Effect of compound exposure to snowstorm and cold spell on acute myocardial infarction mortality.

Cold weather events such as cold spell and snowstorm could trigger heart attacks, but the effect of compound exposure to cold weather events remains unknown. This study aimed to estimate and compare the effect of independent and compound exposure to common cold weather events (cold spell and snowstorm) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality. Daily data on AMI deaths (74,279) and weather conditions were collected in a subtropical-temperate climate transit region of China from 2016 to 2020.

Effect of low temperature on myocardial infarction mortality in rural residents: comparison of daytime and nighttime exposure.

Ambient low temperature is a risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI) worldwide, with limited evidence about the effect of low temperature at different periods of a day. We aimed to characterize the association of MI mortality with daytime and nighttime low temperatures in rural areas. Daily daily temperature data and MI deaths from 2016 to 2020 were obtained for the rural areas of Anhui Province.

Urban-rural disparities in the short-term effects of cold and heat on myocardial infarction mortality in Anhui Province, China.

Non-optimal ambient temperatures are risk factors for myocardial infarction (MI) and urban-rural temperature differences in the context of climate change may have caused and will lead to differential association between temperature and MI. We collected daily mean temperature and daily MI deaths from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020 in Anhui Province, China. A distributed lag nonlinear model was performed to estimate the area-specific association of heat and cold (defined as the 2.

The awareness rate of knowledge of chronic diseases and influencing factors among 4790 adults in anhui province: An online survey using WeChat.

Objective: To investigate public awareness about core information regarding chronic diseases and identify factors influencing that awareness among Anhui Province residents, provide a scientific basis for policy-making, and formulate corresponding intervention measures.

Methods: From March to April 2021, 12 provincial-level representative counties and districts of Anhui province in the China Adult Chronic Disease and Nutrition Surveillance were selected as survey sites, and 4790 residents were recruited for the survey using stratified multi-stage cluster random sampling. Basic details about the study participants were collected and their awareness of core information about major chronic diseases was measured through an online survey using WeChat.

Salt reduction behavior of adults in Anhui province in 2019: a cross-sectional survey of 3,378 participants.

Objective: A high-sodium diet is an important risk factor for hypertension in the Chinese population, which can increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Although a large number of related studies have been carried out in Anhui province, clear, effective salt reduction interventions and policies that can be widely promoted have not yet been formed. This study sought to understand the prevalence and precise measures of salt reduction behavior, the variables affecting salt reduction behavior, and the reasons why salt reduction behavior was not practiced in Anhui Province, China.

Can global or national disability weights represent provincial level?

Background: A universal set of disability weights(DWs) is mainly based on the survey of North America, Australia and Europe, whereas the participants in Asia was limited. The debate hasn't yet settled whether a universal DW is desirable or useful.The focus of the debate is its representativenes-s.

Glycemic control and its influencing factors in type 2 diabetes patients in Anhui, China.

Objective: To investigate the status of glycemic control and analyze its influencing factors in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Anhui, China.

Methods: 1,715 T2D patients aged 18-75 years old were selected from 4 counties or districts in Anhui Province in 2018, using a convenience sampling method. All patients have undergone a questionnaire survey, physical examination, and a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test.

The detection rate and influencing factors of high-risk groups of cardiovascular disease in Anhui, China: A cross-sectional study of 99,821 residents.

Objective: To investigate the detection rate and influencing factors of high-risk population of cardiovascular disease in Anhui province.

Methods: From March 2017 to August 2019, the residents aged 35-75 years old were selected using the multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method in 8 counties and districts of Anhui Province, and questionnaire survey, anthropometric measurement, and collection of biological samples were carried out among them.

Results: A total of 99,821 residents in Anhui Province were finally investigated, and among them 21,426 residents were detected to be high-risk groups of cardiovascular disease.

Eliciting national and subnational sets of disability weights in mainland China: Findings from the Chinese disability weight measurement study.

