Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations

X Li, HM Krumholz, W Yip, KK Cheng, J De Maeseneer… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
China has substantially increased financial investment and introduced favourable policies
for strengthening its primary health care system with core responsibilities in preventing and …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting male and female trends in tobacco-attributed mortality in China: evidence from successive nationwide prospective cohort studies

Z Chen, R Peto, M Zhou, A Iona, M Smith, L Yang… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Chinese men now smoke more than a third of the world's cigarettes, following a
large increase in urban then rural usage. Conversely, Chinese women now smoke far less …

A state-of-the-art review on the setting behaviours of ground granulated blast furnace slag-and metakaolin-based alkali-activated materials

L Li, J Xie, B Zhang, Y Feng, J Yang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are inorganic cementitious materials that are regarded as
potential substitutes for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due to their better properties and …

[HTML][HTML] Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

LJ Howe, MG Nivard, TT Morris, AF Hansen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture
effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification …

China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5 million people: survey methods, baseline characteristics and long-term follow-up

Z Chen, J Chen, R Collins, Y Guo… - International journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Large blood-based prospective studies can provide reliable assessment of the
complex interplay of lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors as determinants of chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

A Mishra, R Malik, T Hachiya, T Jürgenson, S Namba… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of stroke—the second leading cause of
death worldwide—were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry …

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China: data from the China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2002

Y Wu, R Huxley, L Li, V Anna, G Xie, C Yao… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The present article aims to provide accurate estimates of the prevalence,
awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in adults in China. Methods and Results …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

GRB Saunders, X Wang, F Chen, SK Jang, M Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of
worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury …

How is mRNA expression predictive for protein expression? A correlation study on human circulating monocytes

Y Guo, P Xiao, S Lei, F Deng, GG Xiao… - Acta biochimica et …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A key assumption in studying mRNA expression is that it is informative in the prediction of
protein expression. However, only limited studies have explored the mRNA‐protein …

UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases: addressing four questions

R Beaglehole, R Bonita, G Alleyne, R Horton, L Li… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com
Summary Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), principally heart disease, stroke, cancer,
diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, are a global crisis and require a global …