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Trends in the Prevalence of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Multimorbidity across Socioeconomic Gradients in Rural Southwest China
ConclusionsThe prevalence of NCDs multimorbidity increased substantially across all socioeconomic gradients in rural southwest China. Future interventions to further manage NCDs and their multimorbidity must be tailored to address socioeconomic factors.
Source: The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging - June 5, 2023 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research

Causal associations of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality among Chinese
CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses extend the evidence of the harmful effect of alcohol consumption to total CVD (including CHD) and all-cause mortality, highlighting the potential health benefits of lowering alcohol consumption, even among light-to-moderate male drinkers.PMID:35687413 | DOI:10.1093/ajcn/nqac159
Source: Am J Clin Nutr - June 10, 2022 Category: Nutrition Authors: Chunyu Hu Chunyan Huang Jianxin Li Fangchao Liu Keyong Huang Zhongying Liu Xueli Yang Xiaoqing Liu Jie Cao Shufeng Chen Hongfan Li Chong Shen Ling Yu Xigui Wu Ying Li Dongsheng Hu Jianfeng Huang Xiangfeng Lu Dongfeng Gu Source Type: research

Multimorbidity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Beijing: Prevalence and Trends, 2004 –2017
ConclusionsMultimorbidity is common and the overall and age-, sex-, and region-specific multimorbidity prevalence has been increasing over the past 13 years. Public health policies should account for the more complex care needs and growing costs associated with increasing prevalence of chronic disease and multimorbidity in Chinese older adults.
Source: The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging - September 14, 2020 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research

Triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in a Chinese population
Triglyceride (TG) to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio may play a role in predicting cardiovascular events. We aimed to prospectively explore the association between the TG/HDL-C ratio and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), ischemic stroke, as well as coronary heart disease (CHD) in a Chinese population.
Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - May 22, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Long Zhou, Jinzhuang Mai, Ying Li, Min Guo, Yong Wu, Xiangmin Gao, Yangfeng Wu, Xiaoqing Liu, Liancheng Zhao Source Type: research

A Multicenter Study of Multimorbidity in Older Adult Inpatients in China
ConclusionsMultimorbidity is common in older Chinese inpatients with a national prevalence of 69.3% that increases in line with age. Age, region, area, BMI, and daily activities were independent factors significantly associated with multimorbidity in older inpatients. Clinicians should therefore focus more attention on multimorbidity.
Source: The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging - January 9, 2020 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research

Association between hyperhomocysteinemia and metabolic syndrome with early carotid artery atherosclerosis: A cross-sectional study in middle-aged Chinese population
When compared with other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, stroke is the third leading cause of death in industrialized nations and a leading cause of long-term disability [1]. In China, stroke has been a major disease for several decades and contributes to mortality rates that are 2 to 3 times higher than those of coronary heart disease [2]. Carotid artery atherosclerosis is a well-known predominant form of atherosclerosis with stroke as the primary consequence [1]. Although there are effective therapies for the prevention of carotid atherosclerosis, the control or reversal of advancement to atherosclerosis in ...
Source: Nutrition - March 22, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Chengguo Liu, Xiaohui Sun, Hanli Lin, Ruizhi Zheng, Liansheng Ruan, Zhanhang Sun, Yimin Zhu Tags: Applied nutritional investigation Source Type: research