Association of three insulin resistance indices with hypertension and body weight among Uyghur adults in rural areas of Xinjiang, China.

Obesity and insulin resistance are significant contributors to hypertension. There is a high prevalence of obesity among Uyghurs in the rural areas of Xinjiang, China. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the association between insulin resistance indices and hypertension according to different body weights in rural Uyghur residents of Xinjiang, China.

Updating Framingham CVD risk score using waist circumference and estimated cardiopulmonary function: a cohort study based on a southern Xinjiang population.

Purpose: To explore the association between waist circumference (WC), estimated cardiopulmonary function (eCRF), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in southern Xinjiang. Update the Framingham model to make it more suitable for the southern Xinjiang population.

Methods: Data were collected from 7705 subjects aged 30-74 years old in Tumushuke City, the 51st Regiment of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Predictive power of a body shape index and traditional anthropometric indicators for cardiovascular disease: a cohort study in rural Xinjiang, China.

Background: A body shape index (ABSI) has been proven to be related to a population's CVD incidence. However, the application of this indicator has produced different results.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the ABSI in predicting the incidence of CVD in rural Xinjiang, China, and compare it with waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and body mass index (BMI).

Association between F+1 polymorphism in a disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) gene and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease susceptibility: An evidence-based meta-analysis.

Background: The F+1 (rs511898 G>A) polymorphism in a disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) gene has been implicated in susceptibility of chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD). However, a series of studies have reported inconclusive. The aim of this study is to explore the association between the F+1 (rs511898) of ADAM33 gene and COPD susceptibility by using the method of meta-analysis.

Association of Insulin Resistance with Glucose and Lipid Metabolism: Ethnic Heterogeneity in Far Western China.

. To study the relationships between IR and glucose and lipid metabolism in far western China and these relationships' ethnic heterogeneity. .

Visceral Adiposity and Anthropometric Indicators as Screening Tools of Metabolic Syndrome among Low Income Rural Adults in Xinjiang.

Most previous studies on metabolic syndrome (MetS) examined urban and high income settings. We thus investigated the prevalence of MetS among a multi-ethnic population living in a low income rural area and explored the use of visceral adiposity and anthropometric indicators to identify men and women with MetS. We recruited 10,029 individuals of nomadic Kazakhs, rural Uyghur and Han residents in Xinjiang, China.

Associations of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein TaqIB Polymorphism with the Composite Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease Risk and HDL-C Concentrations: A Meta-Analysis.

Background: Previous studies have evaluated the associations between the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) TaqIB polymorphism (rs708272), the risk of developing composite ischemic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), but results remain controversial. The objective of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between these factors.

Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of available studies to clarify the associations of the CETP TaqIB polymorphism with HDL-C concentration and the composite ischemic CVD risk in both Asians and Caucasians.

Comparison of Anthropometric and Atherogenic Indices as Screening Tools of Metabolic Syndrome in the Kazakh Adult Population in Xinjiang.

Objective: To compare the screening ability of various anthropometric and atherogenic indices for Metabolic syndrome (MetS) using three common criteria and to evaluate the validity of suitable parameters in combination for the screening of MetS among a Kazakh population in Xinjiang.

Methods: A total of 3752 individuals were selected using the stratified cluster random sampling method from nomadic Kazakhs (≥18 years old) in Xinyuan county, Xinjiang, China, which is approximately 4407 km away from the capital Beijing. MetS was defined by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) and Joint Interim Statement (JIS) criteria.

Association of Inflammation with Metabolic Syndrome among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China.

This study focused on low-income rural and nomadic minority people residing in China's far west and investigated their relationship between inflammatory markers (IL-6, hsCRP, FFA, and adiponectin) and MS and ethnic differences. And it found that improving behavioral lifestyle by education or using drugs to control inflammation may prevent MS. These observations may benefit low-income populations.

Association of Serum Free Fatty Acids with Hypertension and Insulin Resistance among Rural Uyghur Adults in Far Western China.

Objective: We aimed to investigate whether free fatty acid (FFA) levels in hypertensive patients result from increased blood pressure or the accompanying condition of insulin resistance (IR). Furthermore, we aimed to study the role of IR in the onset and development of hypertension and then provide a basis for the prevention and treatment of hypertension and metabolic syndrome (MS).

Design And Methods: The study included 68 essential hypertensive patients without IR, 87 normotensive subjects with IR, 82 essential hypertensive patients with IR and 74 normotensive subjects without IR.

[Association of lipoprotein lipase gene Hind III and S447X polymorphisms in metabolic syndrome patients among Kazakh and Han ethnics from Xinjiang].

Objective: To investigate the association of lipoprotein lipase gene Hind III and S447X polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome among Kazakh and Han ethnicities in Xinjiang.

Methods: PCR-RFLP was used to detect 802 subjects' lipoprotein lipase Hind III and S447X genotypes (including 201 controls and 200 metabolic syndrome patients in Kazakh and Han ethnicities, respectively).

Results: (1) Frequencies of H+H-/H-H- genotype (32.

[Study on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among the Kazakh population in Xinjiang].

Objective: To analyze the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in Kazakh population, using the NCEP-ATPIII, CDS, IDF MS standards.

Methods: Questionnaire-based survey, physical examination and blood testing were conducted according to cluster random samplings in Kazakh residents in Xinjiang. 2745 samples were collected and diagnosed by NCEP-ATPIII, CDS, IDF standards to analyze the prevalence, with the distribution of its main components of MS, among the Kazakhs population.

[A case-control study on risk factor of Kaposi's sarcoma in Xinjiang].

Objective: To analyse related risk factors of classic Kaposi' s sarcoma in Xinjiang.

Methods: A 1:4 case-control study was used and the conditional logistic regression model was performed in this study. Cases were followed up in Xinjiang while controls were selected by the same sex, nation and age within 5 years with cases.