Publications by authors named "Shui-Hu Chen"
Background: The aim of this community-based study was to explore the summer-winter difference in insulin resistance in Kin-Chen, Kinmen.
Methods: A total of 2,412 residents aged 40 and over was enrolled in a mass survey in Kin-Chen, Kinmen, by the Yang-Ming Crusade, a volunteer organization of well-trained medical students from National Yang-Ming University. All participants were investigated in winter (first phase, January and February, before Chinese New Year) and summer (secondary phase, July and August) in 2002.
Background: A community-based study was conducted to investigate summer-winter differences of component of metabolic syndrome in Kinmen, Taiwan.
Methods: A total of 8251 residents aged 40 and over were enrolled in the mass survey in Kinmen. They were investigated while on summer (July and August) and winter vacation (January and February) during 2000-2003.
Background: Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the criterion standard to identify low bone mineral density (BMD), but access to axial DXA may be limited or cost prohibitive. We screened for low bone mass with quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) in a community without DXA, analyzed its reliability and obtained reference values and estimated the prevalence of low QUS values.
Methods: We enrolled 6493 residents of Kinmen, Taiwan, and a reference group (96 men and 70 women aged 20-29 years) for this cross-sectional, community-based study.