1.Prevalence of myopia and consistency evaluation of three myopia assessment methods among children and adolescents
XU Zihang, HU Yuanyuan, WEN Ying, WU Ziyun, YU Mingkun, TAO Fangbiao, BI Hongsheng
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(5):747-750
Objective:
To evaluate the prevalence and consistency of screening myopia, non-cycloplegic myopia and cycloplegic myopia in children and adolescents, and to provide references for exploring the factors affecting the consistency of different definition methods.
Methods:
A total of 3 868 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years from seven schools were included in a school based cross sectional study in Shandong Province in September 2020. The prevalence of screening myopia, non cycloplegic refraction, and cycloplegic refraction at different ages and all children and adolescents were analyzed. With cycloplegic spherical equivalent ≤-0.50 D as the gold standard for myopia, and Kappa test and area under the ROC curve were used to evaluate the consistency.
Results:
The prevalence of cycloplegic myopia and screening myopia were 36.7% and 38.3% among children and adolescents. The prevalence of non cycloplegic myopia was 62.4%, which was significantly higher than screening myopia and cycloplegic myopia two methods in primary and junior high schools. Among 3 868 subjects, there were 3 628 (93.8%) subjects with screening myopia and 2 862 (74.0%) subjects with non cycloplegic myopia who were consistent with the gold standard for myopia. The Kappa values of screening myopia and non cycloplegic myopia were 0.87 and 0.51, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.94 (95% CI =0.93-0.95) and 0.79 (95% CI =0.78-0.81). Compared with other groups, children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years, in junior or high school, urban residence, better presenting distance visual acuity, and astigmatism ≤1.50 D had a higher consistency in the application of screening myopia ( P <0.05).
Conclusion
The consistency between screening myopia and cycloplegic myopia is high, and the consistency between non cycloplegic objective myopia is low.
2.Protective effect and mechanism of Hirudo on mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Ziyun WEN ; Qianqian HAN ; Qing LYU ; Liang WEI ; Wenqiang NIE ; Min HONG ; Yunyun PAN
China Pharmacy 2024;35(10):1193-1197
OBJECTIVE To explore the protective effects and potential mechanisms of Hirudo on mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice. METHODS The male ApoE-/- mice were randomly divided into the model group and Hirudo low- dose and high-dose groups (0.45, 0.9 g/kg), with 10 mice in each group; another 10 wild-type male C57BL/6J mice were chosen as the control group. The control group was fed with basal maintenance chow and the remaining groups were fed with high-fat chow for 12 weeks to establish the NAFLD model. Each administration group was given corresponding solution intragastrically, once a day, for 8 consecutive weeks. In the 13th week, the body weight and liver weight of mice in each group were measured after the last medication, and the liver index was calculated; the serum levels of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF- α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were detected; the liver pathomorphological changes were observed; the protein expressions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ(PPARγ) and silence information regulator type 1 (SIRT1) were detected. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the liver tissue of mice in the model group showed more fat vacuoles and infiltration of inflammatory cells, with significant lipid accumulation; the body weight, liver weight and liver index of the mice, and serum levels of NF-κB, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, TC, TG and LDL-C significantly increased, while the serum level of HDL-C, the protein expressions of PPARγ and SIRT1 in liver tissues significantly decreased (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the pathological changes in liver tissue of mice were all relieved in Hirudo low-dose and high-dose groups; the body weight, liver weight and liver index, the serum levels of NF-κB, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, TC, TG and LDL-C decreased significantly, while the serum level of HDL-C, the protein expressions of PPARγ and SIRT1 in liver tissue all increased significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Hirudo can regulate liver lipid metabolism and inhibit inflammation by activating the protein expressions of PPARγ and SIRT1, thus having a significant ameliorative effect on NAFLD.