The aim of this study was to determine the association between the rs6552828 polymorphism in acyl coenzyme A synthetase (ACSL1) and elite endurance athletic status. We studied 82 Caucasian (Spanish) World/Olympic-class endurance male athletes, and a group of sex and ethnically matched healthy young adults (controls, n=197). The analyses were replicated in a cohort of a different ethnic origin (...

BACKGROUND Scarring airway stenosis is commonly seen in China as compared to other developed countries, due to the high prevalence of tuberculosis. Nowadays, interventional bronchoscopy treatment has been widely used to treat this disease in China. This study demonstrated the characteristics of scarring airway stenosis in Chinese adults and retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of intervention...

Abstract Context The body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) as diagnostic tools of obesity do not reflect the same level fat whether leads to various effects on cardiometabolic risk factors among different racial/ethnic population is unknown. Objective study aims address multicollinearity between BMI WC by using residual model approach assess compare metrics races/ethnicities. Desig...

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence and mechanism of glaucoma in adults living in an urban area of southern China. METHODS Random clustering sampling was used to identify adults aged 50 years and over in Liwan District, Guangzhou. Glaucoma was diagnosed with the ISGEO (International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology) classification scheme. All subjects underwent gonioscop...

This study investigated associative recognition memory by using unique features of the Chinese language and the underlying neuroanatomical correlates. The study participants were 22 Chinese speakers with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 25 cognitively normal (CN) Chinese speakers. The results revealed that the MCI group demonstrated impaired associative memory performance, despite exhibiting...

BACKGROUND The Chronic Sinusitis Survey (CSS) is a valid, disease-specific measure for evaluating the health status and treatment effectiveness of adults with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). In this study, we developed a Chinese version of the CSS (CCSS) which provides the psychometric properties of the Chinese CSS. METHODS The CSS was translated into Chinese using a parallel model. The CCSS wa...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was twofold: (1) to assess the ability of hearing-impaired adults in the developing world to independently and accurately assemble a pair of hearing aids by following instructions that were written and illustrated according to best-practice health literacy principles; and (2) to determine which factors influence independent and accurate task completion. DESI...

BACKGROUND This study adapts the ICECAP measure for Adults (ICECAP-A) to assess its capacity to measure the quality of life in China for economic evaluation. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to translate the ICECAP-A measure for wellbeing, established by the University of Birmingham, UK, to the Chinese cultural context. A focus group discussion solved the appropriateness...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and obesity among Chinese adults. METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese adults in 2008. In total, 3225 participants were selected by a multistage cluster sampling method. Self-reported sleep duration was measured by a standardized questionnaire. Logistic regre...