Publications

• Kim J, Kaminska J, Kim YJ, Joo SW, Yang BR. Antipsychotic Discontinuation and Re-initiation in Pregnant Women With Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study From South Korea. Schizophr Bull. Published online May 28, 2025. doi:10.1093/schbul/sbaf077 
• Lee J, Kim BJ, Yang BR. Association of sleep duration, bedtime regularity, and weekend catch-up sleep with age-related hearing loss: A population-based cross-sectional study. Ann Epidemiol. 2025;107:37-43. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.05.009 
• Tran QT, Bui TT, Ngo LT, et al. Model-Based Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Pioglitazone and Histological Outcomes in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis Patients. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. Published online April 18, 2025. doi:10.1002/psp4.70034 
• Yang BR, Lee SM. Electronic cigarette use and heavy metal exposure: Evidence from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Ann Epidemiol. 2025;103:1-8. doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.01.011 
• Duong KL, Jung H, Lee HK, et al. Effect of choline alfoscerate in older adult patients with dementia: an observational study from the claims data of national health insurance. BMC Geriatr. 2024;24(1):951. Published 2024 Nov 15. doi:10.1186/s12877-024-05531-y 
• Kim N, Lee J, Hahm BJ, Yang BR. Association of driving while intoxicated and suicide ideation and attempts in South Korea: a study in a nationally representative sample. Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 30;13(1):14199.

• Duong KL, Yang BR, Yun HY, Chae JW. Effect of methylphenidate on height in pediatric attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 17.

•  Kwon KE, Yang BR, Kim MS, Park BJ, Lee J, Jung SY. Antidepressants and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Older Adults According to the Degree of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibition: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 28:S1064-7481(23)00371-8.

• Choi CW, Yang BR, Suh DI, Kim MS, Ohn J, Hong JS, Lee J, Kim KH. Infections and Exposure to Antibiotics May Affect the Development of Late-onset Rather than Early-onset Atopic Dermatitis. Ann Dermatol. 2023 Aug;35(4):325-328.

• Park S, Kang DY, Ahn H, Kim N, Yoon JH, Yang BR. Effect of weekend catch-up sleep on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels according to bedtime inconsistency: a population-based cross-sectional study. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 14;12(1):21619. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25787-x. 

• Kim N, Kim J, Yang BR, Hahm BJ. Associations of unspecified pain, idiopathic pain and COVID-19 in South Korea: a nationwide cohort study. Korean J Pain. 2022 Oct 1;35(4):458-467. doi: 10.3344/kjp.2022.35.4.458.

• Lee CH, Kim MS, Yeo SH, Rhee CK, Park HW, Yang BR, Lee J, Cho EY, Xu X, Navarro Rojas AA, Shantakumar S, Milea D, Choi NK. Treatment patterns and cost of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using multiple inhaler triple therapy in South Korea. Respir Res. 2022 Sep 5;23(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02136-0.

• Lee DH, Chung SW, Lee JH, Kim HY, Chung GE, Kim MS, Yang BR, Nam JY, Lee YB, Kim YJ, Yoon JH. Association of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection and Antiviral Treatment With the Development of the Extrahepatic Malignancies: A Nationwide Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol. 2022 May 13:JCO2101285. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.01285. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35561284.

• Kim MG, Yang BR, Park CM, Yoon SH. Preoperative percutaneous needle lung biopsy techniques and ipsilateral pleural recurrence in stage I lung cancer. Eur Radiol. 2022 Apr;32(4):2683-2692. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08359-x. Epub 2022 Jan 10. PMID: 35001158.

2021

• Mun SK, Yang BR, Chang M. Changes in respiratory diseases in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series study. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Dec;6(12):e006912. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006912. PMID: 34887303; PMCID: PMC8662586.

• Choi NK, Shantakumar S, Kim MS, Lee CH, Cheng WY, Bobbili P, Yang BR, Lee J, Hinds3 D, Duh MS, Korves C, Park HW. Real-world Treatment Patterns, Outcomes, and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Newly Treated Korean Patients With Asthma: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2022 Mar;14(2):220-232. doi: 10.4168/aair.2022.14.2.220.

• Yang BR, Lee JY, Kim MG. The risk of pulmonary adverse drug reactions of rebamipide and other drugs for acid-related diseases: An analysis of the national pharmacovigilance database in South Korea. J Dig Dis. 2021 Dec 29. doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.13075.

