Prevalence and Overlap of Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Diseases in Korea: A Population-based Study

This study tests the prevalence and characteristics of overlapping obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease \[MASLD/Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)\], osteoarthritis, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. The purpose of the study is to measure how common cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases are in the Korean adult population and how often they occur together (overlap) over time (2013-2023). Participants will not receive any study medicine as this is an observational analysis of existing survey data. The study does not involve a new investigational drug; it analyses health and outcome data collected in routine practice and national surveys.