OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to reexplore minimum iodine excretion and to build a dietary iodine recommendation for Chinese adults using the obligatory iodine loss hypothesis. METHODS: Data from 171 Chinese adults (19-21 years old) were collected and analyzed based on three balance studies in Shenzhen, Yinchuan, and Changzhi. The single exponential equation was accordingly used to simulate the trajectory of 24 h urinary iodine excretion as the low iodine experimental diets offered (iodine intake: 11-26 μg/day) and to further deduce the dietary reference intakes (DRIs) for iodine, including estimated average requirement (EAR) and recommended nutrient intake (RNI). RESULTS: The minimum iodine excretion was estimated as 57, 58, and 51 μg/day in three balance studies, respectively. Moreover, it was further suggested as 57, 58, and 51 μg/day for iodine EAR, and 80, 81, and 71 μg/day for iodine RNI or expressed as 1.42, 1.41, and 1.20 μg/(day·kg) of body weight. CONCLUSION The iodine DRIs for Chinese adults were established based on the obligatory iodine loss hypothesis, which provides scientific support for the amendment of nutrient requirements.
Humans ; Iodine/administration & dosage* ; Male ; Female ; China ; Young Adult ; Diet ; Adult ; Nutritional Requirements ; East Asian People

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia in the elderly. This study aimed to evaluate urban-rural disparities in its prevalence and management in elderly Chinese. METHODS: Consecutive participants aged ≥ 65 years attending outpatient clinics were enrolled for AF screening using handheld single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) from April 2017 to December 2022. Each ECG rhythm strip was reviewed from the research team. AF or uninterpretable single-lead ECGs were referred for 12-lead ECG. Primary study outcome comparison was between rural and urban areas for the prevalence of AF. The Student's t-test was used to compare mean values of clinical characteristics between rural and urban participants, while the Pearson's chi-square test was used to compare between-group proportions. Multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis was performed to estimate the association between AF and various patient characteristics. RESULTS: The 29,166 study participants included 13,253 men (45.4%) and had a mean age of 72.2 years. The 7073 rural participants differed significantly (P ≤ 0.02) from the 22,093 urban participants in several major characteristics, such as older age, greater body mass index, and so on. The overall prevalence of AF was 4.6% (n = 1347). AF was more prevalent in 7073 rural participants than 22,093 urban participants (5.6% vs. 4.3%, P < 0.01), before and after adjustment for age, body mass index, blood pressure, pulse rate, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and prior medical history. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified overweight/obesity (OR = 1.35, 95% CI: 1.17-1.54) in urban areas and cigarette smoking (OR = 1.62, 95% CI: 1.20-2.17) and alcohol consumption (OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.04-1.93) in rural areas as specific risk factors for prevalent AF. In patients with known AF in urban areas (n = 781) and rural areas (n = 338), 60.6% and 45.9%, respectively, received AF treatment (P < 0.01), and only 22.4% and 17.2%, respectively, received anticoagulation therapy (P = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In China, there are urban-rural disparities in AF in the elderly, with a higher prevalence and worse management in rural areas than urban areas. Our study findings provide insight for health policymakers to consider urban-rural disparity in the prevention and treatment of AF.

