1.Value of biomarkers related to routine blood tests in early diagnosis of allergic rhinitis in children.
Jinjie LI ; Xiaoyan HAO ; Yijuan XIN ; Rui LI ; Lin ZHU ; Xiaoli CHENG ; Liu YANG ; Jiayun LIU
Chinese Journal of Cellular and Molecular Immunology 2025;41(4):339-347
Objective To mine and analyze the routine blood test data of children with allergic rhinitis (AR), identify routine blood parameters related to childhood allergic rhinitis, establish an effective diagnostic model, and evaluate the performance of the model. Methods This study was a retrospective study of clinical cases. The experimental group comprised a total of 1110 children diagnosed with AR at the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University during the period from December 12, 2020 to December 12, 2021, while the control group included 1109 children without a history of allergic rhinitis or other allergic diseases who underwent routine physical examinations during the same period. Information such as age, sex and routine blood test results was collected for all subjects. The levels of routine blood test indicators were compared between AR children and healthy children using comprehensive intelligent baseline analysis, with indicators of P≥0.05 excluded; variables were screened by Lasso regression. Binary Logistic regression was used to further evaluate the influence of multiple routine blood indexes on the results. Five kinds of machine model algorithms were used, namely extreme value gradient lift (XGBoost), logistic regression (LR), gradient lift decision tree (LGBMC), Random forest (RF) and adaptive lift algorithm (AdaBoost), to establish the diagnostic models. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to screen the optimal model. The best LightGBM algorithm was used to build an online patient risk assessment tool for clinical application. Results Statistically significant differences were observed between the AR group and the control group in the following routine blood test indicators: mean cellular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), hemoglobin (HGB), absolute value of basophils (BASO), absolute value of eosinophils (EOS), large platelet ratio (P-LCR), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), platelet count (PLT), absolute values of leukocyte neutrophil (W-LCC), leukocyte monocyte (W-MCC), leukocyte lymphocyte (W-SCC), and age. Lasso regression identified these variables as important predictors, and binary Logistic regression further analyzed the significant influence of these variables on the results. The optimal machine learning algorithm LightGBM was used to establish a multi-index joint detection model. The model showed robust prediction performance in the training set, with AUC values of 0.8512 and 0.8103 in the internal validation set. Conclusion The identified routine blood parameters can be used as potential biomarkers for early diagnosis and risk assessment of AR, which can improve the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosis. The established model provides scientific basis for more accurate diagnostic tools and personalized prevention strategies. Future studies should prospectively validate these findings and explore their applicability in other related diseases.
Humans
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Male
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Female
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Rhinitis, Allergic/blood*
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Child
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Biomarkers/blood*
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Retrospective Studies
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Early Diagnosis
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Child, Preschool
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ROC Curve
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Logistic Models
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Hematologic Tests
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Algorithms
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Adolescent
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Machine Learning
2.Current status and trend prediction of the disease burden of eating disorders among Chinese adolescents aged 10-24 years
LU Di, ZENG Zhi, ZHU Di, HE Yijuan, CHEN Sinian
Chinese Journal of School Health 2024;45(8):1186-1190
Objective:
To analyze the burden indicators and trend predictions of eating disorders in Chinese adolescents aged 10-24 years from 1990 to 2019, so as to provide a reference for the prevention and control of eating disorders among adolescents.
Methods:
According to the latest data of the Global Burden of Disease Study(GBD) 2019 database classified by gender, age group and other indicators, the Joinpoint regression model and bayesian age period cohort model(BAPC) were used to analyze and predict the incidence rate, prevalence and disabilityadjusted life year (DALY) rate of eating disorders among Chinese adolescents aged 10 to 24 years old, and explore the trend of the disease burden of eating disorders in this population in the past three decades.
