National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFC0907301)
To the Editor:The relationship between hypertension duration and the risk of cardiovascular diseases(CVDs)has received considerable attention in recent years.[1-3]Acohort study based on 246,459 Korean adults found a l...
Background: On diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, a person may have been infected already for many years. This study aimed to estimate the duration of HIV infection at the time of diagnosis....
Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a higher risk of thromboembolic events: however, the optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) remains unclear. The goal of this study was to asse...
Background:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a disease with increasing prevalence,which is mainly characterized by increased cardiopulmonary mortality and morbidity.It is well-known that OSAS patients have...
Background Hypertension (HTN) is a very prevalent public health problem and as the population ages,cognitive impairment (CI) is also going to be a public health burden.However,the relationship between hypertension...
Background Prenatal lead and cadmium exposure will not only influence the mother's organ systems,but also will provide an environment that may influence the fetus and neonate in a harmful way.In the present study,we ...
Background Breast cancer remains the most important cancer among women worldwide. The disease itself and treatment may have a profound impact on the patients' psychological well being and quality of life. Depression ...
Background A five-year follow-up study of intensive multifactorial intervention was undertaken to assess the changes of circulating serum amyloid A (SAA) levels and the incidence of atherosclerosis (AS) in patient...
This sdudy was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40275036); the Project of High School Science Research of Department of Education in Liaoning Province (No. 2004C026).
Pterygium is sunlight related, ocular-surface lesion that obscures vision. The morbidity varies in different parts of the same country. Several surveys have shown that the countries nearer the equator have higher rate...