Menarche and menopause are two important physiological periods that denote the beginning and the end of normal reproductive life.Studies have suggested that ages at menarche and menopause are important biological markers,and are also predictors of several chronic diseases.We published one manuscript in J Clin Endocrinol Metab titled Associations between age at menarche and menopause with cardiovascular disease,diabetes,and osteoporosis in Chinese women,which suggested that ages at menarche and menopause are not associated with diabetes,delayed menarche and menopause are associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease risk and early menopause with high risk of osteoporosis.

Objective To observe the effect of emotion regulation on anxiety in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) under acupuncture-drug compound anesthesia.Method Ninety patients who were going to receive FESS were randomized into group A, B and C, 30 cases in each group. Acupuncture-drug compound anesthesia [electroacupuncture at Yingxiang (LI 20) and Yintang (GV 29)] was adopted in the three groups, ordinary doses of anesthetic drugs for group A and B (1% Tetracaine hydrochloride injection 100 mg+2% Lidocaine hydrochloride injection 0.1 g+Adrenaline hydrochloride injection 2 mL) and reduced doses for group C (1% Tetracaine hydrochloride injection 70 mg+2% Lidocaine hydrochloride injection 0.1 g+Adrenaline hydrochloride injection 2 mL). Conventional nursing was applied to group A, while specific emotion regulation was additionally adopted in group B and C during the perisurgical period. The three groups were evaluated by using Zung's Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) prior to the surgery, 24 h and 48 h after the surgery, and the satisfaction ratings of the patients towards the surgery, anesthesia and nursing were compared.Result The SAS score 48 h after the surgery was significantly different from that before the surgery in group A (P<0.05). The SAS scores 24 h and 48 h after the surgery were significantly different from the score before the surgery in group B and C (P<0.05); the score 48 h after the surgery was significantly lower than that 24 h after the surgery in group B and C (P<0.05). 24 h and 48 h after the surgery, the SAS scores in group B and C were significantly different from those in group A (P<0.05). The satisfaction ratings of nursing in group B and C were significantly higher than the rating in group A (P<0.05). Conclusion Specific emotion regulation can effectively mitigate the anxiety of patients undergoing FESS under acupuncture-drug anesthesia, and improve the satisfaction rate of patients towards nursing.

[Summary] Kisspeptin is vital for the neuroendocrine regulation of GnRH secretion. Kisspeptin neurons are now recognized as a central pathway responsible for conveying key homeostatic information to GnRH neurons. A number of metabolic modulators have been proposed as regulators of kisspeptin including leptin, adiponectin, insulin, ghrelin, POMC, and neuropeptide Y. Recent data indicate that kisspeptin may have a direct role in regulating energy balance by its regulation of food intake and glucose homeostasis. Thus, kisspeptin may serve as a new connection between reproductive function and energy metabolism.

Objective Acute poisoning is frequently encountered at emergency department. This study was to investigate the epidemiology and characteristics of patients with acute poisoning who were treated at the Emergency Center, Fujian Provincial Hospital, China. Method We retrospectively analyzed the gender, age, causes of poisoning, types of poisons, poisoning route, emergency diagnoses, outcomes, and prognoses of these patients.Results Altogether 2867 patients with acute poisoning were treated from January 2004 to December 2009. The ratween 18 and 40 years old. The incidence of acute poisoning was as high as 11.33% in January each year. The incidence of poisoning was in a descending order: alcohol poisoning (54.55%), medication poisoning (25.95%), pesticide poisoning (5.65%), and drug poisoning (4.88%). Most (56.44%) of the patients with drug poisoning were under 25 years and their mean age was significantly lower than that of patients with medication poisoning or alcohol poisoning ( P ＜ 0.01 ). Approximately 69.54% of the patients were followed up after emergency treatment, 30.39% were hospitalized, and four patients died. Conclusions Acute poisoning is largely alcohol poisoning and medication poisoning in a city. The emergency green channel "pre-hospital emergency care-emergency department-hospital treatment" can significantly improve the survival rate of patients with acute poisoning.

Two patients with typical Gitelman syndrome were diagnosed by gene and their clinical data and endocrine and metabolic status were evaluated.The etiology,clinical manifestation,laboratory findings,genetic diagnosis,and treatment for Gitelman syndrome were reviewed.

Objective To study the characteristics of epidemiology among the emergency patients with acute drugs poisoning in emergency center of Fujian Province.Methods Retrospective study was used to collect data of patients with acute drugs poisoning from 2004 to 2009,and data of patients 'gender,age,cause of poisoning,poison type,emergency diagnosis,medical treatment,etc.were analyzed.Results The epidemiological reports of 744 cases of acute drugs poisoning patients were collcected from 2004 to 2009,the male-to-female ratio was 1:4.2,the average age was 33.0,high incidence group was at ages 18 ～29 (50.3％ ).The most visiting time was in Spring (April to June).Eighty-eight point three percentage of poisoning was intentional.Central nervous system drugs,in particular sedative/hypnotic drugs (64.5％ )was the most common agents associated with poisoning.The poisoned patients were divided into three groups with mild ( 51.5％ ),moderate ( 33.2％ ) and severe ( 15.3％ ) according to the patient' s condition.Thirty-seven percentage poisoned patients were discharged after treatment followed up for observation,and 28.3％ patients were hospitalized,no patients died.Conclusions The majority of acute drugs poisoning among patients from city were sedative/hypnotic drugs.Reasonable grading and different treatment according to the condition of acute drugs poisoning would be helpful to improve the survival rates of acute poisoning and reduce medical costs.

