1.Study on meal preferences of school aged children based on discrete choice experiment
Chinese Journal of School Health 2025;46(1):45-49
Objective:
To explore the relative importance of different food attributes and levels in food decision making of school aged children, and to understand their meal preferences, so as to provide the evidence for formulating precise intervention strategies for dietary behaviours of school aged children.
Methods:
From May to June 2024, a total of 854 children aged 11 to 15 years old were selected from 2 middle schools (each school in urban and rural areas) in both Hubei Province and Anhui Province by stratified cluster random sampling method to conduct a D-optimal discrete choice experiment. The mixed Logit model was used to analyze children s preference for meal attributes and different levels, and to calculate the relative importance (RI) of attributes and willingness to pay (WTP) in meal choices.
Results:
The included five food attributes had statistical significance on meal choice of school aged children ( P <0.05). The relative importance of food attributes affecting the meal choices of school aged children in descending order were dining mode ( RI =31.26%), food varieties ( RI =30.56%), cooking method( RI =23.84%), taste( RI =8.06%) and price ( RI =6.27%). Among them, school aged children preferred home cooked meals ( β =0.74) (WTP=86.3 yuan),varied foods(grain/tubers+vegetables+fish, meat, eggs and beans) ( β =0.61) (WTP=71.9 yuan), fried/roasted cooking ( β =0.51) and spicy taste ( β =0.33).Price was negatively correlated with meal choices( β =-0.01) ( P <0.05). Based on residential area and body mass index (BMI), the stratified analysis showed that dining mode was highest in the relative importance for rural children with overweight and obese children ( RI =31.28%,34.17%), both of whom preferred home cooked meals ( β =0.76, 0.91), and meals containing fish, meat, eggs and beans with grain/tubers or grain/tubers and vegetables in terms of food choice (area: β =0.53, 0.53 ; BMI: β =0.55, 0.56) ( P <0.05).
Conclusions
School aged children have different preferences for different attributes of meals. The quality of school meals should be improved,the cost of buying healthy meals should be reduced,targeted family health education should be carried out,and healthy cooking methods should be advocated.
2.Rational analysis of the use of antiemetic drugs in tumor chemotherapy patients in our hospital
Danjun REN ; Juanli ZHANG ; Meiyou LIU ; Likun DING ; Tingting FAN ; Di ZHANG ; Jingwen WANG ; Aidong WEN
China Pharmacy 2024;35(12):1495-1499
OBJECTIVE To provide reference for the rational use of antiemetic drugs in tumor chemotherapy patients. METHODS The data of tumor patients who were given antiemetic drugs were collected from 9 departments of our hospital with hospital information system from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th in 2022, such as oncology department, radiotherapy department, gynecology department, and gastroenterology department. The application of chemotherapy drugs and the use of antiemetic drugs were analyzed statistically, and the irrational use of antiemetic drugs was analyzed. RESULTS A total of 520 patients were included, involving 248 (47.69%) using chemotherapy drugs with a moderate emetogenic risk level and 135 (25.96%) with a high emetogenic risk level. A total of 461 cases (73.06%) of 5-hydroxytryptamine 3-receptor antagonists were used, including palonosetron in 333 cases, ondansetron in 106 cases, tropisetron in 15 cases and granisetron in 7 cases, and only 148 cases of patients were prioritized for the use of nationally procured medicines and national essential medicines (32.10%). Neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists were used in 170 cases (26.94%), including fosaprepitant in 112 cases and aprepitant in 58 cases. The use of antiemetic drugs was unreasonable in 162 patients (31.15%); among the types of irrational drugs, the antiemetic regimen was unreasonable in the largest number of cases (22.40%), followed by the irrational pharmacoeconomics (19.13%). CONCLUSIONS The emetogenic risk levels of chemotherapy drugs used for tumor patients in our hospital are primarily moderate to high, and there is irrational use of antiemetic regimen and pharmacoeconomics. Clinicians, nurses, pharmacists and hospital departments should collaborate as multiple teams to strengthen full supervision of the standardization of antiemetic drugs, reasonably select antiemetic drugs based on emetogenicity rating, and improve the compliance of doctors with the guidelines to ensure the safety, effectiveness, and cost-effective of patient medication.
