Increasing obesity and BMI trends have slowed in the past decade among the general Chinese adult population
1. Mean BMI and obesity prevalence increased more rapidly between 2004-2010 than between 2010-2018. 2. Divergent trends were seen between ...
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#VisualAbstract: Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors for mortality in patients with cancer and COVID-19 in Hubei, China
1. Patients with haematological malignancies had poorer prognoses than patients with solid tumours, and administration of chemotherapy within 4 weeks ...
Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors for mortality in patients with cancer and COVID-19 in Hubei, China: a multicentre, retrospective, cohort study
1. Patients with haematological malignancies had poorer prognoses than patients with solid tumours, and administration of chemotherapy within 4 weeks ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 1, 2020
Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study 1. In patients with ...
#VisualAbstract: First-wave COVID-19 transmissibility and severity in China outside Hubei after control measures, and second-wave scenario planning
1. Following aggressive interventions across China since January 23, 2020, the confirmed case fatality risk in mainland China was 0.98%, ...
Quick Take: Association of Visual Impairment With Economic Development Among Chinese Schoolchildren
Children in many developing countries have poor vision. In China, poor vision accounts for nearly half of all childhood disability. ...
Diabetes linked to increased mortality in China
1. In a 7-year nationwide prospective study of over a half-million Chinese adults, diabetes was more common in urban than ...
Hypertension survey in China demonstrated high prevalence, low rates of control
1. In this prospective cohort of Chinese adults, hypertension was found in about one-third of adults, with fewer than one ...
Antibiotic prescription patterns in China may contribute to resistance
1. A significant proportion of antibiotics given at Chinese primary health care clinics were not appropriate prescriptions. 2. Judicious use ...
Asymptomatic H. pylori eradication decreased gastric cancer in Asian populations
Image: PD 1. Meta-analysis of trials involving eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in asymptomatic individuals showed significant decrease in ...
