The effect of sarcopenic obesity on glycaemic status based on fasting plasma glucose and glycated haemoglobin: A prospective cohort study.

Aim: To investigate the effect of sarcopenic obesity on the progression of glycaemic status in middle-aged and older adults without diabetes.

Materials And Methods: This research involved 4637 participants without diabetes from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011-2015. Sarcopenic obesity at baseline was evaluated based on the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 criteria.

Association of changes in plant-based diet consumption with all-cause mortality among older adults in China: a prospective study from 2008 to 2019.

Objectives: To examine the association of changes in plant-based diet consumption with all-cause mortality among older adults in China.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: This cohort study of 11 years used data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), a long-term, nationwide survey covering 23 provinces in China.

Association of social isolation and loneliness with the risk of hypertension in middle aged and older adults: Findings from a national representative longitudinal survey.

Background: Social isolation and loneliness have been proved to be associated with many adverse health outcomes, but their influence on hypertension remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the relationship of social isolation and loneliness with hypertension risk among middle-aged and older adults in China.

Methods: We used data from the 2011 and 2015 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

The Association Between Solid Fuel Use and Visual Impairment Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.

Background: Indoor air pollution has been reported to have adverse effects on the eye; however, the health effects of exposure to cooking with solid fuels on visual impairment remain unclear in China.

Objective: We aimed to examine the association between cooking with solid fuels and visual impairment, including distance visual impairment (DVI) and near visual impairment (NVI).

Methods: Data were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, a nationwide survey of adults aged over 45 years who were enrolled in 2011 (Wave 1) and followed up in Wave 2 (2013), Wave 3 (2015), and Wave 4 (2018).

Association of social participation and psychological resilience with adverse cognitive outcomes among older Chinese adults: A national longitudinal study.

Background: Limited epidemiological evidence exists regarding the association of social participation and psychological resilience with cognitive health. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of social participation and psychological resilience on adverse cognitive outcomes among older adults in China.

Methods: We used two waves (2011 and 2014) of data from the Chinese Longitudinal Survey of Health and Longevity (CLHLS), and 9765 respondents were eligible for the subsequent screening for the present prospective analysis.

Miscarriage, stillbirth and the risk of diabetes in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: Whether women with a history of miscarriage or stillbirth have an increased risk of diabetes is inconclusive. We aimed to systematically assess the association between them.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus through November 2022.

Consideration of future consequences and self-control mediate the impact of time perspectives on self-rated health and engagement in healthy lifestyles among young adults.

Unlabelled: The study investigated how different time perspectives predict people's self-rated health and engagement in healthy lifestyles, and explored the mediating effects of consideration of future consequences (CFC) and self-control as the underlying mechanisms. Young adults (n = 299,  = 23.65, ranges from 18 to 30 years old) completed measures of time perspectives, CFC, self-control and engagement in daily health behaviors.

Adherence to the Chinese Food Pagoda in the High-Risk Population of Non-communicable Diseases Aged 35-59 in Central China.

Objectives: A healthy dietary habit is essential for preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We aimed to assess the adherence to the Chinese Food Pagoda (CFP) proposed in the Chinese Dietary Guidelines 2016 in the high-risk population of NCDs in central China.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in two large enterprises (totally 3,016 employees) from October to December 2019 in Hubei Province (central China).

Maternal long working hours and offspring's weight-related outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

It is unclear whether maternal working time has an impact on offspring's weight-related outcomes especially obesity; the objective of this study is to conduct the first meta-analysis to focus on this topic. We searched PubMed, Ovid, and Web of Science databases through August 2021. A random-effect model was used to assess the pooled odds ratios (ORs) and regression coefficients (β) with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).

Association between alcohol consumption and the risk of stroke in middle-aged and older adults in China.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the association between alcohol consumption and the prevalence of stroke in Chinese adults aged 40 years and over.

Method: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis among 113,573 Chinese adults aged ≥ 40 years in the China National Stroke Prevention Project (2014-2015) to examine correlations of alcohol consumption with the prevalence of stroke. Logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), controlling for various confounders, e.

Association of the Time to First Cigarette and the Prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Chinese Elderly Population.

Background: Increasing number of studies have suggested the time to first cigarette after waking (TTFC) have significant positive effect on respiratory diseases. However, few of them focused on the Chinese population. This study aims to estimate the impact of TTFC on the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) in Chinese elderly and explore the association in different sub-populations.

Effects of environmental factors on the removal of heavy metals by sulfide-modified nanoscale zerovalent iron.

Sulfide-modified nanoscale zerovalent iron (S-nZVI) has excellent reducing performance for heavy metals in water. The influence of environmental factors on the reactivity can be used to explore the practical feasibility of S-nZVI and analyze the reaction mechanism in depth. This study compared the removal effect and mechanism of Cu and Ni by nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI), S-nZVI, and carboxymethyl cellulose-modified nanoscale zerovalent iron (CMC-nZVI).

Adsorption and degradation in the removal of nonylphenol from water by cells immobilized on biochar.

To investigate the role of adsorption by biochar and biodegradation by bacteria in the wastewater treatment system of microorganisms immobilized on biochar, Nonylphenol (NP) removal (adsorption + degradation) rates and degradation rates from water by NP degrading bacteria immobilized on bamboo charcoal (BC) and wood charcoal (WC) were examined in a short-term and long-term. Results showed that cells immobilized on different biochar had different NP removal effects, and cells immobilized on bamboo charcoal (I-BC) was better. After eight rounds of long-term reuse, the cumulative removal rate and the degradation rate of NP in water by I-BC were 93.

Interaction between pollutants during the removal of polychlorinated biphenyl-heavy metal combined pollution by modified nanoscale zero-valent iron.

Modified nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) is a promising functional material for the remediation of combined pollutants involving polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals. However, the interaction between the two types of pollutants has not been systematically studied for this method of treatment. In this study, 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB153), Cu, and Ni were selected as the target pollutants.

Comparison of carbonized materials from wastes of different origin for nonylphenol removal by adsorption.

The application of carbonized materials (CMs) from solid wastes for the control of hydrophobic organic contaminants is a promising way to treat wastes. In this paper, the physicochemical properties of CMs prepared from industry (fly ash and sewage sludge), plant (rice straw and bamboo fragments), and livestock (chicken manure) were analyzed, their adsorption capacities for nonylphenol were studied, and the relationship between the adsorption capacity and the physicochemical properties of different types of CMs was investigated. The results showed that the adsorption capacities of CMs prepared from plant solid wastes (rice straw and bamboo fragments) far exceeded those of the industrial and livestock solid wastes.