1.Regional adipose distribution and metabolically unhealthy phenotype in Chinese adults: evidence from China National Health Survey.
Binbin LIN ; Yaoda HU ; Huijing HE ; Xingming CHEN ; Qiong OU ; Yawen LIU ; Tan XU ; Ji TU ; Ang LI ; Qihang LIU ; Tianshu XI ; Zhiming LU ; Weihao WANG ; Haibo HUANG ; Da XU ; Zhili CHEN ; Zichao WANG ; Guangliang SHAN
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2025;30():5-5
BACKGROUND:
The mechanisms distinguishing metabolically healthy from unhealthy phenotypes within the same BMI categories remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the associations between regional fat distribution and metabolically unhealthy phenotypes in Chinese adults across different BMI categories.
METHODS:
This cross-sectional study involving 11833 Chinese adults aged 20 years and older. Covariance analysis, adjusted for age, compared the percentage of regional fat (trunk, leg, or arm fat divided by whole-body fat) between metabolically healthy and unhealthy participants. Trends in regional fat percentage with the number of metabolic abnormalities were assessed by the Jonckheere-Terpstra test. Odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated by logistic regression models. All analyses were performed separately by sex.
RESULTS:
In non-obese individuals, metabolically unhealthy participants exhibited higher percent trunk fat and lower percent leg fat compared to healthy participants. Additionally, percent trunk fat increased and percent leg fat decreased with the number of metabolic abnormalities. After adjustment for demographic and lifestyle factors, as well as BMI, higher percent trunk fat was associated with increased odds of being metabolically unhealthy [highest vs. lowest quartile: ORs (95%CI) of 1.64 (1.35, 2.00) for men and 2.00 (1.63, 2.46) for women]. Conversely, compared with the lowest quartile, the ORs (95%CI) of metabolically unhealthy phenotype in the highest quartile for percent arm and leg fat were 0.64 (0.53, 0.78) and 0.60 (0.49, 0.74) for men, and 0.72 (0.56, 0.93) and 0.46 (0.36, 0.59) for women, respectively. Significant interactions between BMI and percentage of trunk and leg fat were observed in both sexes, with stronger associations found in individuals with normal weight and overweight.
CONCLUSIONS
Trunk fat is associated with a higher risk of metabolically unhealthy phenotype, while leg and arm fat are protective factors. Regional fat distribution assessments are crucial for identifying metabolically unhealthy phenotypes, particularly in non-obese individuals.
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Health Surveys
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Phenotype
2.Short-and long-term effects of olfactory ensheathing cells in the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury: a meta-analysis
Huijing CHEN ; Yun CHEN ; Yuer DENG ; Yanling GAN ; Wengang ZHAN ; Qijia TAN ; Caijun XIE ; Cong LI ; Zhiqiang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2019;23(12):1468-1476
BACKGROUND: A number of clinical trials addressing olfactory ensheathing cells for the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury have been conducted in the world, but the efficacy and safety are still controversial. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation for chronic spinal cord injury, and to further compare its short-and long-term efficacy. METHODS: PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, CNKI and WanFang databases were searched at July 23, 2018 for retrieval of clinical trials addressing olfactory ensheathing cells in the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury. Types and cases of adverse events during the safety trial should be recorded in detail. In the enrolled studies, American Spinal Injury Association scale was used to assess the motor, light touch, and pinprick scores of spinal cord injury patients before and after cell transplantation. The follow-up time was recorded. Systematic evaluation of efficacy data was performed using Review Manager 5.3. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Both short-and long-term follow-up data showed that the neurological function of patients was significantly improved after olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation (P < 0.05) , and the results were homogeneous (I2 < 50% and P> 0.1). However, the long-term efficacy was not as good as the short-term efficacy, which may be related to chronic rejection and olfactory ensheathing cell survival. The overall adverse event rate was 8.99%, and no complications associated with olfactory ensheathing cells occurred. These findings show that olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation is effective and safe in the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury, but it is still necessary to explore more minimally invasive approaches to reduce surgical complications. In addition, a large number of high-quality experiments and clinical trials are warranted to confirm factors affecting the long-term efficacy of olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation.
3.An empirical research and countermeasure analysis on medical students' individual career management effectiveness
Xiaoting ZHENG ; Rongrong LIANG ; Huijing TAN ; Yun CHEN ; Yanni XIE ; Xiuhua QIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2019;18(2):204-211
Objective To investigate the current situation of medical students' individual career management and its educational status.Methods Self-made questionnaire was used to investigate the present situation of individual career management and education of medical students in a medical college in November 2016.SPSS 20.0 was used for analyzing descriptive statistical analysis,t test and rank test in questionnaire data.From April to May 2017,30 students were randomly selected for interviews to explore the current situation of medical students' individual career management.Result 900 questionnaires were issued and 816 valid questionnaires were collected,and the recovery rate was 90.67%.Whether medical students accept the relevant education had significant difference in their career management ability (P< 0.05),30.15% of the students who received the relevant education (246) had a higher total score of their own career management than those who had not received,which was reflected in social work environment cognition level,participation in extracurricular activities,consideration of graduation and stage goals setting.It is learned from the interview that most medical students lack clear self-awareness and professional goals are vague,and they fail to form a good personal career management atmosphere.Conclusion Individual career management education promotes the cognitive level of social work environment of medical students and then develops their self-awareness.At the same time,it urges medical students to participate in extracurricular activities,to consider the whereabouts after graduation,to set phased goals,and to carry out targeted self-improvement.The comprehensive development of self-cognition and self-improvement finally make the medical students' individual career management ability continuously improved.
4.Effects of dezocine on first flatus time of patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery
Yidan WU ; Xiangli WU ; Mei XIA ; Wenjie XIE ; Huijing HU ; Dongyan TAN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(15):1991-1993
Objective To investigate the effects of dezocine on the first flatus time with patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery.Methods A total of 116 patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery were included from January 2015 to June 2015 in our hospital and randomly divided into control group and dezocine group. The patients in control group were given routine care; meanwhile, the patients in dezocine group were given postoperative intramuscular injection of dezocine 7.5 mg immediately after they were back to the ward. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the scores at 2 h (T1), 4 h (T2), 6 h (T3), 12 h (T4) and 24 h (T5) after the operation. The first flatus time was recorded.Results The VAS scores of T1, T2 and T3 in dezocine group were significantly lower than those in control group (P<0.01). There were no significant differences in the VAS scores of T4 and T5 between two groups, since the drug concentration decreased due to the metabolism over time. The first flatus time in dezocine group was shorter than that in control group, with a statistically significant difference (P<0.01).Conclusions Intramuscular injection of dezocine 7.5 mg after gynecological laparoscopic surgery can effectively relieve the postoperative pain and shorten the first flatus time.

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