Objective To measure serum surfactant protein (SP) A and D levels in patients with interstitial lung disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods Serum SP-A and SP-D levels of RA,RA-ILD patients and healthy controls were assessed using a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).The relationship between SP-A and SP-D and RA-ILD was analyzed.The serum SP-A and SP-Dpositive rate was calculated for the three groups.The correlation between SP-A and SP-D with RF,anti-CCP,antinuclear antibody,antikeratin antibody,anti-perinuclear factor,C-reactive protein,erythrocyte sedimentation rate,were analyzed.Mean value of groups were compared with variance analysis,Spearmam rank correlation test was used for correlation analysis.Results The levels of serum SP-A in RA-ILD patients and RA patients as well as in healthy controls were [ (51.2±9.2),(25.9±2.6),( 15A±0.3 ) μg/L] respectively.The level of serum SP-D of the three groups was [ ( 42.5 ±8.1 ),(20.8 ± 1.5 ),( 16.6±0.8 ) μg/L ] respectively.The levels of serum SP-A and SP-D in patients with RA complicated with ILD were higher than those simple RA patients and healthy controls (P＜0.05).The levels of serum SP-A and SP-D in patients with RA were not significantly higher than those in healthy controls (P＞0.05).The positive rate of serum SP-A and SP-D in RA-ILD patients were significantly higher than those in simple RA patients and healthy controls.The positive rate of serum SP-D of RA-ILD patients was higher than that of SP-A.The levels of serum SP-A and SP-D in patients with RA complicated with ILD were correlated positively with age,C-reactive protein.The level of serum SP-D was correlated positively with RF,anti-CCP,antikeratin antibody.There was no correlation between the level of serum SP-A and SP-D with RA-ILD and antinuclear antibody,antiperinuclear factor,erythrocyte sedimentation rate.Conclusion The levels of serum SP-A and SP-D are correlated with RA-ILD and may be useful markers for ILD in patients with RA.These two paramenters may be helpful to early diagnosis of RA-ILD.The Serum SP-D levels are more sensitive in predicting the development of RA-ILD than other parameters and can help in assessing the severity of lung damage.

Objective:To determine the effects of Jinlong capsule combined with interventional therapy on the immune functions of primary hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Methods:Sixty randomly selected cases of clinically diagnosed primary hepatocellular carcinoma were divided into the observation group and the control group. Three days after operation, the observation group was given four Jinlong capsules three times a day for 30 days (one treatment). Meanwhile, the control group received interventional therapy after the operation. One to four days following one treatment, peripheral blood specimens were collected from the two groups to determine the cellular immune function indices. Results:The cell numbers (mean) of the peripheral blood components CD3, CD4, NK, SIL-2R, TSGF, and SIL-2R and the CD4/CD8 ratio in the observation group showed no significant difference before and after treatment. In the control group, these indices were significantly different before and after treatment. Conclusion:The Jinlong capsule facilitates the cellu-lar immunity recovery of patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma after interventional therapy.

Kiss1 gene encodes Kisspeptins,an intercellular signal peptide whose corresponding receptor is Kiss1R. The initial study found that the Kiss1/Kiss1R system has the effect on inhibiting tumor metastasis. More and more evidence suggests that it can act on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal(HPG) axis and is the key to puberty initiation and progression. It plays an important role in the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction. In this paper, we reviewed the studies on Kiss1/Kiss1R system,its intracellular signal transduction pathway,role on HPG axis,and clinical application.

Objective:To investigate the relationship between serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), peripheral blood microRNA-126 (miR-126) and the number and distribution of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs).Methods:Consecutive patients with non-acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease admitted to the Department of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College from June 2019 to June 2020 were enrolled. The clinical data were collected, 3.0 T MRI examination was performed, and susceptibility-weighted imaging was used to detect CMBs. The serum VEGF concentration was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and miR-126 was detected by fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the independent influencing factors of CMBs. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the correlation between serum VEGF concentration, miR-126 in peripheral blood and the number of CBMs. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive value of serum VEGF concentration and relative expression of miR-126 in peripheral blood for CMBs. Results:A total of 193 patients with non-acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease were enrolled, including 110 patients (57.0%) in the non-CMBs group, 20 (10.4%) in the strictly lobar CMBs group and 63 patients (32.6%) in non-strictly lobar CMBs group. The comparison among the three groups showed that age might be a risk factor for strictly lobar CMBs, while higher VEGF, higher cystatin C level, lower relative expression of miR-126 in peripheral blood, hypertension and previous stroke or transient ischemic attack might be the risk factors for non-strictly lobar CMBs. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that higher serum VEGF concentration was an independent risk factor for non-strictly lobar CMBs (odds ratio 1.186, 95% confidence interval 1.035-1.358; P=0.014), while the higher relative expression of miR-126 was an independent protective factor for non-strictly lobar CMBs (odds ratio 0.154, 95% confidence interval 0-0.269; P=0.026). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that higher serum VEGF concentration ( r=0.848, P<0.001) and the lower relative expression of miR-126 ( r=-0.043, P=0.035) significantly increased the number of CMBs. ROC curve analysis showed that the area under the curve of serum VEGF for predicting non-strictly lobar CMBs was 0.803 (95% confidence interval 0.741-0.865), the optimal cut-off value was 120.55 ng/L, the sensitivity was 70.7%, and the specificity was 75.5%. Conclusions:In patients with non-acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease, there is a significant correlation between serum VEGF concentration and the relative expression of miR-126 in peripheral blood and the number and distribution of CMBs. Serum VEGF can be used as a biomarker for predicting the presence of non-strictly lobar CMBs.