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Individual and combined association analysis of famine exposure and serum uric acid with hypertension in the mid-aged and older adult: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Background Malnutrition in early life may affect health in later life. The associations between malnutrition and serum uric acid (SUA) and hypertension were inconsistent.
Lin Zhang, Liu Yang, Congzhi Wang, Ting Yuan, Dongmei Zhang, Huanhuan Wei, Jing Li, Yunxiao Lei, Lu Sun, Xiaoping Li, Ying Hua, Hengying Che, Yuanzhen Li   +12 more
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Association between famine exposure in early life and risk of hospitalization for heart failure in adulthood

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundFew studies have reported the association of early life exposure to famine with the risk of heart failure. The current study aimed to investigate whether exposure to famine in early life is associated with a higher risk of hospitalization for ...
Chao-lei Chen, Jia-bin Wang, Yu-qing Huang, Ying-qing Feng   +3 more
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Childhood Health Status and Adulthood Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity in Rural China: Are They Related? [PDF]

, 2016
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the top health problems of the Chinese population. Although mounting evidence suggests that early childhood health status has an enduring effect on late life chronic morbidity, no study so far has analyzed the ...
Shen, Jay, Wang, Qing
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Fetal and infant exposure to severe Chinese famine increases the risk of adult dyslipidemia: Results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background To explore the associations between the Chinese famine exposure in early life and the dyslipidemia in adulthood. Methods We selected 2752 participants from the baseline survey of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2011 ...
Zhenghe Wang, Changwei Li, Zhongping Yang, Jun Ma, Zhiyong Zou   +4 more
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Regional Interactions in Social Responses to Extreme Climate Events: A Case Study of the North China Famine of 1876–1879

Atmosphere, 2020
The North China Famine of 1876–1879, known in Chinese as the Dingwu qihuang (丁戊奇荒), is a famous case of drought-induced famine in Chinese history. The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical and historical evidence for understanding the impacts of ...
Xianshuai Zhai, Xiuqi Fang, Yun Su
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Association between early life exposure to the great famine and possible sarcopenia in older Chinese adults: a national cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objectives We used data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to investigate how an early life famine exposure affected possible sarcopenia (PS) and to explore the extent to which a sex difference exists in the association ...
Ning Ma, Yi Song, Hao Cheng, Ting Wu, Xiaojin Yan, Yunfei Liu, Jiajia Dang, Panliang Zhong, Di Shi, Shan Cai, Patrick W C Lau   +10 more
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Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the Great Chinese Famine during early life

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2017
Objective This study aimed to assess the association between exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) during early life and hypertension in adulthood.
Lingli Liu, Xianglong Xu, Huan Zeng, Yong Zhang, Zumin Shi, Fan Zhang, Xianqing Cao, Yao Jie Xie, Cesar Reis, Yong Zhao   +9 more
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Early-Life Exposure to the Chinese Famine Is Associated with Higher Methylation Level in the INSR Gene in Later Adulthood. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2019
Wang Z, Song J, Li Y, Dong B, Zou Z, Ma J.   +5 more
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Comparing the Soviet and Chinese Famines: Their Perpetrators, Actors, and Victims

East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, 2016
The Soviet (1931-33) and Chinese (1958-62) famines were man-made catastrophes that occurred in underdeveloped states with growing populations during peacetime and affected traditional surplus areas.
Lucien Bianco
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Early‐Life Famine Exposure and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Later Life: Findings From the REACTION Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Previous studies reported that early‐life exposure to undernutrition is associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, but the association with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life remains ...
Rui Du, Ruizhi Zheng, Yu Xu, Yuanyue Zhu, Xuefeng Yu, Mian Li, Xulei Tang, Ruying Hu, Qing Su, Tiange Wang, Zhiyun Zhao, Min Xu, Yuhong Chen, Lixin Shi, Qin Wan, Gang Chen, Meng Dai, Di Zhang, Zhengnan Gao, Guixia Wang, Feixia Shen, Zuojie Luo, Yingfen Qin, Li Chen, Yanan Huo, Qiang Li, Zhen Ye, Yinfei Zhang, Chao Liu, Youmin Wang, Shengli Wu, Tao Yang, Huacong Deng, Lulu Chen, Jiajun Zhao, Yiming Mu, Donghui Li, Guijun Qin, Weiqing Wang, Guang Ning, Li Yan, Yufang Bi, Jieli Lu   +42 more
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