Publications by authors named "Cheng-Chao Zhou"
Background: Due to rapidly growing number of old adults and diminishing supportive functions of family in China, the issue of willingness to use institutional care is of high priority, especially for disabled seniors. The objective of this study is to compare the willingness of institutional care and its determinants between disabled and non-disabled seniors in China.
Methods: 2493 seniors (60+) were randomly selected from a cross-sectional study conducted in three urban districts and three rural counties in Jiangsu Province.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted on the relationship between air pollution and the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among 9,344 patients in Jinan, China, from 2011 to 2015.
- Researchers analyzed various air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO), and assessed their impact over multiple time frames (3, 6, 9, and 12 months) prior to TB diagnosis.
- While overall findings didn't strongly link air pollution to TB risks, significant associations were found specifically with PM and CO when looking at 3- and 9-month exposure windows, particularly in male and female patients under 60.
Objective: To investigate the etiological spectrum of moderate to severe visual impairment and blindness in population aged 50 years or more in rural Shandong province, China.
Methods: A population based, random cluster sampling was used to screening the adults aged 50 years or more living in rural Shandong Province from April to July 2008. Three counties and one suburb representing the different levels of socioeconomic development within Shandong area were selected as the investigated areas.
Objective: To describe the prevalence of visual impairment/blindness among older adults aged > or = 50 years in rural populations in Shandong Province, China.
Methods: Population-based, cross-sectional study was designed in this survey. Three counties and one suburbs representative of the different levels of socioeconomic development were selected as the study areas within the province from April to July 2008.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of trachoma and its risk factors in rural primary school children in Tengzhou City of Shandong Province.
Methods: In this cross-sectional population-based study, children aged 5 to 14 years old in primary school were randomly selected by a cluster sampling in which school shift was the sampling unit. Out of 2742 students, 2676 were eligible.
Background: The present study was undertaken to replicate the associations of representative polymorphisms in three genes (complement factor H (CFH), complement factor B (BF) and HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1)) with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a Han Chinese population, and to test if the modifiable environmental factors affect AMD susceptibility associated with different type of genotype in these genes.
Methods: An age, gender and ethnicity matched case-control study was conducted to genotype the representative single neucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) loci including rs1061170 and rs1410996 in CFH, rs641153 and rs4151667 in BF and rs11200638 in HTRA1 gene in 144 exudative AMD patients and 126 normal controls using PCR-RFLP and direct resequencing. The demographic characteristics and behavioral risk factors were also recorded.