Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in China: current features and implications

D Zhao, J Liu, M Wang, X Zhang, M Zhou - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2019 - nature.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in China. To develop effective
and timely strategies to cope with the challenges of CVD epidemics, we need to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Comorbid chronic diseases are strongly correlated with disease severity among COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Liu, S Chen, M Liu, H Nie, H Lu - Aging and disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in considerable morbidity and
mortality worldwide since December 2019. In order to explore the effects of comorbid …

[HTML][HTML] Trial of intensive blood-pressure control in older patients with hypertension

W Zhang, S Zhang, Y Deng, S Wu, J Ren… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The appropriate target for systolic blood pressure to reduce cardiovascular risk
in older patients with hypertension remains unclear. Methods In this multicenter …

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in China: data from 1· 7 million adults in a population-based screening study (China PEACE Million …

J Lu, Y Lu, X Wang, X Li, GC Linderman, C Wu… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Hypertension is common in China and its prevalence is rising, yet it remains
inadequately controlled. Few studies have the capacity to characterise the epidemiology …

Mortality and recurrent vascular events after first incident stroke: a 9-year community-based study of 0· 5 million Chinese adults

Y Chen, N Wright, Y Guo, I Turnbull… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Despite
considerable improvements in diagnosis and treatment, little is known about the short-term …

Causal associations of blood lipids with risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage in Chinese adults

L Sun, R Clarke, D Bennett, Y Guo, RG Walters… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for> 2 million deaths
annually in China,. Ischemic stroke (IS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) account for an …

Sex-and age-related trajectories of the adult human gut microbiota shared across populations of different ethnicities

X Zhang, H Zhong, Y Li, Z Shi, H Ren, Z Zhang, X Zhou… - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Lifelong sex-and age-related trajectories of the human gut microbiota remain largely
unexplored. Using metagenomics, we derived the gut microbial composition of 2,338 adults …

Association of solid fuel use with risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in rural China

K Yu, G Qiu, KH Chan, KBH Lam, OP Kurmi… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance When combusted indoors, solid fuels generate a large amount of pollutants such
as fine particulate matter. Objective To assess the associations of solid fuel use for cooking …

Hypertension in China: burdens, guidelines and policy responses: a state-of-the-art review

R Yin, L Yin, L Li, J Silva-Nash, J Tan, Z Pan… - Journal of human …, 2022 - nature.com
Hypertension is a leading risk factor of cardiovascular disease and it is becoming
increasingly prevalent globally. Correspondingly, the Chinese government and public health …

Relation between blood pressure and pulse wave velocity for human arteries

Y Ma, J Choi, A Hourlier-Fargette… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Continuous monitoring of blood pressure, an essential measure of health status, typically
requires complex, costly, and invasive techniques that can expose patients to risks of …