Publications by authors named "Qun Di Yang"
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep duration (SD) and stroke, and examine the effects of SD on stroke with or without metabolic syndrome (Mets) and its components among the adult residents in Shanghai, China.
Participants And Methods: A total of 20,245 participants (51.72% male, mean age 44.
Epidemiology of Diabetes in Adults Aged 35 and Older from Shanghai, China.
Biomed Environ Sci
June 2016
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of diabetes in adults from Shanghai, aged 35 and older, in 2013.
Methods: We estimated the diabetes prevalence in a representative sample of 18,736 adults who were selected through a multistage stratified cluster sampling process. A standard questionnaire containing questions about demographic characteristics and lifestyle factors was distributed.
Objective: To evaluate the changes in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and their associations with the prevalence of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Chinese adults.
Design: 2 consecutive population-based cross-sectional surveys.
Setting: A total of 12 districts and seven counties in Shanghai, China.
Objective: Our objective was to determine the secular trend in prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Shanghai, China.
Research Design And Methods: Two consecutive population-based surveys for type 2 diabetes were conducted in randomly selected adults aged 35-74 years in Shanghai in 2002-2003 (n = 12,329) and in 2009 (n = 7,423). Diagnosed type 2 diabetes was determined based on self-report, whereas those undiagnosed were identified by measured fasting and postload glucose according to 2009 American Diabetes Association criteria.