Publications by authors named "Suli Huang"

Background: The IL-33/ST2 pathway plays a crucial role in the development of essential hypertension (EH). This study aimed to investigate the relationship between EH and genetic variations in this pathway in the Chinese Han population.

Methods: A total of 1,151 EH patients and 1,135 healthy controls were included in the study.

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Background: In the context of global warming, the frequency of heat wave and the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM) have increased, and more people are co-exposed to air pollution and extreme heat. However, the interaction between heat wave and PM on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality remained largely unknown.

Methods: We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study of 40,169 CVD deaths in Shenzhen, China between 2013 and 2022.

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Background: The relationships between air pollutants and mental and behavioral disorders (MBDs) remain unclear. We aimed to identify the primary pollutants affecting mental health and evaluate the short-term effects on emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) due to MBDs.

Methods: Time-stratified case-crossover study and conditional logistic regression model were adopted to explore the impact of air pollutants on EADs due to MBDs from 2013 to 2020 in Shenzhen, China.

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Background: The emergence of , which can confer resistance to phenicols and oxazolidinones in spp., poses a growing public health threat.

Methods: 102 -positive enterococci (OPEs) including various species were isolated from feces of 719 healthy volunteers in a Shenzhen community, China.

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Background: Climate change has raised scientific interest in examining the associations of weather conditions with adverse health effects, while most studies determined human thermal stress using ambient air temperature rather than the thermophysiological index.

Objectives: To evaluate the association between emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) related to cardiovascular causes and heat/cold stress in Shenzhen, a city in southern China, with the aim of providing new insights for local policymakers.

Methods: A time series analysis using ambulance dispatch data of cardiovascular diseases in Shenzhen, China (2013-2019) was conducted.

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The aim of this study was to explore the association between phthalates (PAEs) exposure and all-cause mortality among diabetic cases, and potential molecular mechanisms of the effect. We followed 2806 diabetes cases from 2008 to the end of 2018 based on the Dongfeng-Tongji study, of which 446 cases died. We measured serum levels of six PAEs (DMP, DEP, DiBP, DnBP, BBP, and DEHP).

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Short-term ambient fine particulate matter (PM) exposure has been related to an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) death, but which PM constituents are associated with MI death and to what extent remain unclear. We aimed to explore the associations of short-term exposure to PM constituents with MI death and evaluate excess mortality. We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study on 237,492 MI decedents in Jiangsu province, China during 2015-2021.

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The continuous decline of human semen quality during the past decades has drawn much concern globally. Previous studies have suggested a link between abnormal BMI and semen quality decline, but the results remain inconsistent. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and semen quality.

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Introduction: The precise associations between temperature-related indices and mental and behavioral disorders (MBDs) have yet to be fully elucidated. Our study aims to ascertain the most effective temperature-related index and assess its immediate impact on emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) due to MBDs in Shenzhen, China.

Methods: EADs data and meteorological data from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2020, in Shenzhen were collected.

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Glucose metabolic disorders, prevalent in numerous metabolic diseases, have become a pressing global public health concern. Artemisinin (ART) and its derivatives, including artesunate (ARTs) and artemether (ARTe), have shown potential as metabolic regulators. However, the specific effects of ART and its derivatives on glucose metabolism under varying nutritional conditions and the associated molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored.

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Article Synopsis
  • Vascular calcification can predict cardiovascular issues, and essential metals are crucial for health.
  • A study measured plasma levels of nine essential metals and their impact on aortic arch calcification (AoAC), finding magnesium and copper to lower AoAC risk, while manganese increased it.
  • Additionally, the study indicated that fasting glucose could mediate the relationship between manganese exposure and AoAC risk.
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Equilibration of metal metabolism is critical for normal liver function. Most epidemiological studies have only concentrated on the influence of limited metals. However, the single and synergistic impact of multiple-metal exposures on abnormal liver function (ALF) are still unknown.

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can disrupt liver homeostasis. Studies have shown that a single exposure to PFAS may provoke abnormal liver function; however, few studies have investigated the overall effect of PFAS mixtures. We aimed to investigate associations between exposure to PFAS mixtures and liver function indices and explore the relevant mechanisms.

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Background: Ambient fine particulate matter (PM) exposure has been associated with an increased risk of gastrointestinal cancer mortality, but the attributable constituents remain unclear.

Objectives: To investigate the association of long-term exposure to PM constituents with total and site-specific gastrointestinal cancer mortality using a difference-in-differences approach in Jiangsu province, China during 2015-2020.

Methods: We split Jiangsu into 53 spatial units and computed their yearly death number of total gastrointestinal, esophagus, stomach, colorectum, liver, and pancreas cancer.

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A case-crossover study among 511,767 cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths in Jiangsu province, China, during 2015-2021 was conducted to assess the association of exposure to ambient ozone (O) and heat wave with CVD mortality and explore their possible interactions. Heat wave was defined as extreme high temperature for at least two consecutive days. Grid-level heat waves were defined by multiple combinations of apparent temperature thresholds and durations.

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Hazardous thermal conditions resulting from climate change may play a role in cardiovascular disease development. We chose the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as the exposure metric to evaluate the relationship between thermal conditions and cardiovascular mortality in Shenzhen, China. We applied quasi-Poisson regression non-linear distributed lag models to evaluate the exposure-response associations.

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Background: The effect of exposure to extreme temperature events (ETEs) on dementia mortality remains largely unknown. We aimed to quantify the association of ETE exposure with dementia mortality.

Methods: We conducted a population-based, case-crossover study among 57 791 dementia deaths in Jiangsu province, China, during 2015-20.

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The association of ambient fine particulate matter (PM) exposure with cancer mortality was controversial, which may ascribe to the difference in PM constituents. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic constituents in PM, which are suspected to account for PM-induced cancer mortality but are yet to be investigated. We aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to PM-bound PAHs and cancer mortality and estimate the attributable mortality.

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Background: Extreme temperature events (ETEs), including heat wave and cold spell, have been linked to myocardial infarction (MI) morbidity; however, their effects on MI mortality are less clear. Although ambient fine particulate matter (PM) is suggested to act synergistically with extreme temperatures on cardiovascular mortality, it remains unknown if and how ETEs and PM interact to trigger MI deaths.

Methods: A time-stratified case-crossover study of 202 678 MI deaths in Jiangsu province, China, from 2015 to 2020, was conducted to investigate the association of exposure to ETEs and PM with MI mortality and evaluate their interactive effects.

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Background: Previous studies have suggested an association between non-optimum ambient temperature and decreased semen quality. However, the effect of exposure to heat waves on semen quality remains unclear.

Methods: Volunteers who intended to donate sperm in Guangdong provincial human sperm bank enrolled.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected healthcare worldwide and has led to the excessive use of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents. However, the impact of excessive disinfection measures and specific medication prescriptions on the development and dissemination of bacterial drug resistance during the pandemic remains unclear. This study investigated the influence of the pandemic on the composition of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), and pathogenic communities in hospital wastewater using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and metagenome sequencing.

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Background: General obesity classified by body mass index has been linked to a reduction in semen quality; however, evidence on the adverse effect of central obesity on semen quality remains limited.

Objectives: To investigate the association between central obesity and semen quality.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 4513 sperm donation volunteers in Guangdong Provincial Human Sperm Bank during 2018-2021.

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