Machine learning-based prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma risk in steatotic liver disease: A nationwide cohort study

Log Young Kim; Ji Soo Lee; Jeong-Ju Yoo; Eun Ju Cho; Sang Gyune Kim; Young Seok Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349593

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Machine learning-based prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma risk in steatotic liver disease: A nationwide cohort study

Log Young Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Log Young Kim, Ji Soo Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Eun Ju Cho

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Big Data Strategy, National Health Insurance Service, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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Ji Soo Lee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Log Young Kim, Ji Soo Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Eun Ju Cho

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Jeong-Ju Yoo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Log Young Kim, Ji Soo Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Eun Ju Cho

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

* E-mail: puby17@naver.com (J-JY); creatioex@gmail.com (EJC)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7802-0381

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Eun Ju Cho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Log Young Kim, Ji Soo Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Eun Ju Cho

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: puby17@naver.com (J-JY); creatioex@gmail.com (EJC)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-3189

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Sang Gyune Kim,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Young Seok Kim

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Machine learning-based prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma risk in steatotic liver disease: A nationwide cohort study

Log Young Kim,
Ji Soo Lee,
Jeong-Ju Yoo,
Eun Ju Cho,
Sang Gyune Kim,
Young Seok Kim

Published: May 28, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349593

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