Objective To construct a finite element analysis model for the treatment of calcaneal fracture for Sanders Ⅲ type calcaneal by using simulated sustentaculum tali sustentacular screw placement,and to explore the effectiveness of the treatment of Sanders typeⅢcalcaneal fracture.Methods The finite element analysis method was used to study the effectiveness of the treatment of Sanders Ⅲ calcaneal fracture.Three calcaneal specimens of a healthy adult were taken for Micro-CT scanning to obtain the CT sections data,then Mimics 21.0 and Geomagic Wrap 2017 software were used to reconstruct the three-dimensional model of normal calcaneal bone,and SolidWorks 2017 software was used to map the internal fixation and fracture model according to the clinical fracture cases,and simulated surgery was performed.The data obtained were imported into ANSYS 17.0 finite element analysis software for material assignment and mesh division to establish a three-dimensional finite element model.The load and boundary constraints were applied to each model to perform finite element analysis and calculation,and then the stress of the finite element model and the maximum displacement of the fracture end were extracted.Results The maximum stress of the overall structure of each model was concentrated on internal fixation,in which the maximum stress of sustentaculum tali fracture and the maximum stress of screws in all fracture models are located on the sustentaculum tali sustentacular screw.The displacement of fracture end in each finite element model was less than 0.15 mm,and no internal fixation failure occurred.Conclusion It is effective to simulate the treatment of calcaneal fracture of Sanders type Ⅲ by using of sustentaculum tali sustentacular screw.

Objective To design a multi-terminal collaborative medical equipment acceptance management system to enhance the informatized management of medical equipment acceptance.Methods The multi-terminal collaborative medical equipment acceptance management system was designed with the front-end and back-end separation mode.The front end was developed with Flutter framework and Dart language,the back end was implemented with Tornado 6.1 architecture and Python language,the communication between the front-end and the back-end service followed the RESTful design principle and the interaction was carried out through the hypertext transfer protocol(HTTP)request.There were three functional modules involved in the system for user management,basic information management and acceptance management.Results The system developed realized informatized management for medical equipment acceptance process,supported cross-platform management of acceptance reports,related attachments and medical device registration certificates and improved the quality and efficiency of medical equipment acceptance.Conclusion The system developed facilitates multi-terminal collaborative management for medical equipment acceptance,and lays a foundation for the digital and intelligent transformation of hospital medical equipment management.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2025,46(7):39-44]

Objective:To analyze the factors associated with long-term survival after radical resection of hepatitis B virus(HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),and to construct random forest and Cox regression models,to evaluate the two models.Methods:A total of 368 patients with HBV-infected HCC who underwent radical resection were selected retrospectively.These patients were categorized as having a good prognosis(n=266)or a poor prognosis(n=102)based on their survival and mortality status.Univariate and Cox regression analysis were used to identify fac-tors that predict poor prognosis in HCC patients after surgery,and Cox regression and random forest prediction models were constructed and evaluated.Results:There were significant differences in smoking history,Child-Pugh classifica-tion,cirrhosis,microvascular invasion,TNM staging,tumor capsule integrity,platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio(PLR),regular antiviral therapy,HBV-DNA load,alpha-fetoprotein(AFP),neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR),systemic immune in-flammatory index(SII),and albumin-to-globulin ratio(AGR)between the two groups(P<0.05);Cox regression showed that cirrhosis,microvascular invasion,regular antiviral treatment,HBV-DNA load,NLR,PLR,SII,and AGR were related factors that negatively affected the prognosis of patients with HBV-infected HCC after surgery(P<0.05),with an AUC of 0.870 for predicting prognosis;the importance ranking obtained by the random forest model was HBV-DNA load,cirrho-sis,regular antiviral therapy,microvascular invasion,NLR,PLR,AGR,and SII,with an AUC of 0.926 for predicting prog-nosis;the AUC predicted by the random forest model was greater than that predicted by the Cox regression model(Z=2.411,P=0.016).Conclusion:HBV-DNA load,cirrhosis,regular antiviral therapy,microvascular invasion,NLR,PLR,AGR,and SII are factors that affect the poor prognosis of patients with HBV-related HCC after surgery.The random for-est prediction model constructed based on these factors has high predictive value and is superior to the Cox regression prediction model.

