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Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China
Over the past two decades, China has enjoyed impressive economic development, and her citizens have experienced many remarked changes in their lifestyle. These changes are often associated with an increase in ...
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Open AccessPersonality, psychological stress, and self-reported influenza symptomatology
Psychological stress and negative mood have been related to increased vulnerability to influenza-like illness (ILI). This prospective study re-evaluated the predictive value of perceived stress for self-report...
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Open AccessEpidemiology and cost analysis for patients with oral cancer in a university hospital in China
Although several studies have reported the direct cost of oral cancer (OC), little research has invested the factors that could influence the costs of OC patient. This study analyzes the epidemiological charac...
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Comparison of angiotensin II type 1-receptor blockers to regress pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy in mice
Angiotensin II (AngII) type 1-receptor blockers (ARBs) have been effectively used not only in the treatment of hypertension but also in cardiac protection. However, whether and why there are differences in the...
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Open AccessFactors associated with job satisfaction among Chinese community health workers: a cross-sectional study
With the medical reform, the function of community health centres emerged to be more important recently in China. However, the health service capabilities were tremendously different between metropolitan citie...
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Open AccessHepatitis B virus infections and risk factors among the general population in Anhui Province, China: an epidemiological study
Hepatitis B is one of the most common infectious diseases in China. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) among the general population and the risk factor...
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Effect of folic acid intervention on ALT concentration in hypertensives without known hepatic disease: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial
Increasing evidence suggests that altered methionine/folate metabolism may contribute to the development of hepatic injury. We addressed the question of whether folic acid (FA) supplementation can affect serum...
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Open AccessWho stays, who drops out? Biosocial predictors of longer-term adherence in participants attending an exercise referral scheme in the UK
Exercise referral schemes are one of the most popular forms of physical activity intervention in primary care in the UK and present an opportunity to better understand the factors related to exercise adherence...
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Urinary norepinephrine and epinephrine excretion rates are heritable, but not associated with office and ambulatory blood pressure
Genetic and environmental contributions to urinary excretion rates of norepinephrine (UNEV) and epinephrine (UEV) and their association with blood pressure (BP) were investigated in 91 African American (mean age,...
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Endocannabinoids regulate adipokine production and the immune balance of omental adipose tissue in human obesity
(1) To investigate whether modulation of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1R) directly regulates the production of adiponectin (ApN) and other adipokines in omental adipose tissue (OAT) of obese subjects, (2...
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Open AccessGlycemic control among patients in China with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving oral drugs or injectables
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing rapidly among Chinese adults, and limited data are available on T2DM management and the status of glycemic control in China. We assessed the effi...
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Open AccessPrevalence of hyperuricemia and its related risk factors in healthy adults from Northern and Northeastern Chinese provinces
Hyperuricemia (HUA) is a potential risk factor for develo** insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we studied the prevalence of HUA and associated risk factors ...
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in elderly Chinese
We studied the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in an elderly Chinese population. The study subjects (age ⩾60 years) were recruited from a suburban town of Shanghai from 2006 to 200...
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Open AccessComparison of five influenza surveillance systems during the 2009 pandemic and their association with media attention
During the 2009 influenza pandemic period, routine surveillance of influenza-like-illness (ILI) was conducted in The Netherlands by a network of sentinel general practitioners (GPs). In addition during the pan...
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Open AccessEffect of aerobic exercise and low carbohydrate diet on pre-diabetic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in postmenopausal women and middle aged men – the role of gut microbiota composition: study protocol for the AELC randomized controlled trial
Pre-diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are associated with an unhealthy lifestyle and pose extremely high costs to the healthcare system. In this study, we aim to explore whether individual...
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Open AccessStreptococcus acidominimus causing invasive disease in humans: a case series
Streptococcus acidominimus is a member of the viridans group streptococci and is rarely pathogenic in humans, making it difficult to assess its epidemiologic and clinical significance.
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Significant roles of the (pro)renin receptor in integrity of vascular smooth muscle cells
The (pro)renin receptor ((P)RR) is known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of vascular complications in diabetes mellitus and hypertension through its function in activating the local renin–angiote...
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MiR-101 regulates apoptosis of trophoblast HTR-8/SVneo cells by targeting endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein 44 during preeclampsia
To investigate a possible association between miR-101 and apoptosis of human trophoblast cells mediated by endoplasmic reticulum protein 44 (ERp44) in preeclampsia (PE), we explored the expression of miR-101 i...
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Open AccessEstimation of the benchmark dose of urinary cadmium as the reference level for renal dysfunction: a large sample study in five cadmium polluted areas in China
Itai-itai disease primarily results from cadmium (Cd) exposure and is known as one of the four major pollution diseases in Japan. Cd pollution is more serious in several areas of China than in Japan. However, ...
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Open AccessUse of parenteral caffeinum natrio-benzoicum: an underestimated risk factor for HCV transmission in China
Fuyu city in China has a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection resulting in a high morbidity and mortality from chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. This study was conducted to id...
