Although the incidence of stomach cancer has been declining, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Potential protective effects of allium vegetables against cancer have been reported by a few epidemiologic studies in Chinese populations, but the sample sizes of these studies were relatively small. We examined the associations between allium vegetable consumption and sto...

With the changing patterns of morbidity and mortality in China, noncommunicable chronic diseases have become the major threats to the health of the Chinese population. The causes of chronic diseases include genetic factors and behavioral risk factors such as the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, unhealthy dietary behaviors, and lack of physical activity. Twin studies offer a unique oppo...

BACKGROUND Recent investigations suggested that the trend of childhood asthma has been stabilizing or even reversing in some countries. The observation provides contrast to our experience. Thus, the study aimed to investigate the prevalence and clinical features of asthma in children aged 0-14 years in Qingdao China, determine the changes of childhood asthma in China, and discover evidence that...

BACKGROUND Considerable sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges have been reported among rural-to-urban migrants in China. Predictors thereof are urgently needed to develop targeted interventions. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study assessed determinants of unmet need for contraception using semi-structured interviews in two cities in China: Guangzhou and Qingdao. RESULTS Between J...

1 Center for Microalgal Biofuels and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, 2 SDIC Microalgae Biotechnology Center, China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, State Development and Investment Corporation, Beijing, China, 3 CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,...

Guangbin Wang, Hao Wen, and Ting Wang Department of Mathematics, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China Correspondence should be addressed to Guangbin Wang, [email protected] Received 11 June 2011; Revised 20 September 2011; Accepted 22 September 2011 Academic Editor: Yongkun Li Copyright q 2011 Guangbin Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed ...

MicroRNA-378 regulates oocyte maturation via the suppression of aromatase in porcine 1 cumulus cells 2 Bo Pan, Derek Toms, Wei Shen, Julang Li 3 Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario 4 Laboratory of Germ Cell Biology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao 5 Agricultural University, Qingdao, China 6 7 Abbreviated title: Cumulus cell miR-378 i...

OBJECTIVES To determine risk factors associated with postoperative hypoxemia after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 192 patients with acute type A aortic dissection who underwent surgery in Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China between January 2007 and December 2013. Patients were d...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sensitization to common allergens in children with allergic rhinitis (AR) living in Qingdao, China. We conducted a retrospective analysis for AR cases, who underwent skin prick tests (SPT) in Qingdao. A total of 2841 children with AR qualified for the inclusion criteria (Age 3-5 years: 1500 children; Age 6-12 years: 1341 children). The mo...

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) was considered to be transmitted by Apodemus agrarius and Rattus norvegicus, the principal animal hosts of Hantaan virus and Seoul virus, respectively. The aim of this study is to determine the correlation of HFRS incidence with capture rate and hantavirus infection rate of rodent species in Qingdao City, China. We collected HFRS patients' informatio...