16 results match your criteria: "Union Shenzhen Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology[Affiliation]"

Metabolomic profiling identifies signatures and biomarkers linking air pollution to dementia risk: A prospective cohort study.

J Hazard Mater

December 2024

Joint International Research Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. Electronic address:

Exposure to air pollution has been associated with increased dementia. However, it remains unknown what specific metabolic mechanisms play a role in this relationship. We included 192,300 dementia-free participants from the UK Biobank cohort study.

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The association of Healthy Eating Index 2020 (HEI-2020), especially its components with systemic inflammatory biomarkers, has not been examined. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between HEI-2020 and its components with systemic inflammatory biomarkers, and to provide a dietary pattern suggestion to combat systemic inflammation. Participants aged 20 years and older with complete information on two reliable dietary recalls, blood cell counts and demographic characteristics, were recruited from six NHANES cycles from 2007 to 2018.

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Objective: Although obesity is a known risk for hyperuricemia (HUA), the associations between adiposity indices and incident HUA and whether sex-specific differences exist is still unknown. We aimed to investigate the associations between adiposity indices and incident HUA in a longitudinal study.

Methods: Data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011-2012 and 2015-2016 were used to conduct a cohort study.

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Background: Minerals and trace elements were involved in the pathogenesis and progression of diabetes. However, the association of mixed exposure to essential elements and toxic elements with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is poorly understood.

Objective: This study aims to examine the associations between serum calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), magnesium (Mg), and cadmium (Cd) concentrations in early pregnancy and GDM risk in Chinese pregnant women.

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To the best of our knowledge, prior research has yet to delve into the combined and interactive relationships between maternal exposure to essential elements and toxic metals and infancy's continuous growth and trajectories. This study aims to discern infant growth trajectories in the first year of life and to determine the associations of maternal serum levels of essential elements and toxic metals with growth trajectory. Within a Chinese prospective cohort in 2019 - 2021, 407 mother-infant pairs were included, and the serum levels of five essential elements (zinc, calcium, copper, magnesium and iron) and two toxic metals (cadmium and lead) in early pregnancy were assessed.

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BACKGROUND Spontaneous pancreatic and peripancreatic hemorrhage (SPH) is a rare subtype of spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage. With diverse clinical manifestations and no specific presentations, early diagnosis of SPH becomes challenging. Patient-specific underlying causes and vital signs guide the SPH treatment approach.

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Objective: This study evaluated the associations of serum ferritin (SF) concentration during pregnancy with the risk of adverse maternal and fetal pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 2327 pregnant women from 2015 to 2020 in Guangdong, China. SF concentrations were measured at 16-18th and 28-32th week of gestation.

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Background: In recent years, results on the association between serum uric acid (UA) and pregnancy outcomes have been inconsistent, and the association between urea nitrogen (UN) and adverse pregnancy outcomes in normal pregnant women has not been reported. Thus, we examined the association of UA and UN levels during gestation with the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in a relatively large population.

Methods: A total of 1602 singleton mothers from Union Shenzhen Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology at January 2015 to December 2018 were included.

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Objective: This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of the Nutritional Risk Score 2002 (NRS2002) and patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) for post-operative infections in patients with gastric cancer (GC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) who underwent curative surgery.

Methods: This prospective study included 1,493 GC patients and 879 CRC patients who underwent curative surgery at 18 hospitals in China between April 2017 and March 2020. The NRS2002 and PG-SGA were performed on the day of admission.

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Background: Insulin resistance (IR), which is affected by dietary factors, is the main pathology underlying of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Fructose (Fru), a sugar found in fruits, honey, and food sweeteners, has been reported to induce IR and inflammation. This study explored the effects and mechanisms of Fru on IR of GDM in pregnant and postpartum mice and their offspring.

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Background: To examine the association of hemoglobin (Hb) levels during gestation with the risk of selected adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth (PTB), low-birth-weight infants (LBW) and small-for-gestational-age infants (SGA) in Chinese women.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Union Shenzhen Hospital of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, using routinely collected maternity and hospital data on pregnancies (2015-2018). Hb levels were measured during the second (16-18th weeks) and third (28-30th weeks) trimesters of pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes were recorded in the hospital information system.

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Trends in Nutritional Biomarkers by Demographic Characteristics Across 14 Years Among US Adults.

Front Nutr

January 2022

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.

Understanding trend in nutritional status is crucial to inform national health priorities to improve diets and reduce related diseases. The present study aimed to analyze trends in the concentrations of all measured nutritional biomarkers and their status among US adults across 14 years. Trends on the concentrations of nutritional biomarkers and nutritional status evaluated by the prevalence of deficiency, inadequacy, excess, and dyslipidemia were analyzed among US adults in 7 cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES 2003-2016) and by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.

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Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) has protective effects on gastrointestinal functions. Our previous study found that GLP-2 could significantly reduce intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in total parenteral nutrition (TPN) animal model. However, the effects of GLP-2 on the impairment of the intestinal Paneth cells immune function and gut inflammation during intravenous fluid infusion mainly consisted of nutritional materials is currently scattered.

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Background And Aims: We aimed to investigate the association between total bile acid (TBA) concentrations changes during the second and third trimesters and the risk of developing adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes (AMPO).

Methods: A total of 1569 pregnant Chinese women were enrolled. Serum TBA concentrations were measured during the 16-18 and 29-34 weeks of gestation.

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Exosomes are a kind of nanoscale extracellular vesicles with diameters of 30-100 nm and act as intracellular communication vehicles to influence cellular activities. Emerging pieces of evidence have indicated that exosomes play important roles in inflammation. However, the biological roles of plasma exosomes in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients have remained largely unexplored.

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Association of Serum Uric Acid, Urea Nitrogen, and Urine Specific Gravity Levels at 16-18 Weeks of Gestation with the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes

December 2020

Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Objective: To evaluate the associations of serum uric acid (UA), urea nitrogen (UN), and urine specific gravity (USG) levels in the first trimester of pregnancy with the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in 1,769 pregnant women aged 31.55 ± 3.

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