Publications by authors named "Tai-Mei Wang"
[Study on the descriptive epidemiology of pregnancy-induced hypertension from 1995 - 2000 in Jiaxing of Zhejiang province, China].
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
December 2005
Objective: To describe the epidemiological characters of pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) in Jiaxing areas of Zhejiang province of China between 1995 and 2000.
Methods: We analyzed the perinatal health surveillance data that was collected as part of the Sino-American cooperative project on neural tube defects prevention established in 1992. The study population consisted of 136 070 pregnant women with at least 20 weeks of gestational age.
[Premature, low birth weight, small for gestational age and childhood cerebral palsy].
Zhonghua Er Ke Za Zhi
May 2003
Objective: To investigate the relationship between perinatal risk factors such as premature, low birth weight, small for gestational age and childhood cerebral palsy (CP).
Methods: A cross sectional survey was carried out among 305,263 children aged 1 - 6 years old in seven cities of Jiangsu Province, China from May to July 1997. The perinatal risk factors were analysed.
[Sex distribution of neural tube defects and their birth outcome in high- and low-prevalence areas of China].
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
September 2003
Objective: To describe and analyze epidemiological characteristics of babies with neural tube defects (NTD) by sex and birth outcome in a high-prevalence and a low-prevalence areas of China.
Methods: Birth defects surveillance data collected from 1992 through 1994, as a part of the Sino-American cooperative project on NTD prevention, were used to classify NTD as four categories, i.e.
[The epidemiology of neural tube defects in high-prevalence and low-prevalence areas of China].
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
June 2003
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in high-prevalence regions (North) versus low-prevalence regions (South) of China, highlighting significant differences in rates and types of defects.
- Analysis of data from a cooperative project revealed that the North had an overall NTD prevalence of 5.57 per 1,000 births compared to 0.88 in the South, with specific defects like anencephaly and spina bifida being much more common in the North.
- Urban versus rural comparisons indicated that rural areas in both regions had higher rates of NTDs, particularly in the North, and seasonal variations in the occurrence of certain defects were noted as well.