3.Association of dietary patterns with serum uric acid and hyperuricemia in Chinese adults
Mengru DONG ; Yifei OUYANG ; Yanli WEI ; Huijun WANG ; Aidong LIU ; Zhihong WANG ; Xiaorong YUAN ; Xiaohui DONG ; Jiguo ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2024;45(10):1403-1409
Objective:To analyze the dietary patterns of Chinese adults and explore the relationship with serum uric acid (SUA) and hyperuricemia (HUA).Methods:A total of 9 358 adults were selected in the 2018 China Health and Nutrition Survey. Dietary intake data were collected by three consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls and weighing method. The social demographic information of the survey subjects was obtained through questionnaire surveys. The dietary patterns were extracted using factor analysis, and the relationship between dietary patterns and SUA was analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The correlation between HUA and dietary patterns was analyzed using logistic regression analysis models.Results:Four dietary patterns were identified: northern (high intakes of wheat, other cereals,and tubers); modern (high intakes of fruit, dairy, eggs, and nuts); southern (high intakes of rice and vegetables);animal food-wine (high intake of organ meats, seafood, and wine). The multiple linear regression analysis results showed that the northern pattern was negatively correlated with SUA ( β=-0.438, 95% CI: -0.500--0.376); the modern pattern was negatively correlated with SUA ( β=-0.134, 95% CI: -0.219--0.049); the southern model was significantly correlated with higher SUA ( β=0.146, 95% CI: 0.079-0.214); the animal food-wine pattern was positively correlated with SUA ( β=0.188, 95% CI: 0.123-0.252). Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with the northern model score Q1 group, the risk of developing HUA was reduced in Q3 and Q4 groups, with ORs values of 0.777 (95% CI: 0.650-0.929) and 0.509 (95% CI: 0.423-0.613), respectively; and compared with the modern model score Q1 group, the higher the scores in Q3 and Q4 groups, the HUA was lower, with ORs of 0.793 (95% CI: 0.660-0.953) and 0.768 (95% CI: 0.631-0.934), respectively. Compared with the animal food-wine pattern score Q1 group, the risk of developing HUA was increased in both Q3 and Q4 groups ( Q3 group: OR=1.224, 95% CI: 1.012-1.480; Q4 group: OR=1.312, 95% CI: 1.086-1.584). Conclusions:Dietary patterns are associated with HUA. The northern and modern patterns are related to lower SUA levels and reduced risk of HUA, while the animal food-wine pattern increases the risk of HUA.
4.Zinc finger protein A20-targeting siRNA promotes pyroptosis of human rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes
Ziqin ZHAO ; Shuhui DONG ; Haibo YIN ; Aidong LIU ; Yong YANG ; Guangyi XIONG
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(10):1407-1413
Objective To investigate the regulatory effect of small interfering RNA(siRNA)silencing zinc finger protein A20 on pyroptosis of rheumatoid arthritis(RA)fibroblast-like synoviocytes(HFLS-RA).Methods Hu-man FLS-RA cell line MH7A cells were cultivated,A20 siRNA silencing group was synthesized for knocking down the human A20 gene,and then specific A20 gene siRNA and siRNA-NC(negative control)were transfected into MH7A cells using liposome method.RT-qPCR was applied to detect the expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 mRNA in cells.The protein expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 was detected by Western blot,and IL-1β and IL-18 in cell culture medium were detected by ELISA method.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)was used to detect pyroptosis.Results After A20 knockdown,the mRNA and expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 in MH7A cells in the siRNA-A20 group were significantly increased as compared with the siRNA-NC group(P<0.01).The concentration of IL-1β and IL-18 in the cell culture supernatant of the siRNA-A20 group was sig-nificantly increased compared with the siRNA-NC group(P<0.01).Compared with the siRNA-NC group,some cells in the siRNA-A20 group showed swollen and ruptured.The integrity of the cell membrane was also lost,and a large area of edema was present in the cell.In addition,a blurred depression of the local nuclear membrane was noted,while an increase in heterochromatin pyknosis was accompanied by their uneven distribution as well as their aggregation around the nuclear membrane.Conclusions Silencing of A20 gene with siRNA might promote NLRP3/Caspase-1 mediated pyroptosis in HFLS-RA,which lays an experimental foundation for new clinical treatment meth-ods of RA.