Background: The disability weight (DW) quantifies the severity of health states from disease sequela and is a pivotal parameter for disease burden calculation. We conducted a national and subnational DW measurement in China.

Methods: In 2020-2021, we conducted a web-based survey to assess DWs for 206 health states in 31 Chinese provinces targeting health workers via professional networks.

Effects of ambient temperature and fall-related injuries in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis.

Despite the significant economic cost of falls and injuries to individuals and communities, little is known about the impact of meteorological factors on the incidence of fall-related injuries (FRIs). Therefore, a time-series study was conducted to explore the effects of meteorological factors on FRIs in Ma'anshan City, East China. Injury data from 2011 to 2017 were collected from the National Injury Monitoring Station in Ma'anshan City.

Mortality and Disease Burden of Injuries from 2008 to 2017 in Anhui Province, China.

Objective: To investigate the temporal trends in mortality and disease burden of injuries in Anhui province from 2008 to 2017, so as to provide reference for injury control and prevention.

Methods: Data of mortality were collected from 9 national surveillance points in Anhui province during 2008-2017 in the Information System for Death Cause Register and Management. The surveillance data were analyzed by using crude mortality, standardized mortality rate (SMR), potential year of life lost (PYLL), PYLL rate (PYLLR), and average of year life lost (AYLL).

[Analysis on death causes of residents in Anhui province, 2013].

Objective: To analyze the demographic characteristics and the death causes of the residents in Anhui province, and provide evidence for the disease prevention and control.

Methods: Using descriptive epidemiological analysis, the demographic characteristics and death data of the national disease surveillance points (DSPs) in Anhui province in 2013 were analyed by areas.

Results: The aging of the population was observed in all the areas in Anhui, which was most obvious in Jianghuai, followed by Wannan and Huaibei.

Cohort Profile: the China-Anhui Birth Cohort Study.

The China-Anhui Birth Cohort Study (C-ABCS) was set up to examine the delayed, cumulative and interactive effects of maternal environmental exposures on birth outcomes and children's development. The C-ABCS recruited pregnant women from six major cities of Anhui province, China, between November 2008 and October 2010. A range of data (including demographic, obstetric, occupational, nutritional and psychosocial factors) were collected by both interviews and laboratory tests.

Periconceptional folic acid supplementation among women attending antenatal clinic in Anhui, China: data from a population-based cohort study.

Objectives: to examine the rate of periconceptional and optimal folic acid supplementation, and to characterise their patterns and determinants among antenatal women in central China.

Design: data from 4290 women in the Anhui Birth Defects and Child Development Cohort Study recruited between October 2008 and September 2009 were analysed.

Setting: seven Maternal and Child Health Centres of two cities (Hefei and Maanshan) in Anhui province of central China.

Pattern of drug use during the first trimester among Chinese women: data from a population-based cohort study.

Aim: To describe the pattern of drug use among Chinese women during the first trimester and to examine the impact of maternal diseases on the choice of drugs.

Method: This drug utilisation study of pregnant women was performed using data from the ABCD cohort study. A total of 4,290 women were enrolled in the analysis.

Self-reported weight status rather than BMI may be closely related to psychopathological symptoms among Mainland Chinese adolescents.

Evidence in respect of the psychological consequences of child and adolescent obesity is mixed. More studies indicated that mental health appears to be more strongly associated with concern about weight and shape, regardless of body mass index (BMI). Using the data from a national large school-based cohort (N = 10 403), we examined the association between obesity, perceived obesity and mental health.

[Advance of study on vitamin A deficiency and excess associatied with congenital heart disease].

It was demonstrated that Vitamin A may be crucial for heart morphogenesis during pregnancy. Both deficiency and excess of Vitamin A could induce certain congenital heart disease. In the gastrula stage, vitamin A could play a specific role in the process of heart development because of activating many gene regulations, in order to promote heart development.