Objective To analyze the prevalence of severe asthmain China.Methods The epidemiological data was collected from 2 034 asthmatic patients who were diagnosed in the last epidemiological survey from 2009 to 2010 in 8pro...
Objective To investigate the relationship between the expression of histone acetylation enzyme 2(HDAC2),interleukin-8(IL-8),tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)in lung adenocarcinoma tissues and smoking.Methods A total of...
Objective To explore the clinical phenotype of airways disease in elderly patients using hierarchical cluster analysis.Methods A total of 67 elderly patients with respiratory symptoms were enrolled in a prospective st...
Objective To assess the correlation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D(25-OHD)levels with vitamin D-binding protein(the group-specific component,GC)gene polymorphism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods In...
Objective To evaluate the effects and clinical prognosis of out-patient department-based smoking cessation services for coronary heart disease(CHD)patients.Methods A total of 140 smoking patients diagnosed with corona...
Objective To prospectively investigate the association between serum uric acid concentration and the risk of brain infarction in Chinese adults.Methods In this prospective cohort study,a total of 95 738 participants(a...
Objective To analyze the characteristics of pulmonary function and the clinical significance of non-specific pattern(NSP).Methods A total of 1 933 pulmonary function tests of adult patients were analyzed,and those wit...
Objective To explore the protein-tyrosine-phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) expression and its prognostic significance in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) .Methods Immunohistochemical method of EnVision was applied to investig...
Objective To investigate the basic characteristics of passive smoking population,and the impact of passive smoking on heart rate variability,heart rate and blood pressure.Methods Eighty-six passive smokers[mean age: (...
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in several endoscopy centers of Northwest China.Methods From September 2008 to September 2009,a questionnaire survey was ...