Objective:To analyze the factors associated with long-term survival after radical resection of hepatitis B virus(HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),and to construct random forest and Cox regression models,to evaluate the two models.Methods:A total of 368 patients with HBV-infected HCC who underwent radical resection were selected retrospectively.These patients were categorized as having a good prognosis(n=266)or a poor prognosis(n=102)based on their survival and mortality status.Univariate and Cox regression analysis were used to identify fac-tors that predict poor prognosis in HCC patients after surgery,and Cox regression and random forest prediction models were constructed and evaluated.Results:There were significant differences in smoking history,Child-Pugh classifica-tion,cirrhosis,microvascular invasion,TNM staging,tumor capsule integrity,platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio(PLR),regular antiviral therapy,HBV-DNA load,alpha-fetoprotein(AFP),neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio(NLR),systemic immune in-flammatory index(SII),and albumin-to-globulin ratio(AGR)between the two groups(P<0.05);Cox regression showed that cirrhosis,microvascular invasion,regular antiviral treatment,HBV-DNA load,NLR,PLR,SII,and AGR were related factors that negatively affected the prognosis of patients with HBV-infected HCC after surgery(P<0.05),with an AUC of 0.870 for predicting prognosis;the importance ranking obtained by the random forest model was HBV-DNA load,cirrho-sis,regular antiviral therapy,microvascular invasion,NLR,PLR,AGR,and SII,with an AUC of 0.926 for predicting prog-nosis;the AUC predicted by the random forest model was greater than that predicted by the Cox regression model(Z=2.411,P=0.016).Conclusion:HBV-DNA load,cirrhosis,regular antiviral therapy,microvascular invasion,NLR,PLR,AGR,and SII are factors that affect the poor prognosis of patients with HBV-related HCC after surgery.The random for-est prediction model constructed based on these factors has high predictive value and is superior to the Cox regression prediction model.

Objective To design a multi-terminal collaborative medical equipment acceptance management system to enhance the informatized management of medical equipment acceptance.Methods The multi-terminal collaborative medical equipment acceptance management system was designed with the front-end and back-end separation mode.The front end was developed with Flutter framework and Dart language,the back end was implemented with Tornado 6.1 architecture and Python language,the communication between the front-end and the back-end service followed the RESTful design principle and the interaction was carried out through the hypertext transfer protocol(HTTP)request.There were three functional modules involved in the system for user management,basic information management and acceptance management.Results The system developed realized informatized management for medical equipment acceptance process,supported cross-platform management of acceptance reports,related attachments and medical device registration certificates and improved the quality and efficiency of medical equipment acceptance.Conclusion The system developed facilitates multi-terminal collaborative management for medical equipment acceptance,and lays a foundation for the digital and intelligent transformation of hospital medical equipment management.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2025,46(7):39-44]

Objective To explore astrocyte activation's impact on cognitive deficits post-traumatic brain injury(TBI).Methods SPF male rats were divided into control,sham-operation and model groups with 10 rats per group.Control group did not receive the surgical intervention;sham-operation group underwent craniotomy without damaging the dura mater;model group was struck with brain injury instrument after craniotomy.The rats with knockout overexpressed glial fibrillary acidic protein(GF AP)gene were set as the knockout group and overexpression group,with 10 rats per group.The knockout and overexpression groups were treated as the model group.Neurological function was evaluated by modified neurological severity score(mNSS).Escape latency was assessed with the Morris water maze test.The expression levels of GFAP in astrocytes were measured quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.The positive expression of astrocytes was determined by immunohistochemistry.Results The mNSS of control,sham-operation,model,knockout and overexpression groups were 0,0,(9.60±1.17),(15.20±1.55)and(12.00±1.33)points;the escape latency period at day 7 was(16.15±2.48),(16.98±2.35),(40.72±5.42),(75.42±8.59)and(47.23±6.04)s;the number of positive astrocytes was(1 264.60±135.45),(1 289.20±132.29),(3 269.10±189.39),(103.90±11.09)and(5 301.50±236.29)cell·mm-2;the expression levels of GFAP gene in control,sham-operation,model and overexpression groups were 0.86±0.02,0.92±0.04,1.37±0.07 and 3.42±0.07.Compared with overexpression group,the differences of above indexes in control,sham-operation,model,knockout groups were statistically significant(all P＜0.05).Conclusion TBI causes cognitive impairment and affects cognition and memory in rats,and the GFAP gene is associated with the activation of astrocytes and helps repair nerve damage.

