Objective To explore the relationship of metabolic syndrome(MS)with body mass index(BMI)and waist circumference(WC)in residents of urban and rural in Guangxi.Methods According to the method of multistage stratified randomized cluster sampling confirmed in ″The Nutrition and Health Status of the Chinese People,2002″,2 970 urban and rural people(aged ≥18 years)were selected from 4 cities and 4 countries in Guangxi and their body height,weight,waist circumference and laboratory tests were investigated.Results The prevalence rate of MS was 3.77%,and the urban rate(5.56%)was higher than that of the rural(2.05%),male's rate(4.99%)was higher than female's(2.68%).The prevalence rates of MS in groups with BMI

Objective To explore the relationship between nutrients intake and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome(MS) in urban and rural residents in Guangxi.Methods 3026 people aged 18 years and above were sampled at random from 4 cities and 4 countries in Guangxi with a multistage stratified sampling.All subjects took the diet investigation with 24-hours review method,medical examination and blood assay.Results 107 subjects(3.54%) suffered from MS,and the prevalence rate in city(5.21%) was significantly higher than that in countryside(1.90%,P

Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of various immuno-diagnostic systems for trichinosis and to find out the best testing system with low cost and high effectiveness.Methods The basic methods for the research are to difine and classify the direct and indirect cost for each testing system, and to identify a cost-effective testing system which would be practical and workable in case finding and/or mass survey. The data collected were analysed with parameters which are as follows: (1) the parameter of cost effectiveness expressed by cost/one sample in a given test that is unit cost. (2) the parameters of cost effectiveness: (a) for finding patients: cost/positive rate; (b) for examination carried out in normal individuals: cost/(100%-positive rate); (c) for the result of cross reaction: cost/(100%-cross reaction rate).Results Among the costs for detecting antibodies,the total costs vary from 98.06 yuan to 193.15 yuan. F-ELISA is the cheapest test. The unit cost for the five studied testing systems is ranging from 3.98 yuan to 4.22 yuan. According to the cost, the recommended order would be: F-ELISA, SPA-ELISA, ELISA, Western blot and IIP.Using the value of cost/effectiveness in analysis of the cost and comparing the results of detecting the positive cases ,the normal persons and cross reaction. The final results show that the methods for detecting antibodies are not only cheap but also practical and the preference for selection would be F-ELISA, ELISA and SPA-ELISA. The best method for detecting antigens is F-PcAb.Conclusions When these methods are used in practice, we suggest that F-ELISA should be the best method for choice in screening, when the result is positive, F-PcAb may be used for confirmation and can obtain a correct diagnosis.