Publications by authors named "Shuhui Xing"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to analyze cytokine levels in the aqueous humor of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and subretinal fibrosis to understand their connection to disease severity.
- Researchers collected samples from three groups: patients with subretinal fibrosis due to nAMD, those with nAMD without fibrosis, and cataract patients as controls, measuring levels of five specific cytokines.
- Results show that levels of VEGF and bFGF were higher in nAMD patients compared to controls, with distinct differences in cytokine levels between the fibrosis and non-fibrosis groups; additionally, certain cytokines correlated with vision and disease severity indicators.
Background: Limited studies have assessed the recent proportion and trend in the age of cigarette smoking initiation among adolescent smoking experiencers globally. We aimed to assess the recent global proportion, associated factors and the long-term trend of the initiated age of cigarette smoking among adolescent smoking experiencers.
Methods: We used data from the most recent Global Youth Tobacco Survey on 99,728 adolescent smoking experiencers aged 13-15 years from 144 countries/territories (hereafter "countries") that had conducted at least one survey in 2010-20, to assess the recent proportion of the age of cigarette smoking initiation.