Dietary fiber intake and its association with diabetic kidney disease in American adults with diabetes: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Dietary fiber (DF) intake may have a protective effect against type 2 diabetes (T2D); however, its relationship with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains unclear.

Aim: To investigate the potential association between DF intake and the prevalence of DKD in individuals diagnosed with T2D.

Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey collected between 2005 and 2018.

The role of macrophage polarization and cellular crosstalk in the pulmonary fibrotic microenvironment: a review.

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a progressive interstitial inflammatory disease with a high mortality rate. Patients with PF commonly experience a chronic dry cough and progressive dyspnoea for years without effective mitigation. The pathogenesis of PF is believed to be associated with dysfunctional macrophage polarization, fibroblast proliferation, and the loss of epithelial cells.

Effect of Arsenic Exposure and Cigarette Smoking on Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: An Occupational Cohort With 27 Follow-up Years.

Background: The relationship between arsenic exposure and all-cause mortality and the joint effects of arsenic exposure and smoking have been poorly described in previous studies.

Methods: After 27 years of follow-up, a total of 1738 miners were included in the analysis. Different statistical methods were used to explore the relationship between arsenic exposure and smoking and the risk of all-cause mortality and various causes of death.

Synergy of arsenic with smoking in causing cardiovascular disease mortality: A cohort study with 27 follow-up years in China.

Background: To explore the patterns of the exposure-response relationship between arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and investigate the effect of cigarette smoking on the association.

Methods: Seven thousand seven hundred thirty-five tin miners with at least 10 years of arsenic exposure were enrolled since 1992 and followed up for 27 years. Each individual's air arsenic exposure at workplace was calculated by time weighted average arsenic concentration × exposure months.

Comparison of the performance of HPV DNA chip test and HPV PCR test in cervical cancer screening in rural China.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of two different principles of HPV testing in primary cervical cancer screening and ASC-US triage in rural areas.

Methods: 3,328 and 3,913 women were enrolled in Shanxi, China in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and screened using liquid-based cytology and different HPV tests with a 4-year follow-up. Different screening methods commonly used in clinical practice were evaluated.

Comparison of primary cytology, primary HPV testing and co-testing as cervical cancer screening for Chinese women: a population-based screening cohort.

Objectives: We compared clinical performance of three strategies of primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing, primary cytology and co-testing for cervical cancer screening.

Design: A population-based prospective cohort study of clinical performance of screening strategy.

Setting: Patients recruited from community in Changzhi County, Shanxi Province, China.

The Role and Mechanisms of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Airway Inflammation and Remodeling in Asthma: Overview and Progress.

Asthma as an individual disease has blighted human health for thousands of years and is still a vital global health challenge at present. Though getting much progress in the utilization of antibiotics, mucolytics, and especially the combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting β-agonists (LABA), we are confused about the management of asthmatic airway inflammation and remodeling, which directly threatens the quality of life for chronic patients. The blind addition of ICS will not benefit the remission of cough, wheeze, or sputum, but to increase the risk of side effects.

Effect of Time Since Smoking Cessation on Lung Cancer Incidence: An Occupational Cohort With 27 Follow-Up Years.

Background: This special cohort reveals the effect of smoking cessation in occupational miners exposed to radon and arsenic.

Methods: A total of 9,134 tin miners with at least 10 years of underground radon and arsenic exposure were enrolled beginning in 1992 and followed for up to 27 years. Detailed smoking information was collected at baseline, and information on smoking status was consecutively collected from 1992 to 1996.

Quantitative evaluation of radon, tobacco use and lung cancer association in an occupational cohort with 27 follow-up years.

Background: Occupational radon cohorts provide important information about exposure at residential level, which are difficult to observe prospectively. However, evidence about radon-related lung cancer risks from initial exposure in childhood or interaction between radon and smoking is still limited.

Methods: A total of 6017 tin miners with at least 10 years of underground radon exposure were enrolled beginning in 1992 and followed for up to 27 years.

Arsenic, tobacco use, and lung cancer: An occupational cohort with 27 follow-up years.

Background: We explored the shape of the exposure-response relationship of arsenic-related lung cancer and the interaction between arsenic and tobacco use.

Methods: A total of 3278 tin miners with at least 10 years of arsenic exposure were enrolled since 1992 and followed up for 27 years. After excluding radon-exposed miners and former smokers, 1620 miners were included into the sub-cohort.

Identifying potential treatments of COVID-19 from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by using a data-driven approach.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been widely used as an approach worldwide. Chinese Medicines (CMs) had been used to treat and prevent viral infection pneumonia diseases for thousands of years and had accumulated a large number of clinical experiences and effective prescriptions.

Aim Of The Study: This research aimed to systematically excavate the classical prescriptions of Chinese Medicine (CM), which have been used to prevent and treat Pestilence (Wenbing, Wenyi, Shiyi or Yibing) for long history in China, to obtain the potential prescriptions and ingredients to alternatively treat COVID-19.

The effective evaluation on symptoms and quality of life of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients treated by comprehensive therapy based on traditional Chinese medicine patterns.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of comprehensive interventions based on the three TCM patterns on symptoms and quality of life of COPD patients.

Design: An open-label, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: Four hospitals in China.

Prognostic factors for community-acquired pneumonia in middle-aged and elderly patients treated with integrated medicine.

Objective: To identify prognostic factors in middle-aged and elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who underwent integrated interventions involving traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern medicine.

Methods: Patients aged > or =45 years and diagnosed with CAP were divided into a middle-aged cohort (45-59 years) and an elderly cohort (> or =60 years), and clinical data comprising 75 predictor variables in seven classes were collected. After replacing missing data, calibrating multicenter differences and classifYing quantitative data, univariate and multivariate analysis were performed.

[CCERW: a new rule to predict treatment failure in patients with community-acquired pneumonia in middle aged and elderly people].

Objective: To develop and validate a clinical rule to predict treatment failure in middle-aged and elderly patients suffering from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in China, and to compare it with other prognostic rules.

Methods: Data of 58 variables affiliated to 6 aspects, including demographics, underlaying diseases, previous status, complications, symptoms, signs and laboratory examination results from the CAP patients aged≥45 years admitted to the respiratory departments in three university affiliated hospitals between December 17, 2006 and December 22, 2008 were enrolled prospectively and then validated in two groups to create a derivation cohort with 75% of the patients for rule development and an internal validation cohort with the other 25% for internal test. An external validation cohort was formed at the same time with patients admitted to the other university affiliated hospital for external test.