1.Retrospective cohort study for the impact on readmission of patients with ischemic stroke after treatment of aspirin plus clopidogrel or aspirin mono-therapy
Cheng YANG ; Yuqi ZHANG ; Xun TANG ; Pei GAO ; Chenlu WEI ; Yonghua HU
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences) 2016;48(3):442-447
Objective:To see the influence of different antiplatelet therapies on stroke patients’ readmission by performing a deep data-mining into Beijing Healthcare Insuring Database,based on a large sample size.Methods:Aretrospective cohort study,was adopted to extract patients primarily diag-nosed as ischemic stroke from healthcare database.The first hospital records were considered as the pa-tient’s baseline in this study,who were divided into MAPT (aspirin)and DAPT (aspirin and clopi-dogrel)according to the patient’s baseline medications.A follow-up was conducted to see whether the patients would have rehospitalization record because of major result events after medication.The major re-sult events,included:(1 )recurrence of ischemic stroke;(2)hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic stroke;(3)myocardial infarction;(4)the digestive hemorrhage.The Kaplan-Meier figure was used to compare the survival situations between these two groups,the log-rank test was used to test the difference of the survival curve,and 1 ∶1 propensity score matching was calculated from the patients’baseline da-ta.Cox proportional hazards model was used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR).Results:A total of 27 695 patients From January 201 0 to September 201 3 were included,4 047 with DAPT,and 23 648 with MAPT.Because the baseline characteristics of the patients was disequilibrium,so we used 1 ∶1 pro-pensity score matching,after which,the number of the two groups was 4 046 each.Adjusted for the gen-eral demographic characteristics such as age,sex,nationality,complication and drug combination,no statistical significance was observed between the survival curves of the two groups (P =0.06).HR value of major result events between the groups was 0.91 (0.82 -1 .01 ,P =0.07),which was not statistically significant.The covariate gender HR =1 .36 (1 .20 -1 .55,P <0.05),accompanied by diabetes HR =1 .36 (1 .20 -1 .54,P <0.05 ),dyslipidemia HR =1 .1 3 (1 .00 -1 .27,P =1 .1 3),heart disease HR =1 .39 (1 .22 -1 .58,P <0.05)was statistically significant.Drug combination with other antiplate-let agents HR =1 .05 (0.95 -1 .1 7,P >1 .05)did not increase the risk of readmission.Conclusion:There was no difference in prevention of readmission between patients with DAPT and MAPT.Patients with complications should actively treat the complications at the same time as they prevent recurrence after first attack.
2.Association between elevated light levels in classrooms and change in vision acuity among elementary and secondary students.
Wenjuan HUA ; Xiaoyan WU ; Xuan JIANG ; Yuhui WAN ; Jiezheng ZHANG ; Juxiang JIN ; Hongli LIU ; Guopeng GAO ; Yun FANG ; Chenlu PEI ; Fangbiao TAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015;49(2):147-151
OBJECTIVESTo explore the association between elevated light levels in classrooms and change in vision acuity among elementary and secondary students.
METHODSA total of 4 elementary (grade 1-5) and secondary (grade 7-8) schools in urban and rural areas in Sujiatun, Shenyang, China were selected by cluster sampling as experimental schools, and lighting systems have been rebuilt to improve the ambient light levels in 56 classrooms in November 2012. The control schools were chosen for the comparable academic burden and adjacent location to experimental schools, 4 schools in all. Cluster sampling of all students in the selected schools as the subjects was carried out. A total of 2 092 students were chosen as experimental group and 1 595 students were in the control group. The luxmeter was used to measure illuminance of classrooms in two groups at baseline, and intervention for 1 month, respectively.Students in both groups were underwent 3 times for vision acuity examination by standard logarithmic visual acuity chart at baseline, intervention for 6 month and intervention for 1 year, respectively. The light levels of desk and blackboard in two groups were compared by Wilcoxon test. Multivariate analysis of covariance with repeated measures was performed to assess three vision acuity results between groups.
RESULTSAfter intervention, the average illuminance of desk (117.5 vs 532.5 lx, Z = -5.38, P < 0.001) and blackboard (75.6 vs 423.5 lx, Z = -5.38, P < 0.001) and uniformity of desk (Z = -4.28, P < 0.001) with new lighting were improved significantly than that with old lighting, however the uniformity of blackboard was lower than baseline significantly (0.64 vs 0.70, Z = -2.34, P = 0.019). The average scores of vision acuity in students at baseline, intervention for 6 month and intervention for 1 year were 4.87 ± 0.23, 4.84 ± 0.25 and 4.85 ± 0.23 in experimental group, and 4.88 ± 0.22, 4.84 ± 0.25 and 4.81 ± 0.27 in control group, respectively. The significant differences between groups were found and F values were 1.41, 0.13, 19.99, P values were 0.235,0.724, <0.001. At last the average vision acuity in experimental group were significantly better than that in control group either among elementary (4.90 ± 0.20) vs (4.87 ± 0.21) score, F = 13.61, P < 0.001 or secondary students (4.73 ± 0.28) vs (4.68 ± 0.32) score, F = 14.25, P < 0.001.
