Publications by authors named "S H Tsoi"
Psychiatric morbidity among SARS and COVID-19 survivors at 30 months post-infection.
East Asian Arch Psychiatry
December 2024
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and COVID-19 are both highly infectious diseases that cause severe respiratory illness. This study aimed to compare survivors of SARS and COVID-19 and identify factors associated with long-term psychiatric comorbidities.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of adult Chinese survivors of SARS and COVID-19 who had been admitted to the United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong.
Article Synopsis
- Monogenic diabetes results from rare gene mutations affecting beta cell function, and this study examines how common variants may also influence young-onset type 2 diabetes (YOD) and related health issues.
- Researchers created a weighted polygenic risk score (wPRS) using data from individuals with and without YOD to explore the association of 135 common variants across 34 monogenic diabetes genes.
- The findings indicate that higher wPRS correlates with an increased likelihood of YOD and a higher risk for cardiovascular and kidney events in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
It is possible to identify sub-populations of sows in every pig herd that consistently give birth to low birth weight (BW) piglets, irrespective of the litter size. A previous study from our group demonstrated that placental development is a main factor affecting the litter birth weight phenotype (LBWP) in sows, thereby impacting the BW of entire litters, but the biological and molecular pathways behind this phenomenon are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the differential gene expression in placental tissues at day 30 of gestation between low LBWP (LLBWP) vs.
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