Objective To explore astrocyte activation's impact on cognitive deficits post-traumatic brain injury(TBI).Methods SPF male rats were divided into control,sham-operation and model groups with 10 rats per group.Control group did not receive the surgical intervention;sham-operation group underwent craniotomy without damaging the dura mater;model group was struck with brain injury instrument after craniotomy.The rats with knockout overexpressed glial fibrillary acidic protein(GF AP)gene were set as the knockout group and overexpression group,with 10 rats per group.The knockout and overexpression groups were treated as the model group.Neurological function was evaluated by modified neurological severity score(mNSS).Escape latency was assessed with the Morris water maze test.The expression levels of GFAP in astrocytes were measured quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.The positive expression of astrocytes was determined by immunohistochemistry.Results The mNSS of control,sham-operation,model,knockout and overexpression groups were 0,0,(9.60±1.17),(15.20±1.55)and(12.00±1.33)points;the escape latency period at day 7 was(16.15±2.48),(16.98±2.35),(40.72±5.42),(75.42±8.59)and(47.23±6.04)s;the number of positive astrocytes was(1 264.60±135.45),(1 289.20±132.29),(3 269.10±189.39),(103.90±11.09)and(5 301.50±236.29)cell·mm-2;the expression levels of GFAP gene in control,sham-operation,model and overexpression groups were 0.86±0.02,0.92±0.04,1.37±0.07 and 3.42±0.07.Compared with overexpression group,the differences of above indexes in control,sham-operation,model,knockout groups were statistically significant(all P＜0.05).Conclusion TBI causes cognitive impairment and affects cognition and memory in rats,and the GFAP gene is associated with the activation of astrocytes and helps repair nerve damage.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical efficacy of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) combined with warm acupuncture in treating breast cancer associated with upper limb lymphedema (BCRL). METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study using a paired control design. Fifty-two BCRL patients were assigned to the control group (27 cases) and the treatment group (25 cases). The patients in the control group were treated with lymphedema comprehensive detumescence treatment (CDT) for 4 weeks, including systematic therapy composed of manual lymphatic drainage, compression bandage, skincare, and functional exercise. The patients in the treatment group were treated with TEAS combined with warm acupuncture based on the control group methods. Each treatment lasted for 30 min and was applied twice a week for 4 weeks. The arm circumference (AC) of different positions of the affected limb and the degree of swelling of the affected limb were evaluated before the first treatment and after the last treatment. The clinical efficacy was evaluated according to the degree of edema before and after treatment. All adverse events during treatment were recorded. RESULTS: The patients' AC and the swelling feeling of the affected limb in the treatment group and the control group were both reduced compared with those before treatment. Compared with the control group, AC of the wrist joint transverse stria, the midpoint between the wrist joint transverse stria and the elbow joint transverse stria in the treatment group were significantly reduced (P<0.05). The decrease in AC diameter at the midpoint between the elbow joint transverse stria and the axillary transverse stria was the most significant (P<0.01). The swelling degree of the affected limbs in the treatment group was significantly lower than before treatment, and was significantly lower compared with the control group after treatment (P<0.01). The total effective rate was 72% in the treatment group, significantly higher than that in the control group (55.56%, P<0.05). No serious adverse events occured in either group. CONCLUSIONS TEAS combined with warm acupuncture can effectively reduce AC and swelling feeling of the affected limb in patients with BCRL. The effect is better than that of CDT therapy alone. (Registration No. ChiCTR2200062075).
Humans ; Female ; Breast Neoplasms/therapy* ; Acupuncture Points ; Retrospective Studies ; Lymphedema/complications* ; Acupuncture Therapy/adverse effects* ; Upper Extremity ; Treatment Outcome