• Yang BR, Lee E, Hwang BS, Lee SH, Kang YJ, Jung SY. Risk of fracture in antidepressant users with concurrent use of benzodiazepines: a self-controlled case-series analysis. Bone. 153. 2021 Jul 9. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116109. 

• Kang M, Heo KN, Ah YM, Yang BR(co-corresponding), Lee JY. Age- and sex-specific risk of urogenital infections in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors: A population-based self-controlled case-series study. Maturitas. 150. 30-36. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.06.003. 

• Lee JY, Lee YS, Kim DH, Lee HS, Yang BR, Kim MG. The Use of Social Media in Detecting Drug Safety-Related New Black Box Warnings, Labeling Changes, or Withdrawals: Scoping Review. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Jun 28;7(6):e30137. doi: 10.2196/30137.

• Yang BR, Heo KN, Yu YM, Yeom GB, Choi HD, Lee JY, Ah YM. Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Changes in Zolpidem Use Due to Media Broadcasts. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 12;18(10):5114. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105114. 

• Mun SK, Oh SR, Yang BR, Oh SH, Chang MY. Impact of air pollution on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo incidence: a retrospective study of the citizens of Seoul, South Korea. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Feb 27

• Yang BR, Cha SH, Lee KE, Kim JW, Lee J, Shin KH. Effect of dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors, thiazolidinedione, and sulfonylurea on osteoporosis in patients with type 2 diabetes: population-based cohort study. Osteoporos Int. 2021 Feb 16. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05801-6. 

• Yang BR, Um HY, Lee MT, Kim MS, Jung SY. Characterizing tramadol users with potentially inappropriate co-medications: A latent class analysis among older adults. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 19;16(2):e0246426. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246426. 

• Choi M, Han J, Yang BR, Jang MJ, Kim M, Lee DW, Kim TY, Im SA, Lee HB, Moon HG, Han W, Noh DY, Lee KH. Association of Insulin, Metformin, and Statin with Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients. Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jan;53(1):65-76. doi: 10.4143/crt.2020.430. Epub 2020 Sep 23.

2020

• Yang BR, Kim MS, Park CM, Yoon SH, Chae KJ, Lee J. Patterns of percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) of the lung and risk of PTNB-related severe pneumothorax: A nationwide population-based study. PLoS One. 2020 Jul 10;15(7):e0235599. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235599. eCollection 2020.

• Yang BR, Oh IS, Li J, Jeon HL, Shin JY. Association between opioid analgesic plus benzodiazepine use and death: a case-crossover study. J Psychosom Res. 2020 Aug;135:110153. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110153. Epub 2020 May 23.

• Choi CW, Yang BR(co-first), Suh DI, Kim MS, Ohn J, Hong JS, Lee J, Kim KH. Infection, antibiotic exposure, and development of atopic dermatitis: a nationwide case-control study. J Dermatol. 2020 Jul;47(7):707-713. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15387. Epub 2020 May 22.

• Kim EY, Kim NW, Kim MJ, Yang BR, Rhee SJ, Park CHK, Lee HJ, Kim HJ, Ahn YM. Rate of diagnostic conversion to bipolar disorder in adults with unipolar depression and psychopharmacological treatment in the Republic of Korea: a nationwide register-based study. J Affect Disord. 2020 Aug 1;273:240-246. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.159. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

• Ko YJ, Kim S, Park K, Kim M, Yang BR, Lee J, Kim MS, Park BJ. Comparison of bleeding risks among non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants using the Korea adverse event reporting system database. Ther Adv Drug Saf. 2019 Sep 24;10:2042098619876737.  doi: 10.1177/2042098619876737. eCollection 2019.

• Park S, Kim Y, Jo HA, Lee S, Yang BR, Lee J, Han SS, Lee H, Joo KW, Lee CS, Kim YS, Kim DK. Clinical Outcomes of Prolonged Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Coronary Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Dialysis Patients. Clin Kidney J. 2020 May 3;13(5):803-812. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa037. eCollection 2020 Oct.

• Shin D, Kim NW, Kim MJ, Rhee SJ, Park CHK, Kim H, Yang BR, Kim MS, Choi GJ, Koh M, Ahn YM. Cost analysis of depression using the national insurance system in South Korea: a comparison of depression and treatment-resistant depression. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Apr 6;20(1):286. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05153-1.