5.Research progress in the biological characteristics of matrix metalloproteinase-19 in tumor
Liming CHEN ; Danlin WANG ; Chunze ZHANG ; Huajiang DONG ; Zhihui TAI ; Aidong LIU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2023;46(3):264-269
The matrix metalloproteinases family (MMPs) are proteins related to tumor formation and metastasis that have attracted the attention of scholars in recent years. Tumor cells can secrete MMPs during malignant transformation, and the expression of MMPs in different malignant tumors is diverse, and different members of MMPs do not have exactly the same biological properties. Matrix metalloproteinase-19 (MMP-19) is a new member of MMPs whose secretion increases rapidly during the malignant transformation of cells and is released into the extracellular space to participate in biological processes such as proliferation, adhesion, invasion, migration, and angiogenesis of tumor cells. In this paper, the progress of research on the biological properties of MMP-19 in tumors was reviewed to provide a theoretical basis for exploring the development of tumors, especially for studying the invasion and metastasis of tumor cells.
6.Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on breast invasive ductal carcinoma and changes of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 and Ki67 in tissues
Feng YAN ; Hua DU ; Hongcheng ZHU ; Aidong LIU
Clinical Medicine of China 2022;38(1):11-18
Objective:To observe the clinical effect on patients of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast by neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and to analyze the changes of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2) and Ki67 in neoplasm.Methods:A total of 83 patients which were treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast invasive ductal carcinoma diagnosed were selected in North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hopital from January 2014 to December 2020. There were 30 cases of Luminal type A, 31 cases of Luminal type B, 10 cases of HER-2 positive type and 12 cases of triple negative type. To observe the clinical effect of different molecular subtypes, detect the expression of Er, PR, HER-2 and Ki67 in pathological tissues before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and conduct a retrospective case-control study. Comparison between the two groups use χ2 test, matched χ2 and accurate probability method. Results:Fifty-eight cases were clinically effective, the total effective rate was 69.8% (58/83), and 9 cases were pathological complete response (pCR), accounting for 10.8% (9/83). After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the highest clinical efficacy was luminal type B in 26 cases, and the highest PCR was triple negative type in 3 cases. The pathological results showed that the expression of ER (6 cases of positive expression were increased, χ2=1.03, P=0.310), PR (8 cases of positive expression were increased, χ2=1.56, P=0.210) and HER-2 (2 cases of positive expression were decreased, χ2=0.10, P=0.748) was not different before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The expression of Ki67 was decreased in 25 cases (30.1%) after chemotherapy compared with 59 cases (71.1%) before chemotherapy (34 cases of positive expression were decreased, χ2=27.85, P<0.001). Five cases were added among Luminal type A after chemotherapy, all of which were transformed from Luminal type B, but the kappa value was 0.919 (>0.75), the consistency rate was 91.9%. The consistency was idea before and after chemotherapy. Five cases were added after Luminal type A chemotherapy, all of which were transformed from Luminal type B, but the kappa value was 0.919 ( P>0.75), and the consistency rate was 91.9%,The consistency before and after chemotherapy was good. After chemotherapy, HER-2 expression remained unchanged in 59 cases (clinically effective in 48 cases), up-regulated in 9 cases (clinically effective in 4 cases) and down regulated in 15 cases (clinically effective in 6 cases)( χ2=12.82, P=0.002). Ki67 expression remained unchanged in 35 cases (20 cases were clinically effective), up-regulated in 7 cases (2 cases were clinically effective) and down regulated in 41 cases (36 cases were clinically effective)( χ2=14.63, P=0.001). Conclusion:The clinical effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast invasive ductal carcinoma is ideal. The clinical effective rate of Luminal B type is the highest, and the pCR rate of triple negative type is the highest.And it can significantly reduce the expression of Ki67. The down-regulation of HER-2 and Ki67 is significant for clinical efficiency.
