Longitudinal Dynamics of Immune Response in Occupational Populations Post COVID-19 Infection in the Changning District of Shanghai, China.

Monitoring the long-term changes in antibody and cellular immunity following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is crucial for understanding immune mechanisms that prevent reinfection. In March 2023, we recruited 167 participants from the Changning District, Shanghai, China. A subset of 66 participants that were infected between November 2022 and January 2023 was selected for longitudinal follow-up.

Case report: Ultrasound-guided median nerve electrical stimulation on functional recovery of hemiplegic upper limb after stroke.

Background: Functional restoration of hemiplegic upper limbs is a difficult area in the field of neurological rehabilitation. Electrical stimulation is one of the treatments that has shown promising advancements and functional improvements. Most of the electrical stimulations used in clinical practice are surface stimulations.

Association between use of antihypertensive drugs and the risk of cancer: a population-based cohort study in Shanghai.

Background: Previously studies shown a potential risk of antihypertensive medicines in relation to cancer susceptibility, which creating significant debate in the scientific community and public concern. We sought to investigate the relationship between antihypertensive medicines and cancer risk, by drug type and class.

Methods: We conducted a population-based cohort study and enrolled patients diagnosed with hypertension from community healthcare centers in Changning District, Shanghai, China.

Trajectories of Cognition and Daily Functioning Before and After Incident Diabetes.

Objective: The temporal pattern of cognitive and functional change before and after incident diabetes remains unknown.

Research Design And Methods: Data from wave 2 to wave 9 (2004-2018) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing were used. Global cognition (assessed by orientation, memory, and executive function) and daily functioning (calculated as the sum of impaired basic and instrumental activities of daily living) were measured in each wave.

Association of baseline level of cardiovascular risk burden and its temporal changes with cognitive decline.

Background And Aim: Previous studies on cardiovascular risk burden assessed by the Framingham General Cardiovascular Risk Score (FGCRS) and cognitive trajectories mainly focus on Western populations and most of them have used a single measure of cardiovascular risk. In this study, among middle-aged and older Chinese, we investigated (i) the association of baseline FGCRS with subsequent cognitive decline and (ii) the association of FGCRS change with concomitant cognitive decline.

Materials And Methods: In wave 1 to wave 4 (2011-2018) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, global cognition was assessed by orientation, memory, and executive function.

Ultrasound-Guided Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation to Promote Upper Limb Function Recovery after Stroke.

Peripheral electrical nerve stimulation enhances hand function during stroke rehabilitation. Here, we proposed a percutaneous direct median nerve stimulation guided by ultrasound (ultrasound-guided median nerve electrical stimulation, UG-MNES) and evaluated its feasibility and effectiveness in the treatment of stroke patients with upper limb extremity impairments. Sixty-three stroke patients (2-3 months of onset) were randomly divided into control and UG-MNES groups.

Cardiorenal Risk Profiles Among Data-Driven Type 2 Diabetes Sub-Phenotypes: A Analysis of the China Health and Nutrition Survey.

Background And Aim: Evidence about recently proposed data-driven clusters of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is mainly about its prognostic effects and Western populations. We tested the applicability of this clustering approach among the Chinese population. We further investigated the cardiorenal risk profiles among different T2D sub-phenotypes cross-sectionally and before diabetes diagnosis.

Changes in late-life systolic blood pressure and all-cause mortality among oldest-old people in China: the chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey.

Background: Blood pressure targets for oldest-old people have been long debated due to the concern that more stringent targets are associated with increased mortality. We aimed to investigate the association between changes of late-life systolic blood pressure (SBP), mean SBP and SBP variability (SBPV), and all-cause mortality in oldest-old.

Methods: Based on the community-based Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey with follow-up conducted in the 3-year interval, we assembled a retrospective cohort of 6639 participants ≥ 80 years with available blood pressure measurements at baseline and second wave.

Associations of changes in late-life blood pressure with cognitive impairment among older population in China.

Background: The cognitive impact of changes in late-life blood pressure is less clear. We aimed to investigate the association between late-life blood pressure changing pattern and risk of cognitive impairment.

Methods: Using data from the community-based Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, change in systolic (SBP) or diastolic (DBP) blood pressure was calculated as the difference between follow-up and baseline, cognitive impairment was defined based on both the Mini-Mental State Examination and education level.

Profit considerations in vaccine safety-related events in China.

: China has made remarkable achievements in the field of immunization. However, several widespread vaccine safety-related events have recently received worldwide attention and reflect flaws in vaccine management. This study aimed to summarize vaccine safety-related events between 1985 and 2018 in China and analyze the profit motives of these events.

[Elephantiasis of bilateral lower limbs and scrotum: one case report].

This paper reports the process of diagnosis and treatment of a patient with elephantiasis of bilateral lower limbs and scrotum and the result of epidemiological investigation.

[Spatial distribution pattern of Oncomelania hupensis population in marshland and lake area].

Objective: To explore the spatial pattern of the distribution of Oncomelania hupensis population in marshland and lake region.

Methods: Four bottomlands were selected randomly for the investigation along the Qiupu River in Guichi District, Anhui Province. The quadrats were placed randomly for snail survey, and the mean crowding, mean density, aggregation indices (diffusion coefficient (C), morisita index (Idelta), index of patchiness (m*/m) ), Taylor's power law and Iwao's m*-m regression index were analyzed.

[Linear models for predicting of Oncomelania hupensis in the lake and marsh regions].

Objective: To study the prediction model of O. hupensis in the lake and marshland regions in order to provide methodological basis for quantitative study of O. hupensis.

A model for the prediction of Oncomelania hupensis in the lake and marshland regions, China.

A model has been developed for predicting the density of Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host snail of Schistosoma japonicum. The model takes into account different environmental factors, including elevation, air and soil temperature, type of vegetation, mean height of preponderant vegetation and soil humidity. Deviance and Akaike information criteria were used to determine the best model fits.