Cohort protocol: Guangzhou High-Risk Infant Cohort study

Cohort profile: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Birmingham collaboration.

Cohort Profile Cohort Profile: The Barwon Infant Study

Cohort Profile: The Barwon Infant Study Peter Vuillermin,* Richard Saffery, Katrina J Allen, John B Carlin, Mimi LK Tang, Sarath Ranganathan, David Burgner, Terry Dwyer, Fiona Collier, Kim Jachno, Peter Sly, Christos Symeonides, Kathleen McCloskey, John Molloy, Michael Forrester and Anne-Louise Ponsonby Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC...

Adolescent build and diabetes: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

PURPOSE With economic development, there is an emerging epidemic of diabetes in China despite relatively low levels of obesity. Muscle mass, for which adolescence is a key developmental window, may reduce vulnerability to diabetes. We examined the association of recalled adolescent build with diabetes in a large sample from the developing country setting of southern China. METHODS We used mul...

Airflow obstruction and metabolic syndrome: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

There is some evidence that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic syndrome may be related, perhaps through systemic inflammation, which is common to both. However, the association between the two conditions has not yet been clearly shown. The present study involved 7,358 adults aged > or =50 yrs from a population-based survey who underwent spirometry, a structured interview...

Milk Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

BACKGROUND Dairy products consumption is increasingly common globally. Most of the evidence concerning dairy products comes from observational studies in western populations which are inevitably open to confounding. To triangulate the evidence concerning dairy products, we examined the associations of whole cow's milk consumption with cardiovascular risk factors in a non-Western setting with a ...