We are delighted to share with you our eleventh Journal Club and highlight some of the most interesting papers published recently [...].
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Long-term use of low-dose aspirin for cancer prevention: A 20-year longitudinal cohort study of 1,506,525 Hong Kong residents.
Int J Cancer
January 2025
Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Long-term use of low-dose aspirin has been demonstrated to reduce cancer risk, but the duration of necessary medication use remains uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the long-term chemoprotective effect of aspirin among the Chinese population. This population-based study included all aspirin users between 2000 and 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiovascular risk profiling among South Asian adults in Hong Kong: a latent class analysis.
Int J Equity Health
January 2025
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Background: South Asians living in urbanized settings are facing disproportionate cardiovascular burden largely attributable to modifiable risk factors. Given the rapid surge in South Asian population in Hong Kong, this study aims to identify and distinguish clusters of cardiovascular risk profiles among community-dwelling South Asian adults.
Methods: Between June 2022 and December 2023, 1181 South Asian adults were recruited through territory-wide outreach health assessments on lifestyle, psychological distress, obesity, clinical cardiovascular conditions, and sociodemographic factors.
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Thorax
January 2025
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, UK
Acute Sophora alkaloid poisoning in Hong Kong.
Toxicon
January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Postal address: G/F, Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China. Electronic address:
Sophora alkaloids, including matrine, oxymatrine, and sophoridine, are quinolizidines found in plants used in traditional Chinese medicine such as Sophora flavescens and Sophora tonkinensis. Reports on acute Sophora alkaloid poisoning in humans outside of mainland China are lacking. This study aimed to characterize the clinical presentations, management, and outcomes of acute poisoning involving Sophora alkaloids in Hong Kong.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation of different emotional support status with cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.
J Affect Disord
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Laboratory of Heart Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Heart Center of Zhujiang Hospital, Sino-Japanese Cooperation Platform for Translational Research in Heart Failure, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address:
Background: Evidence suggests that emotional status affect physical health. We aimed to investigate the association of different emotional support sources with morbidity or mortality of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs).
Methods: We conducted a retrospective-cohort analysis using data in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2004.
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