7.Short-term clinical outcomes of outpatient total hip arthroplasty
An LIU ; Congsun LI ; Weinan YANG ; Fei LU ; Aidong JIN ; Haobo WU ; Shigui YAN
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2022;42(9):563-569
Objective:To investigate the safety, economic effect, and short-term clinical efficacy of ambulatory total hip arthroplasty (THA) in the treatment of hip osteopathy within.Methods:This study retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent 48-hour outpatient THA and conventional primary THA from July 2020 to July 2021. Gender, age, body mass index (BMI), clinical diagnosis, place of resident, length of hospital stay, duration of the surgery, hemoglobin, albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-dimer before and 1 day after surgery, the visual analogue scale (VAS) was obtained postoperative day 2, hip joint modified Harris score before and 1 month after surgery, readmission and reoperation within 1 month after operation as the data of evaluations were extracted and compared in this study.Results:A totally of 150 cases were involved in this study, which including 75 cases with 48-hour outpatient primary THA and 75 cases with conventional primary THA. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, sex, BMI, education level, preoperative diagnosis, and preoperative Harris score ( P>0.05), but a significant difference was found in term of residence (χ 2=6.29, P=0.043), that the patients in the outpatient group were all from Zhejiang Province and 48% (36/75) of them were from Hangzhou City. While, in the conventional group, 6 patients were from other provinces. The length of stay was 2.13±0.52 days and operation time was 59.73±18.91 minutes in the outpatient group, which were both shorter than those (6.71±1.44 days and 66.91±22.40 min) in the conventional group ( t=25.91, P<0.001 for the length of hospital stay; t=2.12, P=0.036 for operation time). Compared with the conventional group, outpatient group saved the average hospital cost (4.60±0.44 vs. 5.20±0.72 ten thousand yuan, t=6.16, P<0.001). The VAS on the second day after surgery 3.45±0.75 was higher in the outpatient group than in the conventional group (3.45±0.75 vs. 3.16±0.94 points, t=2.09, P=0.039). The modified Harris score was without statistical significance ( t=0.42, P=0.677) 1 month after surgery in both groups. 75 patients in the outpatient group, 7 patients delayed discharge (were not discharge within 48 hours), and the rate of delayed discharge was 9.3%. Reasons for delayed discharge included poor pain control in two cases, one case had postoperative nausea and vomiting, one case had failed to meet rehabilitation standards, hypotension in one case, the intraoperative infection in one case and postoperative fever within 48 hours in one case. Conclusion:Outpatient THA can reduce the length of hospital stay, operative time and total cost of hospitalization. It has similar safety and early clinical efficacy as conventional THA. However, a small proportion of patients would delay discharge.
8.The proliferation promoting effect of eIF2α on fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis synovium
Aidong LIU ; Xueli ZHAO ; Guangyi XIONG ; Hui TANG
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2022;26(9):590-595,F3
Objective:To observe the expression characteristics of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α(eIF2α), and analyze its proliferation regulation effect on fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis synovium.Methods:The synovial tissues were collected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)(40 cases) and osteoarthritis(OA)(40 cases). EIF2α and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) were detected by immunohistochemistry method. Fibroblast cell line of rheumatoid arthritis synovium(MH7A) were cultured to establish si-eIF2α group(siRNA-eIF2α plasmid transfection), vector transfection group and blank control group in vitro. PCNA was detected by Western blot method, cell proliferation activity was detected by CCK-8 method. χ2 test was performed on count data, two-sample t-test was performed on quantitative data, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to compare the means of more than two groups, regression equation was calculated by correlation regression analysis. Results:The positive rate of eIF2α was significantly higher in RA synovial fibroblasts than that of OA [52.5%(21/4) vs 20.00%(8/20), χ2=9.14, P=0.003]. Positive correlation was found between eIF2α and PCNA in RA ( Y=0.366 X+2.220, P=0.001) . Compared with blank control group and vector transfection group, cell proliferation activity decreased significantly in si-eIF2α group of MH7A cell line at 72 h [(0.65±0.08) vs (0.96±0.12) vs (1.09±0.06), F=4.52, P=0.022] and 96 h [(1.13±0.14) vs (1.42±0.97) vs (1.56±0.12), F=9.87, P=0.001) , PCNA expression decreased significantly [(0.84±0.15) vs (1.32±0.18) vs (1.28±0.14), F=5.22, P=0.012) . Conclusion:High expression of eIF2α can promote the proliferation of fibroblasts of RA synovium.