• Jo HA, Kim DK, Park S, Kim Y, Han SS, Yang BR, Choi SH, Kim MS, Lee J, Lee H, Lee JP, Lim CS, Kim YS, Joo KW. Cardiovascular risk of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in dialysis patients: a nationwide population-based study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 Apr 26;36(5):909-917. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfz276.

• Yang YS, Yang BR(co-first), Kim MS, Hwang Y, Choi SH. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment rates in high-risk patients with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in Korea: a retrospective cohort study. Lipids Health Dis. 2020 Jan 11;19(1):5.

• Choi SY, Yang BR, Kang HJ, Park KS, Kim HS. Contemporary use of lipid-lowering therapy for secondary prevention in Korean patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Korean J Intern Med. 2020 May;35(3):593-604. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2018.312. Epub 2019 Nov 25.

2019

• Park S, Yang BR (co-first), Song HJ, Jang SH, Park BJ. Metformin and risk of tuberculosis in the elderly diabetic patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2019 Aug 1;23(8):924-930. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0687. 

• Kim DY, Lee MH, Lee SY, Yang BR, Kim HA. Survival rates following medical intensive care unit admission from 2003 to 2013: An observational study based on a representative population-based sample cohort of Korean patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Sep;98(37):e17090. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000017090.

• Kim MJ, Kim N, Shin D, Rhee SJ, Park CHK, Kim H, Cho SJ, Lee JW, Kim EY, Yang BR, Ahn YM. The epidemiology of antidepressant use in South Korea: Does short-term antidepressant use affect the relapse and recurrence of depressive episodes? PLoS One. 2019 Sep 25;14(9):e0222791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222791. eCollection 2019.

• Kim N, Cho SJ, Kim H, Kim SH, Lee HJ, Park CHK, Rhee SJ, Kim D, Yang BR, Choi SH, Choi G, Koh M, Ahn YM. Epidemiology of pharmaceutically treated depression and treatment resistant depression in South Korea. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 23;14(8):e0221552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221552. eCollection 2019.

• Choi M, Han J, Yang BR, Jang MJ, Kim M, Kim TY, Im SA, Lee HB, Moon HG, Han W, Noh DY, Lee KH. Prognostic Impact of Pregnancy in Korean Patients with Breast Cancer. Oncologist. 2019 Dec;24(12):e1268-e1276. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0167. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

• Kim BJ, Yang CH, Song HJ, Jeon SW, Kim GH, Kim HS, Kim TH, Shim KN, Chung IK, Park MI, Choi IJ, Kim JH, Kim BW, Baik GH, Han SW, Seo HE, Jung WT, Hwan Oh J, Kim SG, Lee JH, Park SK, Park BJ, Yang BR, Lee J, Kim JG. Online registry for nationwide database of Helicobacter pylori eradication in Korea: Correlation of antibiotic use density with eradication success. Helicobacter. 2019 Oct;24(5):e12646. doi: 10.1111/hel.12646.

• Kim S, Ko YJ, Park K, Yang BR, Kim MS, Park BJ. Fluoxetine and Risk of Bleeding in Patients Aged 60 Years and Older Using the Korea Adverse Event Reporting System Database: A Case/Noncase Study.J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2019 Jul/Aug;39(4):362-366. 

• Kim MS, Song HJ, Lee J, Yang BR, Choi NK, Park BJ. Effectiveness and safety of clopidogrel co-administered with statins and proton pump inhibitors: a Korean national health insurance database study. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Jul;106(1):182-194. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1361. Epub 2019 Feb 25.

• Yang BR, Kwon KE, Kim YJ, Choi NK, Kim MS, Jung SY, Shin JY, Ahn YM, Park BJ, Lee J. The association between antidepressant use and deaths from road traffic accidents: A case-crossover study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;54(4):485-495. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1637-4. Epub 2018 Nov 24.

2018

• Kim J, Bang JH, Shin JY, Yang BR, Lee J, Park BJ. Hypertension Risk with Abacavir Use among HIV-Infected Individuals: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Yonsei Med J 2018 Dec;59(10):1245-1252 Published online Nov 15, 2018.

