both low muscle mass and abdominal obesity had a higher risk of insulin resistance than those with low muscle mass or abdominal obesity only.
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