| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | The effect of heritability and host genetics on the gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome | Gut | 2017 | 283 |
| 2 | Association of the Vaginal Microbiota with Human Papillomavirus Infection in a Korean Twin Cohort | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 254 |
| 3 | Body Mass Index and Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke | Stroke | 2004 | 191 |
| 4 | Elevated levels of plasma homocyst(e)ine and asymmetric dimethylarginine in elderly patients with stroke | Atherosclerosis | 2001 | 185 |
| 5 | Adult Height and Cause-specific Mortality: A Large Prospective Study of South Korean Men | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 175 |
| 6 | Stability of Gut Enterotypes in Korean Monozygotic Twins and Their Association with Biomarkers and Diet | Scientific Reports | 2014 | 124 |
| 7 | Healthy Twin: A Twin-Family Study of Korea — Protocols and Current Status | Twin Research and Human Genetics | 2006 | 114 |
| 8 | Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2017 | 107 |
| 9 | Factors associated with immunoprophylaxis failure against vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus | European Journal of Pediatrics | 2007 | 101 |
| 10 | Effects of Age, Time Period, and Birth Cohort on the Prevalence of Diabetes and Obesity in Korean Men | Diabetes Care | 2008 | 91 |
| 11 | Which Obesity Indicators Are Better Predictors of Metabolic Risk?: Healthy Twin Study | Obesity | 2008 | 78 |
| 12 | A common mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene is a determinant of hyperhomocysteinemia in epileptic patients receiving anticonvulsants | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 1999 | 76 |
| 13 | Body Mass Index and Mortality: A Twelve-Year Prospective Study in Korea | Epidemiology | 2001 | 76 |
| 14 | Associations between the Risk of Internet Addiction and Problem Behaviors among Korean Adolescents | Korean Journal of Family Medicine | 2013 | 71 |
| 15 | Heritability of Eating Behavior Assessed Using the DEBQ (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire) and Weight‐related Traits: The Healthy Twin Study | Obesity | 2010 | 67 |
| 16 | Validity of the Zygosity Questionnaire and Characteristics of Zygosity-Misdiagnosed Twin Pairs in the Healthy Twin Study of Korea | Twin Research and Human Genetics | 2010 | 63 |
| 17 | Blood Pressure Variability and the Risk of Dementia | Hypertension | 2020 | 63 |
| 18 | Analysis of the association between host genetics, smoking, and sputum microbiota in healthy humans | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 58 |
| 19 | Blood pressure, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke: the Korean national prospective occupational cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 56 |
| 20 | The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits | Twin Research and Human Genetics | 2015 | 55 |
| 21 | National cancer screening program for gastric cancer in Korea: Nationwide treatment benefit and cost | Cancer | 2020 | 54 |
| 22 | Adult Height and the Risk of Mortality in South Korean Women | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 53 |
| 23 | Pathogenicity of Thermolabile Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase for Vascular Dementia | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2000 | 52 |
| 24 | Elevated serum lipoprotein(a) as a potential predictor for combined intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis in patients with ischemic stroke | Atherosclerosis | 2010 | 52 |
| 25 | Intestinal removal of free fatty acids from hosts by Lactobacilli for the treatment of obesity | FEBS Open Bio | 2016 | 50 |
| 26 | Factors Associated with Hemorrhoids in Korean Adults: Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Korean Journal of Family Medicine | 2014 | 50 |
| 27 | Serum total cholesterol and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal Korean women | Cancer Causes and Control | 2009 | 48 |
| 28 | Relationship of eating behavior to long-term weight change and body mass index: The Healthy Twin study | Eating and Weight Disorders | 2009 | 48 |
| 29 | Trends in socio-economic differentials in cigarette smoking behaviour between 1990 and 1998: a large prospective study in Korean men | Public Health | 2004 | 45 |
| 30 | Reduction and Cessation of Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Cancer: A Cohort Study of Korean Men | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2008 | 43 |
| 31 | Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994 | ELife | 2016 | 42 |
| 32 | Effects of a DPP-4 Inhibitor and RAS Blockade on Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Diabetes and COVID-19 | Diabetes and Metabolism Journal | 2021 | 42 |
| 33 | Heritability of Myopia and Ocular Biometrics in Koreans: The Healthy Twin Study | | 2013 | 40 |
| 34 | Underestimated caregiver burden by cancer patients and its association with quality of life, depression and anxiety among caregivers | European Journal of Cancer Care | 2018 | 39 |
| 35 | The Healthy Twin Study, Korea Updates: Resources for Omics and Genome Epidemiology Studies | Twin Research and Human Genetics | 2013 | 38 |
| 36 | Epidemiologic Characteristics of Intraocular Pressure in the Korean and Mongolian Populations: The Healthy Twin and the GENDISCAN Study | Ophthalmology | 2012 | 37 |
| 37 | Association between Serum Cholesterol Level and Bone Mineral Density at Lumbar Spine and Femur Neck in Postmenopausal Korean Women | Korean Journal of Family Medicine | 2012 | 36 |
| 38 | Mammographic density defined by higher than conventional brightness threshold better predicts breast cancer risk for full-field digital mammograms | Breast Cancer Research | 2015 | 35 |
| 39 | Prognostic Impact of Sarcopenia and Skeletal Muscle Loss During Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Cancer | Cancers | 2020 | 35 |
| 40 | Association of the Frequency and Quantity of Alcohol Consumption With Gastrointestinal Cancer | JAMA Network Open | 2021 | 35 |
| 41 | Association of Aspirin, Metformin, and Statin Use with Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study | Cancer Prevention Research | 2021 | 34 |
| 42 | Health-Related Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Korean Adults | Korean Journal of Family Medicine | 2015 | 32 |
| 43 | Longitudinal relationships of metabolic syndrome and obesity with kidney function: Healthy Twin Study | Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | 2015 | 32 |
| 44 | A cross-sectional study to examine the correlation between serum TSH levels and the osteoporosis of the lumbar spine in healthy women with normal thyroid function | Osteoporosis International | 2015 | 31 |
| 45 | Golgi Outpost Synthesis Impaired by Toxic Polyglutamine Proteins Contributes to Dendritic Pathology in Neurons | Cell Reports | 2017 | 31 |
| 46 | Dose-specific or dose-dependent effect of growth hormone treatment on the proliferation and differentiation of cultured neuronal cells | Growth Hormone and IGF Research | 2007 | 30 |
| 47 | Validation Study for the Korean Version of Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory | Journal of Korean Medical Science | 2017 | 30 |
| 48 | Changes in Metabolic Syndrome Status and Risk of Dementia | Journal of Clinical Medicine | 2020 | 30 |
| 49 | Association between Coffee Consumption and Renal Impairment in Korean Women with and without Diabetes: Analysis of the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008 | Korean Journal of Family Medicine | 2013 | 29 |
| 50 | Association Between Systemic Hypertension and Macular Thickness Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography | | 2015 | 29 |