CONCLUSIONSVisual acuity loss could be decreased in students with elevated light levels which may slow the response to myopiagenic stimuli for eyes, therefore the ambient light levels of blackboard and desk in classroom should be improved.
Adolescent ; Child ; China ; Humans ; Lighting ; Schools ; Students ; Visual Acuity
3.Down-regulation of miR-205-5p enhances pro-apoptotic effect of 3-bromopyruvate on human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE2Z cells.
Zongfen SHI ; Pei ZHANG ; Xingyue LU ; Chenlu ZHU ; Changjiang CHEN ; Surong ZHAO ; Hao LIU
Journal of Southern Medical University 2019;39(10):1166-1172
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the effect of down-regulation of miR-205-5p on 3-bromopyruvate-induced apoptosis in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE2Z cells.
METHODS:
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE2Z cells were transfected with miR- 205-5p-mimic or miR-205-5p-inhibitor, treated with 80 μmol/L 3-bromopyruvate alone, or exposed to both of the treatments. The proliferation of the treated cells was examined with MTT assay, and early apoptosis of the cells was detected using a mitochondrial membrane potential detection kit (JC-1). DAPI fluorescence staining was used to detect morphological changes of the cell nuclei and late cell apoptosis; Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining was employed to detect the cell apoptosis rate. Western blotting was used to detect the expressions of Bcl-2, Bax, Mcl-1 and Bak proteins.
RESULTS:
Exposure to 3-bromopyruvate significantly inhibited the proliferation of CNE2Z cells, and increasing the drug concentration and extending the treatment time produced stronger inhibitory effects. Treatment with 80 μmol/L 3-bromopyruvate for 24, 48 and 72 h resulted in inhibition rates of (45.7±1.21)%, (64.4±2.02)% and (78.3±1.55)% in non-transfected CNE2Z cells, respectively; the inhibition rates were (27.7±1.04)%, (34.8±2.10)% and (44.3±1.57)% in the cells transfected with miR-205-5p-mimic, and were (80.5 ± 0.94)%, (87.9 ± 0.50)% and (93.8 ± 1.16)% in cells transfected with miR-205-5p-inhibitor, respectively. The results of mitochondrial membrane potential detection showed that the relative proportion of red and green fluorescence decreased significantly in miR-205-5p-inhibitor-transfected cells with 3-bromopyruvate treatment. Combined treatment of the cells with 3-bromopyruvate and miR-205-5p-inhibitor transfection obviously increased nuclear fragmentation and nuclear pyknosis and significantly increased cell apoptotic rate as compared with the two treatments alone ( < 0.01), causing also decreased expressions of Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 proteins and increased expressions of Bax and Bak proteins.
CONCLUSIONS
Inhibition of miR-205-5p enhances the proapototic effect of 3-bromopyruvate in CNE2Z cells possibly in relation to the down-regulation of Mcl-1 and Bcl-2 and the up-regulation of Bak and Bax proteins.
4.Comparison of different obesity indices in predicting risk of hypertension among adults in Gansu Province
Qingyun SHI ; Binghua CHEN ; Wanrong LUO ; Yaqiong WANG ; Hao HUANG ; Qian ZHANG ; Jiao MA ; Binguo YAN ; Chenlu WU ; Leilei PEI ; Fangyao CHEN ; Yijun KANG ; Shaonong DANG ; Xinhua WANG ; Hong YAN ; Yaling ZHAO ; Yi ZHAO
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2022;43(4):581-587
【Objective】 To compare the ability of body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BFP), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), visceral fat index (VFI) and the combinations of two kinds of obesity indices to predict the risk of hypertension. 【Methods】 Data collected in the baseline survey of “Gansu Province’s Urban and Rural Natural Population Cohort Establishment and Tumor Follow-up Study” were analyzed. Area under the curve (AUC) of ROC curve with covariates was used to analyze and compare the effects of individual obesity evaluation index and the combination of two kinds of obesity indices in predicting the risk of hypertension. 【Results】 Analyses of data of 20,079 adults showed that the AUC of BMI, WC, WHtR, BFP and VFI was 0.636, 0.604, 0.615, 0.614 and 0.619, respectively. AUC of the combination of BMI and WC (0.643) was higher than that of BMI (0.636); however, the change rate of AUC was only 1.09%. AUC of the combinations of WC, WHtR and VFI, the three central obesity evaluation indices, and BFP, a general obesity evaluation index, were lower than that of BMI. The optimal cutoff value for BMI was 24.2 kg/m2. 【Conclusion】 The effect of BMI in predicting the risk of hypertension is better than that of BFP, WC, WHtR and VFI. The effects of the combinations of the two kinds of obesity evaluation indices are not better than that of BMI. To prevent and control hypertension, adults should keep their BMI under overweight.