Current Helicobacter pylori infection is significantly associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in healthy subjects: A cross-sectional study

• Minyoung Lee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Minyoung Lee, Haeri Baek

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Haeri Baek ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Minyoung Lee, Haeri Baek

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, H-plus Yangji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Jong Suk Park,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Severance Institute for Vascular and Metabolic Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Sohee Kim,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Aswell convalescent hospital, Gwangju, Korea

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• Chanhee Kyung,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Rhin Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

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• Su Jung Baik,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Healthcare Research Team, Health Promotion Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Byoung Kwon Lee,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Jie-Hyun Kim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Chul Woo Ahn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Severance Institute for Vascular and Metabolic Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Kyung Rae Kim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Shinae Kang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shinae95@yuhs.ac

  Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Severance Institute for Vascular and Metabolic Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-4774

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