9.Expression of DNA binding / differentiation inhibitory protein 2 in colon adenocarcinoma and its relationship with cell proliferation
Aidong LIU ; Shuang ZHANG ; Jiuling PANG ; Hui TANG ; Aijun LIU
Clinical Medicine of China 2021;37(2):123-128
Objective:To detect the expression of inhibitor of DNA binding-2(ID-2) in colorectal adenocarcinoma and analyze its relationship with proliferation.Methods:A total of 67 patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma diagnosed in North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital were selected from November 2014 to September 2015, tumor tissue as the research objects.All patients underwent radical operation.The tumor tissue was taken as the observation group, and the normal colonic mucosa tissue>3 cm from the edge of the tumor was taken as the control group.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of ID-2 of the two groups and the Ki67 of cancer tissue.SW480 cell line of ID-2 overexpression was constructed.The expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA)was detected by Western Blot.Cell activity was detected by CCK-8 test.Correlation was analyzed between ID-2 and Ki67 by pearman correlation analysis.Prognostic value of ID-2 was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Log-rank test in colorectal adenocarcinoma.Results:The positive rate of ID-2 was 49.3%(33/67) in the observation group, which was higher than 9.0%(6/67) in the control group, and the difference between the two groups was was statistically significant(χ 2=23.927, P<0.05). In the observation group, the expression of ID-2 was statistically significant in different invasion depth(serosa and extraserosa was 68.7%(22/32), serosa and extraserosa was 31.4%(11/35)), degree of differentiation(low differentiation was 80.0%(8/10), medium differentiation was 57.9%(11/19), high differentiation was 36.8%(14/38)), clinical stage(Ⅲ and Ⅳ stage were 64.3%(18/28), Ⅰ and Ⅱ stage were 38.5%(15/39)), lymph node metastasis(metastasis was 70.8%(17/24), no metastasis was 37.2%(16/43)) and tumor thrombus(yes was 75.0%(12/16), no was 41.2%(21/51)). The difference was statistically significant (χ 2 value were 6.311, 4.023, 4.349, 6.967 and 5.575, respectively, all P<0.05). Positive correlation was found between ID-2 and Ki67( r=0.65, P<0.05). Survival analysis showed that the expression of ID-2 was related to the prognosis of patients (X2=5.29, P=0.013). Compared with empty vector transfection group and blank control group, the expressions of PCNA and the activity ID-2 overexpression colon cancer cells increased( P<0.05). Conclusion:The higher expression of ID-2 is related to clinicopathological features and prognosis in colorectal adenocarcinoma.The abnormal expression of ID-2 may play a role in regulating the proliferation of colon adenocarcinoma.
10.Effects of tissue heterogeneity on dose evaluation of brachytherapy for cervical cancer
Ailin WU ; Xiao JIANG ; Aidong WU ; Lei ZHU ; Yidong YANG ; Yunqin LIU ; Liting QIAN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection 2021;41(7):486-491
Objective:To evaluate the impacts of tissue heterogeneity on dose calculation of cervical brachytherapy by comparing the doses calculated by two clinically used dose calculation method and the CT image-based Monte Carlo (MC) method.Methods:This study retrospectively selected 11 patients with cervical cancer treated with 3D brachytherapy in Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital from January 2018 to June 2020. The dose distribution of each plan was calculated via three methods, dose calculation method described in American Association of Physicist in Medicine(AAPM) Task Group No. 43 Report (TG43-BT), Acuros BV(BV-BT) used to perform accurate dose calculations in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy with phantom heterogeneity, and CT image-based EGSnrc tool kit used to perform Monte Carlosimulation (MC-BT). The dose volumes( V3 Gy, V6 Gy, V9 Gy, and V12 Gy), target volume doses( D98, D90, D50), D2 cm 3 of organs at risk (OARs) calculated by the three methods were compared. Results:The HRCTV D90obtained by TG43-BT was 6.274 Gy, which was even overestimated by around 5% compared to the result calculated by MC-BT. Meanwhile, TG43-BT overestimated the dose volumesand the target volume doses compared to MC-BT.Except for D50 and V12 Gy, the differences between the doses to tumor calculated by BV-BT and MC-BT were not statistically significant( P>0.05). There was also no significant statistical difference between the D2 cm 3 of rectum, small intestine, and sigmoid calculated by BV-BT and MC-BT ( P>0.05). In contrast, the dose to D2 cm 3 of bladder determined by MC-BT was 4.609 Gy, which was notably higher than those deter mined by TG43-BT and BV-BT. Conclusions:TG43-BT overestimated the doses to tumor targets and most OARs since the effects of tissue heterogeneity were not taken into consideration. BV-BT performed efficient calculation and most of the dose distributionin target volume and OARs obtained by BV-BT were consistent with that calculated by MC-BT. Nevertheless, low accuracy occurred for the regions near the sources and full bladder, which warrants further caution in clinical evaluation.


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