BACKGROUND Individuals with prehypertension are at a high risk of developing hypertension. Little is known about the predictors of progression from prehypertesion to hypertension in rural Chinese adults. METHODS A population-based sample of 15 061 rural Chinese aged > or =35 years with prehypertension free cardiovascular diseases at baseline were followed-up from 2004-2006 to 2008. Incident h...

BACKGROUND Predicting high risk groups for gastric cancer and motivating these groups to receive regular checkups is required for the early detection of gastric cancer. The aim of this study is was to develop a prediction model for gastric cancer incidence based on a large population-based cohort in Korea. METHOD Based on the National Health Insurance Corporation data, we analyzed 10 major ri...

Solar evaporation is a facile and promising technology to efficiently utilize renewable energy for freshwater production seawater desalination. Here, the fabrication of self-regenerating hydrogel composed 2D-MXenes nanosheets embedded in perovskite La 0.6Sr 0.4Co 0.2Fe 0.8O3−δ (LSCF)/polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels efficient solar-driven desalination reported. The mixed dimensional LSCF/Ti3C2 compo...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the distribution of the perceived intensity of salt, sweet, sour, and bitter in a large population and to investigate factors associated with perceived taste intensity. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional population. METHODS Subjects (n = 2,374; mean age, 48.8 years) were participants in the Beaver Dam Offspring Study examined during 2005 to 2008. Perceived taste...

To ascertain current approaches of physicians to nutritional-hygienic management of hypertensive patients and their children, a survey was done among a random sample of Chicago-area generalists, internists, and cardiologists. Thirteen items related to advice for patients; two for their children. Of 713 physicians holding M.D. degrees in the sample, 573 (80%) responded. For hypertensive patients...

DPNH-X was prepared as described previously (1) ; the barium salt was converted to the sodium salt before use, and solutions were stored at 20”. Concentrations of DPNH-X were calculated with an extinction coefficient of 13.5 X lo6 sq. cm. mole-’ at 290 rnM (1). Sodium salts of ADP, ATP, ITP, UTP, and crystalline disodium ATP were obtained from the Pabst Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Myoki...