Publications by authors named "Zheng-He Wang"
Unlabelled: The association between phthalates exposure and childhood abdominal obesity is still unclear. This study aimed to assess phthalates (PAEs) exposure level and explore the association between PAEs metabolites exposure and the risk of abdominal obesity in Chinese students aged 7-10 years. A total of 798 students aged 7-10 years were selected from the baseline survey of the cohort of Childhood Blood Pressure and Environmental Factors (CBPEF), which was established in Xiamen City, Fujian province, East China, from August to November in 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Both caesarean section (CS) and lifestyle were linked with child adiposity. This study aimed to investigate whether CS delivery is linked with elevated risk of child adiposity regardless of a healthy lifestyle. Methods: All the subjects in this study came from a baseline survey of a national school-based program on healthy lifestyle interventions against adiposity among Chinese children and adolescents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo investigate whether a healthy lifestyle is associated with the lower childhood obesity regardless of birth weight. Participants were selected from a large-scale cross-sectional study conducted in the seven provinces across China. Birth weight and lifestyle factors were collected through a questionnaire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic inflammation exerts pleiotropic effects in the aetiology and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Glucosamine is widely used in many countries and may have anti-inflammatory properties. We aimed to prospectively evaluate the association of regular glucosamine use with incident COPD risk and explore whether such association could be modified by smoking in the UK Biobank cohort, which recruited more than half a million participants aged 40-69 years from across the UK between 2006 and 2010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Aims: The association between dietary diversity (DD) changes and mortality remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between DD changes and all-cause mortality among older people.
Methods: A total of 17,959 participants with a mean age of 84.
Background: Candidate genes of neuromuscular junction (NMJ) pathway increased risk of frailty, but the extent and whether can be offset by exercises was unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between aerobic exercises and incident frailty regardless of NMJ pathway-related genetic risk.
Methods: A cohort study on participants from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey was conducted from 2008 to 2011.
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- COVID-19 is a major global concern, and understanding workers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) is vital for control efforts; a study in a large Chinese factory assessed KAP using an online survey from February 2 to 7, 2020.
- The study collected responses from 123,768 workers, revealing generally high levels of knowledge (16.3/20), attitudes (4.5/6), and practices (5.8/6) regarding COVID-19; however, many workers mistakenly believed that gargling salt water could protect against the virus.
- Results indicated that older workers had lower knowledge and practice levels, while better-educated workers performed better; this highlights the need for targeted
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- The study surveyed 123,768 workers at a factory in Shenzhen, China to assess their mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak, focusing on anxiety and depression symptoms.
- The results indicated that 3.4% of workers exhibited anxiety symptoms and 22.8% showed signs of depression, with community cases and confirmed friends influencing these rates.
- Despite low anxiety prevalence, there was a strong demand for psychological support, with 67.3% wanting education and 26.8% seeking interventions regarding mental health.
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- - A study involving 44,447 college students in Guangzhou, China, explored the link between COVID-19 and mental health issues, specifically anxiety and depression symptoms, using standardized scales for measurement.
- - Results showed that 7.7% of students experienced anxiety and 12.2% faced depression symptoms; those with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in their families had significantly higher risks of depression.
- - While the overall prevalence of mental health issues was low, the findings indicated that experiencing COVID-19 in family members may increase the risk of depression, highlighting the need for more psychological support for affected students.
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- The study examined the impact of regular glucosamine use on overall and specific mortality rates among a large group of nearly 495,000 participants from the UK Biobank.
- During an average follow-up of about 8.9 years, results showed that glucosamine users had significantly lower risks of dying from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and respiratory or digestive diseases.
- The benefits of glucosamine were found to be even more pronounced in current smokers compared to non-smokers, suggesting that glucosamine supplementation may be particularly advantageous for individuals with higher health risks.
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- Research shows a strong link between obesity and high blood pressure (BP), but how they are connected is still unclear.
- The study involved 1,221 overweight or obese adults from Beijing, examining how inflammatory factors and adipokines influence this relationship, with a focus on differences between sexes.
- Results indicated that in males, leptin influenced the connection between body fat and BP, while in females, hsCRP played a key role, highlighting the need for sex-specific approaches to managing obesity-related high BP.
To examine accuracy of body composition predicted by the Multi-Frequency Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (MF-BIA) compared with the Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) in adults with obese. We measured body composition of 749 adults with obese both by the MF-BIA and DXA. The Lin's concordance correlation and the Bland-Altman plots were used to examine the consistency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the influence of secular trends in body height and weight on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese children and adolescents.
Methods: The data were obtained from five cross-sectional Chinese National Surveys on Students' Constitution and Health. Overweight/obesity was defined as BMI-for-age Z-score of per the Wold Health Organization (WHO) reference values.
[Analysis on awareness of obesity risk factors among children and adolescents].
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
June 2015
Objective: To analyze the awareness rate of obesity risk factors among children and adolescents, and to provide the basis for preventing their obesity.
Methods: The students selected by using stratified cluster sampling method, were measured for the body height, weight, and waist circumference, and were surveyed for the awareness rate of obesity risk factors by using the questionnaire. The distribution characteristics of awareness on obesity risk factors were analyzed.