• Yang BR, Choi NK, Kim MS, Chun J, Joo SH, Kim H, Lee J. Prevalence of extraintestinal manifestations in Korean inflammatory bowel disease patients. PLoS One. 2018 Jul 10;13(7):e0200363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200363. eCollection 2018.

• Ahn SY, Yoon SH, Yang BR, Kim YT, Park CM, Goo JM. Risk of pleural recurrence after percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer. Eur Radiol. 2019 Jan;29(1):270-278. doi: 10.1007/s00330-018-5561-5. Epub 2018 Jun 15.

• Ko YJ, Kim S, Park K, Kim M, Yang BR, Kim MS, Lee J, Park BJ. Impact of the Health Insurance Coverage Policy on Oral Anticoagulant Prescription among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Korea from 2014 to 2016. J Korean Med Sci. 2018 May 9;33(23):e163. 

• Yang BR, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Jung SY, Choi NK, Hwang B, Park BJ, Lee J. Prescription of Zolpidem and the Risk of Fatal Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Population-Based, Case-Crossover Study from South Korea. CNS Drugs. 2018 Jun; 32(6):593-600. doi: 10.1007/s40263-018-0520-x. 

• Yang BR, Kang YA, Heo EY, Koo BK, Choi NK, Hwang SS, Lee CH. Regional differences in the incidence of tuberculosis among patients with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. Clin Respir J. 2018 Apr;12(4):1732-1738. doi: 10.1111/crj.12737. 

~2017

• Kim S, Park K, Kim MS, Yang BR, Choi HJ, Park BJ. Data-mining for detecting signals of adverse drug reactions of fluoxetine using the Korea Adverse Event Reporting System (KAERS) database. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Oct;256:237-242 (Epub date 2017 Jun 13)

• Park K, Soukavong M, Kim J, Kwon KE, Jin XM, Lee J, Yang BR, Park BJ. Signal Detection of Imipenem Compared to Other Drugs from Korea Adverse Event Reporting System Database. Yonsei Med J. 2017 May;58(3):564-569. (Epub date 2017 Mar 15)

• Jung SY, Hwang B, Yang BR, Kim YJ, Lee J. Risk of motor vehicle collisions associated with medical conditions and medications: rationale and study protocol. Inj Prev. 2017 Oct;23(5):356. pii: injuryprev-2016-042177. (Epub date 2016 Sep 5).  

• Jo YH, Shin WG, Lee JY, Yang BR, Yu YM, Jung SH, Kim HS. Evaluation of an intravenous preparation information system for improving the reconstitution and dilution process. Int J Med Inform. 2016 Oct;94:123-33.

• Soukavong M, Kim J, Park K, Yang BR, Lee J, Jin XM, Park BJ. Signal Detection of Adverse Drug Reaction of Amoxicillin Using the Korea Adverse Event Reporting System Database. J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Sep; 31(9): 1355–1361.

• Park SJ, Choi NK, Yang BR, Park KH, Woo SJ. Risk of stroke in retinal vein occlusion. Neurology. 2015 Nov 3;85(18):1578-84. 

• Park SJ, Choi NK, Yang BR, Park KH, Lee J, Jung SY, Woo SJ. Risk and Risk Periods for Stroke and Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov;122(11):2336-2343.e2

• Yang BR, Seong JM, Choi NK, Shin JY, Lee J, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Park S, Song HJ, Park BJ. Co-medication of statins with contraindicated drugs. PLoS One. 2015 May 1;10(5):e0125180. 

• Heo EY, Choi NK, Yang BR, Koo BK, Hwang SS, Lee CH, Kang YA. Tuberculosis is frequently diagnosed within 12 months of diabetes mellitus. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Sep 1;19(9):1098-101. 

• Koo BK, Lee CH, Yang BR, Hwang SS, Choi NK. The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and related atherosclerotic complications in Korea: a National Health Insurance Database Study. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 16;9(10):e110650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110650. eCollection 2014.

• Jin XM, Lee J, Choi NK, Seong JM, Shin JY, Kim YJ, Kim MS, Yang BR, Park BJ. Utilization patterns of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in elderly rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Korean Med Sci. 2014 Feb;29(2):210-6. 

• Seong JM, Choi NK, Lee J, Chang Y, Kim YJ, Yang BR, Jin XM, Kim JY, Park BJ. Comparison of the safety of seven iodinated contrast media. J Korean Med Sci. 2013 Dec;28(12):1703-10.