1.The Application of the Prediction of the Reported Weekly Incidence of Bacillary Dysentery in Chaoyang District Using the Time Series Model
Shufeng CUI ; Jianxin MA ; Shuming LI
Chinese Journal of Health Statistics 2009;(6):583-585,591
Objective The study estabfished a model to pre-dict the weekly incidence of bacillary dysentery in Chaoyang District,and evaluated its predictive effects. Methods To eliminate the factors of sea-son-changing by means of Time Series. Auto regressive integrated moving average(ARIMA), based on model identification, estimation andverifica-tion of parameter, and analysis of the fitting of model, was established. Fi-nally,the predictive model was established by the multiple of ARLMA and seasonal factors. Results The error of the model for the prediction was -0.06 on average. The relative error was 2.32% on average. Conclusion Time series could not only accurately predict useing the data which was collected every week,but shorten the cycle of prediction.
2.Prognostic efficacy of combined index of cardiac biomarkers for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality on hemodialysis patients
Lihong ZHANG ; Rui CUI ; Tao YANG ; Shen ZHAN ; Shufeng REN ; Yuzhu WANG
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2015;31(3):173-178
Objective To evaluate cardiac biomarkers as biological risk factors for cardiovascular and all-cause motality in HD patients.In addition,a multimarker approach including inflammatory index was performed to improve the cardiovascular and all-canse risk assessment of these patients.Methods The author measured Troponin-T (TnT),N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (HsCRP),collected the clinical data at baseline (January 2012) in 229 HD patients in three hemodialysis centers in Haidian District of Beijing,recorded time and cause of death in the next 1000 days.Kaplan-Meier was used to calculate survival rate and impact factors of prognosis.Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate significance of =TnT,NT-proBNP and HsCRP and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) of death.Results During the followup,37 patients died,mainly from cardiac cause (54.05%,20/37).Univariate analysis found old age,diabetes,cardiovascular disease,low serum albumin,CRP≥3 mg/L,TnT≥0.1 mg/L,NT-proBNP≥ 4381 ng/L were associated with prognosis.Elevated cTnT,NT-proBNP or HsCRP were all associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause motality.Moreover,the combination of all parameters (NTproBNP≥4381 ng/L and TnT≥0.1 mg/L and HsCRP≥3 mg/L) were dramatically associated with increased cardiovascular cause mortality (HR=25.25,P < 0.01) and all-cause mortality (HR=27.33,P < 0.01).The association were significant even after full adjustment for cardiovascular (HR=14.33,P < 0.01) and all-cause mortality (HR=1 1.54,P < 0.01) respectively.Conclusions A combined index of cardiovascular risk factors could provide supplementary risk stratification in HD patients for cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality,strongly supporting the annual routine determination of these biomarkers.
3.Application of the rapid influenza testing during 2007-2008 flu season in Beijing city
Ran LI ; Bin CAO ; Shufeng CUI ; Ruiting BAI ; Chen MA ; Yuyu ZHANG ; Yiqun GUO ; Lin WU ; Shufan SONG ; Cuilian LI
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2009;32(1):51-54
Objective To analyze the application value of the rapid testing for influenza during 2007-2008 flu season at fever clinic in Beijing Chaoyang hospital Methods 500 patients with diagnosis of influenza-like illness were prospectively enrolled. Pharyngeal swabs were collected for influenza viral culture and rapid testing for influenza. Demographic characteristics, age, symptoms, lab tests, symptom recovery time and medical expense were also collected. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value for rapid testing were analyzed. Results A total of 500 patients were enrolled between Dec 2007 and March 2008. Among them 498 cases were used for analysis. Influenza B was most common by virus culture methed(n=208,41.8%) ,followed by influenza A (n=51,10.2%). The average age was 35, and the ratio of male to female was 1.47:1. Compared with the group of positive culture, patients with influenza were more likely to get cough, sore throat, and nasal congestion (t=13.728, 4.014and 4.720,P<0.001 or 0.05, respectively). A total of 260 cases were subjected to rapid testing, Among them 18 cases were influenza A positive and 132 cases were influenza B positive. The rapid testing had a sensitivity of 77.1 % and a specificity of 70.1%. The positive predictive value was 78.6% and the negative predictive value was 68.2%. The rapid testing had enhanced the proportion of anti-viral treatment from 0 to 26% and reduced the proportion of antibiotic use from 63.4% to 20. 7%. Conclusions Influenza B is the most predominant pathogen during 2007-2008 flu season among patients with influenza-like illness in Beijing. The rapid testing with high sensitivity and specificity provides guidance on clinical practice.