The Association between Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study of 233,397 Taiwanese.

Purpose: Osteoporosis is an important public health challenge given its high prevalence in western populations and the prevalence has shown an upward trend in recent decades in Asia. However, epidemiological evidence on the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and mortality risk in the Asian population is sparse.

Methods: The Cox proportional hazards model and cause-specific hazard models were used to investigate the association of BMD with the risk of all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality.

Outdoor light at night and mortality in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study.

Background: More than 83% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies while information about health effects of outdoor light at night (LAN) is limited. We examined the association of LAN with natural cause (NC) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality using the UK Biobank.

Methods: We included 273 335 participants recruited between 2006 and 2010.

Dietary fibre intake is associated with reduced risk of lung cancer: a Japan public health centre-based prospective study (JPHC).

Background: Several epidemiological studies have been conducted to draw consistent conclusions regarding the effect of dietary fibre on lung diseases and lung cancer. However, the effect of dietary fibre on the incidence of lung cancer remains unclear in an Asian population.

Methods: We investigated the association between the intake of total dietary fibre and dietary fibre from different food sources and lung cancer incidence in a Japan public health centre-based prospective study (JPHC).

Low-carbohydrate diet and risk of cancer incidence: The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study.

Epidemiological evidence on the effects of a long-term low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) on cancer incidence remains sparse. We investigate the association between LCD and the risk of overall and specific cancer site incidence in a Japanese population-based prospective cohort study among 90 171 participants aged 45-74. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Epidemiology of nonmelanoma skin cancer in Japan: Occupational type, lifestyle, and family history of cancer.

Skin cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the fair-skinned population. In recent years, the incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) has been increasing worldwide. However, there is no epidemiological study on skin cancer in the Asian population.

Association between meat and saturated fatty acid intake and lung cancer risk: The Japan Public Health Center-based prospective study.

Red meat or saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake has been reported to increase lung cancer (LC) risk in several western countries. However, in Asia, studies on the relationship between meat and SFA intake with LC incidence are still relatively insufficient, and their conclusions are inconsistent. We investigated the association of meat and SFA intake with LC incidence in a population-based prospective cohort study in Japan.

[Analysis of malaria epidemic situation in Hainan Province, 2010].

A total of 78 malaria cases were reported in 2010 and the incidence of malaria in this year was 9 per million in Hainan Province. The positive rate of blood tests in floating population was higher than that in local residents, and the antibody-positive rate of residents was higher than that of students, and all the reported malaria patients received the correct treatment. The rate of the therapy for vivax malaria relapse was 96.