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The Role of Active and Passive Smoking in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Systemic Inflammation: A 12-year Prospective Study in China

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Background There is no consensus on the cause and effect of systemic chronic inflammation (SCI) regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The impact of second-hand smoke (SHS) on COPD has reached inconsistent conclusions.
Lu Chen, Haijuan Xiong, Qiaorui Wen, Jun Lv, Dianjianyi Sun, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Lihui Li, Xiaoming Yang, Daniel Avery, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Canqing Yu, The China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group   +16 more
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The COPD risk associated with adulthood weight change and early adulthood BMI: a prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health
Background Gaps concerning general adiposity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are delaying policies for weight interventions in COPD prevention, especially adiposity in early adulthood and weight changes during adulthood. Methods Based on
Lu Chen, Wei Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Xujun Yang, Maxim Barnard, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Jun Lv, Liming Li, Canqing Yu, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group   +14 more
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On robust and efficient designs for risk estimation in epidemiologic studies [PDF]

We consider the design problem for the estimation of several scalar measures suggested in the epidemiological literature for comparing the success rate in two samples.
Dette, Holger
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Risk thresholds for soft versus hard cardiovascular disease outcome models for initiating statin therapy among Chinese adults: a cost-utility analysis

BMC Medicine
Background Current guidelines for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) primary prevention mostly recommend risk scores that predict risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction, fatal ischemic heart disease (IHD), and fatal or non-fatal ischemic ...
Zhijia Sun, Haijun Zhang, Yinqi Ding, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Yuanjie Pang, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Huaidong Du, Dan Huang, Xiaoming Yang, Maxim Barnard, Robert Clarke, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Jun Lv, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group   +18 more
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Seroepidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis in rural women in Zimbabwe and patterns of association with HIV infection [PDF]

, 2005
Serological assays using dried blood spots from 5221 women in rural areas of eastern Zimbabwe were used to assess the epidemiology of Trichomonas vaginalis infection, and its association with HIV. Antibodies to T.
Cappuccinelli, Pietro Antonio, Fiori, Pier Luigi, Gregson, Simon, Mason, Peter R., Rappelli, Paola   +4 more
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Comparison of DNA extraction procedures for detection of Mycoplasma bovis directly from extended bovine semen straw samples using a commercial M. bovis PCR

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Mycoplasma bovis is a global pathogen of cattle but was detected for the first time in New Zealand in 2017, triggering a response under their Biosecurity Act as an “unwanted organism”.
Emma Taylor, Alannah Deeney, Colin Birch, Georgia Mayne, Anne Ridley   +4 more
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El análisis del riesgo epidemiológico como habilidad profesional del médico general/Epidemiological risk analysis as a professional skill of the general practitioner

Pedagogía y Sociedad
Introducción: El análisis del riesgo epidemiológico es una de las diversas técnicas que han sido estudiadas como un proceso establecido para determinar si es casual el desarrollo de los factores que condicionan la ocurrencia y evolución de las ...
Roberto Pablo Martin Chávez , Ignacia Rodríguez Estevez , Arturo Prudencio Puga García , Lizandra María Proenza Rodríguez   +3 more
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Impact of genetic risk and lifestyles on cardiovascular disease-free and total life expectancy: a cohort study

Genome Medicine
Background Understanding the role of genetic risk and lifestyles on life expectancy (LE) without cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total LE may help optimize healthy aging strategies after taking genetic background into account. Methods The China Kadoorie
Dong Sun, Qiufen Sun, Yinqi Ding, Canqing Yu, Dianjianyi Sun, Yuanjie Pang, Pei Pei, Ling Yang, Iona Y. Millwood, Robin G. Walters, Huaidong Du, Jun Zhang, Dan Schmidt, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Jun Lv, the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group   +17 more
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Assessing effective treatment coverage for depression

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2022
Giovanni de Girolamo, Dan J. Stein
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Integral Assessment of the Epidemiological Risk of Genetic Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the Genomic Epidemiological Surveillance System

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Introduction. The spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis necessitates the implementation of novel analytical approaches for assessing epidemiological risks using wholegenome sequencing (WGS) data.Objective.
V. V. Sinkov, O. B. Ogarkov, S. N. Zhdanova, E. D. Savilov   +3 more
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