Associations between indoor air pollution for cooking and heating with muscle and sarcopenia in Chinese older population.

Background: Exposure to air pollution brings the advent effect for various diseases, but study about the relationship between air pollution and ageing is scant. We aimed to determine the associations between household air pollution for cooking and heating with muscle and sarcopenia in Chinese older population by a nationally representative study.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included individuals aged 60 and above from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study between 2011 and 2015.

The longitudinal association between possible new sarcopenia and the depression trajectory of individuals and their intimate partners.

Background: It is currently unknown whether the dynamic nature of depression affects the development of sarcopenia. Herein, this study aims to assess the association between possible new sarcopenia and the depression trajectory of individuals and their intimate partners through a 4-year longitudinal cohort study.

Methods: Our study included 784 pairs of individuals without possible sarcopenia and their spouses from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2011.

Multi-dimensional analyses of the associations between depression, nocturnal awakening and asthmatic outcomes.

Background: Depression plays an important role in the occurrence and development of asthma. Nocturnal awakening secondary to asthma is a crucial sign of the deterioration of asthmatic outcomes. This study plans to determine the associations between depression, nocturnal awakening and asthmatic outcomes by using multi-dimensional analyses.

Daytime napping, comorbidity profiles, and the risk of sarcopenia in older individuals.

Appropriate daytime napping is associated with the decreased risk of cerebro-cardiovascular diseases, but whether daytime napping affects sarcopenia remains to be explored. Our study plans to examine the associations between sarcopenia with daytime napping and comorbidity. The study population came from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011-2015.

The effect and relative importance of sleep disorders for all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older asthmatics.

Background: Previous studies observed that sleep disorders potentially increased the risk of asthma and asthmatic exacerbation. We aimed to examine whether excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), probable insomnia, objective short sleep duration (OSSD), and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affect all-cause mortality (ACM) in individuals with or without asthma.

Methods: We extracted relevant data from the Sleep Heart Health Study established in 1995-1998 with an 11.

Management of capital liquidity in public hospitals under the epidemic situation of COVID-19.

The epidemic of COVID-19 has a great impact on the life and safety of people around the world. As the main force in the fight against COVID-19, the financial management of public hospitals will provide a strong guarantee for the diagnosis and treatment behavior of medical staff. The financial department needs to recognize the extent of the impact of COVID-19 on hospital finance, quantify and predict the potential risk factors, and develop reasonable financial management strategies.

Associations between sarcopenia with asthmatic prevalence, lung function and comorbidity.

Background: Sarcopenia is listed as a treatment trait in behavioral/risk factors for severe asthma, but studies on asthma and sarcopenia are lacking. This study aimed to determine the associations between sarcopenia with asthmatic prevalence, symptoms, lung function and comorbidities.

Methods: Fifteen thousand four hundred four individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS) and 10,263 individuals from the Study on global AGEing and adult health(SAGE) in China were included in this study.

Associations Between Incident Asthma With Comorbidity Profiles, Night Sleep Duration, and Napping Duration Trajectories: A 7-Year Prospective Study.

We aim to determine whether comorbidity profiles, night sleep duration, and napping duration trajectories were associated with incident asthma in Chinese adults. A total of 7,655 community-dwelling individuals were included in this study. Latent class/profile analysis(LCA/LPA) identified comorbidity profiles, night sleep duration, and napping duration trajectories.

Delayed hospital admission and high-dose corticosteroids potentially prolong SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection duration of patients with COVID-19.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the infection of SARS-CoV-2 has become a serious pandemic worldwide. However, only few studies focused on risk factors of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection among patients with COVID-19. We included 206 adult patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from two hospitals between 23 Jan and 1 April 2020.

Cardiac fas receptor-dependent apoptotic pathway in obese Zucker rats.

Objective: Very limited information regarding the cardiac molecular mechanism in obesity is available. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac Fas receptor-dependent (type I) apoptotic pathway in obese Zucker rats.

Research Methods And Procedures: Sixteen obese Zucker rats were studied at 5 to 6 months of age, and 16 age-matched lean Zucker rats served as controls.