1.Association between antioxidant nutrients and pregnancy complications: a Mendelian randomization study
WANG Shuang ; TAN Xiwei ; LING Yao ; HUANG Ruixian ; MA Yong ; KONG Danli ; DING Yuanlin
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(4):345-349
Objective:
To investigate the causal relationship between antioxidant nutrients and pregnancy complications, so as to provide the reference for the prevention and treatment of pregnancy complications.
Methods:
Data of seven antioxidant nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc, copper and iron were collected from genome-wide association study (GWAS) Catalog database, and data of four pregnancy complications including gestational diabetes mellitus, pre-eclampsia, spontaneous abortion and preterm birth were collected from the Finland database. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data were collected, and 27 SNPS strongly correlated with seven antioxidant nutrients were selected as instrumental variables. Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses were performed using the inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method with seven antioxidant nutrients as exposures factors and four pregnancy complications as outcome variables. The heterogeneity was assessed using the Cochran's Q test, the horizontal pleiotropy was assessed using the MR-PRESSO test and MR-Egger regression, and the robustness of the results was verified with the leave-one-out.
Results:
Cochran's Q test showed heterogeneity of MR results between vitamin C and gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia and preterm birth, between vitamin E and iron and gestational diabetes (all P<0.05), and a random effect model was employed. There was no heterogeneity in other results (all P>0.05), and a fixed effect model was employed. MR analysis results showed that there was no causal association between seven antioxidant nutrients and the risk of four pregnancy complications (all P>0.05). MR-PRESSO test and the MR-Egger regression identified no horizontal pleiotropy of instrumental variables (both P>0.05).
Conclusion
This study did not find genetically predicted associations of antioxidant nutrients with pregnancy complications.
2.Cognitive behavior survey on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in individuals living in Ningxia
Yanan ZHANG ; Jie QIU ; Juan CHEN ; Hai TAN ; Xiwei ZHENG ; Xiuzhong LI ; Jin ZHANC
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2012;06(2):81-84
Objective To investigate current status of cognitive behavior on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to provide evidence for targeted intervention.Methods A questionnaire survey on COPD was conducted at 12 settings of 4 prefectures that were sampled from Ningxia Province using multistage stratified cluster random sampling method,and 4268 residents at least 40 years old were interviewed.Multivariate linear regression method was used for data analysis.Results A total of 4056 valid questionnaires were returned from 4200 participants with an effective response rate of 96.57%.Only 6.51%(264/4056) had an idea of COPD,13.88% (563/4056) regarded cigarette smoking as a risk factor of chronic bronchitis and emphysema,and 6.39% (259/4056) knew pulmonary function tests.Home income,living area,education level and ethnicity were main factors influencing COPD awareness.The percentage of current cigarette smoking was 28.80% (1168/4056) with 20.40% in Hui (Muslim) ethnic group and 34.63% in Han ethnic group (P < 0.05 ) ; smoking index and severe smokers were not significantly different between the two groups ( P > 0.05 ).Conclusion Our data suggest a considerably poor knowledge and prevention awareness of COPD in Ningxia Province.In spite of relatively lower cigarette smoking rate,the problem that Hui (Muslim) ethnic people are lack of COPD awareness should not to be neglected.
3.Platelet antibody screening and crossmatch in Chengdu in 2019
Xixi TAN ; Xiwei WEI ; Tianxiang GONG ; Ying HONG ; Zhiru LI ; Meng LI ; Xuemei FU ; Shuping LI
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2021;34(4):382-385
【Objective】 To analyze the status of the platelet antibody screening and crossmatch in Chengdu in 2019, so as to further improve the corresponding detection strategy to improve the clinical transfusion efficacy. 【Methods】 The patients underwent platelet antibody crossmatch in Chengdu Blood Center in 2019 were selected as research objects Platelet antibody screening and crossmatch were performed by solid-phase agglutination technique, and the sample size, the incidence of platelet antibod, age, blood group, seasonal chracteristics, hospital levels, ratio of repeated crossmatch and the transfusion efficacy were analyzed. 【Results】 321 treatment doses of matched platelets after 259 occasions of crossmatch relative to 85 patients were provided. The positive rate of platelet antibody was 87.06%. 64.71% of the patients were over 40 years old, the proportion of ABO group in crossmatch samples was O>A>B>AB, and the crossmatch cases increased each quarter gradually. All samples were provided by tertiary hospitals. 52.94% of the patients needed crossmatch at least twice, and the efficacy rate of matched platelets transfusion was 63.64%. 【Conclusion】 The platelet transfusion efficacy could by improved by platelet antibody screening and crossmatch, so as to avoid the waste of platelets, which deserves active promotion in clinical.