Publications by authors named "Le-Bing Wang"

Background: Evidence on the influence of outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) on hypothyroidism in pregnant women is scarce. We aimed to investigate the association between outdoor ALAN exposure and hypothyroidism in pregnancy.

Methods: 81,120 pregnant women from the China Birth Cohort Study (CBCS) were analyzed, which recruited from 18 provinces and autonomous regions in China between February 2018 and December 2020.

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  • Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a growing global health issue, with environmental factors like outdoor artificial light at night (LAN) potentially influencing it.
  • A study involving 15,477 adults examined the impact of LAN on MetS and its components, finding that increased LAN exposure correlated with higher odds of MetS and issues like elevated blood pressure and triglycerides.
  • Notably, individuals who didn't engage in regular exercise were more significantly affected by LAN exposure, indicating that lifestyle factors may modify the risk associated with MetS.
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  • A study with 48,502 Chinese children aged 5-12 explored the link between outdoor Light at Night (LAN) exposure and executive function, using satellite images to assess exposure levels.
  • The results indicated that higher outdoor LAN exposure correlated with poorer executive function and increased risks of executive dysfunction, particularly in older children (ages 10-12).
  • The researchers conclude that reducing outdoor LAN exposure could potentially improve executive function, suggesting the need for further studies on this topic.
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) become a major public health concern. Evidence concerning the effects of outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) on CVD in adults is scarce. We aimed to investigate the extent to which outdoor ALAN could affect the risk of CVD over a exposure range.

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Previous studies have linked exposure to light at night (LAN) with various health outcomes, but evidence is limited for the LAN-obesity association. Thestudy analysed data from 24,845 participants of the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study and obesity (BMI ≥28 kg/m) was defined according to the Working Group on Obesity in China. The Global Radiance Calibrated Nighttime Lights data were used to estimate participants' LAN exposure.

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Importance: Healthy sleep has an important role in the physical and mental health of children. However, few studies have investigated the association between outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) and sleep disorders in children.

Objective: To explore the associations between outdoor ALAN exposure and sleep disorders in children.

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To evaluate the associations between childhood, parental, and grandparental asthma. We studied 59,484 children randomly selected from 94 kindergartens, elementary, and middle schools in seven Chinese cities from 2012 to 2013, using a cross-sectional survey-based study design. Information on their and their family members' (parents, paternal grandparents, and maternal grandparents) asthma status were reported by children's parents or guardians.

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Background: Recent research attention has been paid to anthropogenic heat emissions (AE), temperature increase generated by human activity such as lighting, transportation, manufacturing, construction, and building climate controls. However, there is no epidemiological data available to investigate the association between anthropogenic heat emissions and metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of conditions that increase risk of stroke, heart disease and diabetes.

Objective: To explore the relationships between AE and MetS in China.

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Ibuprofen lipid pellets prepared by melting method could mask the bitter taste of the drug to some extent. The pellets were further coated with chitosan (cationic) and gelatin (anionic) by ionic interaction layer- by-layer self-assembly (LBL) coating to improve masking effects. In this paper, the release percentage of drugs in short time (1 min) was utilized as an indicator for the taste-masking, and it had confirmed the LBL coating inhibited the release of model drug of ibuprofen.

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