Results:
From 1990 to 2019, the overall crude incidence rate of eating disorders among adolescents in China increased from 278.93/105 to 422.27/105, and the crude incidence rate increased from 122.63/105 to 198.80/105, and the crude DALY rate increased from 26.67/105 to 43.50/105. In terms of gender, the standardized incidence rate, standardized prevalence rate and standardized DALY rate of eating disorders of boys and girls all showed an upward trend(boys:AAPC=1.52%,1.84%,1.86%,girls:AAPC=1.28%,1.74%,1.77%,P<0.05). The standardized incidence rate, standardized prevalence rate and standardized DALY rate of boys with eating disorders (54.97%, 68.88%, 69.75%) were higher than those of girls (44.26%, 64.48%, 65.56%), and the differences were statistically significant (χ2=201.45, 35.02, 34.55, P<0.05). In terms of age groups, the incidence rate of the 15-19yearold age group (524.10/105) was higher than that of other age groups (10-14yearold age:251.17/105, 20-24yearold age:476.49/105) (χ2=156.87, P<0.05), the prevalence rate of the 20-24yearold age group (278.67/105) and the DALY rate (60.83/105) were higher than those of other age groups (10-14yearold age:81.79/105,18.02/105, 15-19yearold age:221.81/105,48.59/105) (χ2=204.50,197.14, P<0.05). BAPC prediction model showed that in the future, the incidence rate of eating disorders among adolescents in China would still show an upward trend, but the prevalence rate and DALY rate would show a steady downward trend, which might reach 516.43/105, 188.41/105 and 41.23/105 respectively in 2030.
Conclusions
The burden of eating disorders among adolescents in China continues to increase, with boys and those aged 15-19 years being the key populations for prevention and treatment. All sectors of society should actively take relevant measures and pay attention to the prevention and treatment of adolescent eating disorders.
3.Determination on the test of related substance N,N'-diacetyl-L-cystine in compound amino acid injection
Yijuan ZHU ; Qianqian LUO ; Haishun FANG ; Biying DU ; Guanghai SU
Drug Standards of China 2024;25(3):273-276
Objective:To establish an HPLC method for the determination of N,N'-diacetyl-L-cystine in com-pound amino acid injection.Methods:The HPLC method parameters were as follows,The Atlantis dC18 column(4.6 mm × 150 mm,3 μm),The mobile phase was aammonium formate solution(315 mg ammonium formate was taken and dissolved with 960 mL water)-acetonitrile-methanoic acid(970∶30∶1)as a mobile phase,at a flow rate of 0.7 mL·min-1,and the detection wavelength of 210 nm.Results:The linear range of N,N'-diacetyl-L-cystine was 2.697-53.94 μg·mL-1(r=0.999 9),the limits of detection and quantification were 1.4 μg·mL-1 and 4.4 μg·mL-1 respectively.The average recovery was 100.2%with RSD of 0.5%.Conclusion:The method was proved to be suitable for the determination of N,N'()-diacetyl-L-cystine in compound amino acid injection.
4.Clinical characteristics and genetic analysis of a pedigree with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome caused by a novel mutation in COL3A1 gene
Jinjie LI ; Liu YANG ; Yijuan XIN ; Rui LI ; Juan WANG ; Lin ZHU ; Lei ZHOU ; Jiayun LIU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2024;47(9):1082-1085
A 27-year-old male was admitted to the Xijing Hospital in August 2018 due to unprovoked severe thoracodynia with palpitations, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Computed tomography angiography showed a type A aortic dissection. Genetic testing based on next-generation sequencing for 15 genes associated with hereditary aortic diseases and Sanger sequencing validation revealed a heterozygous missense mutation c.998G>T (p.Gly333Val) in the COL3A1 gene. Sanger sequencing verification of family members confirmed that the mutation c.998G>T co-segregated with the patient′s phenotype in this family. That mutation was classified as "likely pathogenic" according to American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics standards and guidelines for genetic variant classification. Carriers of this mutation can be definitively diagnosed with "vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome". After the diagnosis was clarified, symptomatic treatment was given to the patient, but the disease progressed rapidly. The patient discontinued treatment and died shortly after being discharged. In this study, we found a new variant in the COL3A1 gene, expanding the mutation spectrum of this gene.
5.Analysis and prediction of disease burden of esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption in China:an age-period-cohort study based on disease burden from 1990 to 2019
Sinian CHEN ; Zhi ZENG ; Jiawen ZHU ; Yijuan HE ; Di ZHU ; Di LU
Tumor 2024;44(2):158-168
Objective:Based on the data compilation and analysis of the disease burden of esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption in China over the past three decades(1990-2019),this study aims to explore how to strengthen the formulation and management of public health policies to control the disease burden caused by this disease. Methods:Based on the data from the Global Burden of Disease(GBD)2019 study database,indicators such as mortality rate and disability-adjusted life years(DALYs)were used to assess the disease burden of esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption in China.Joinpoint regression software and the age-period-cohort model were employed to analyze the trends in disease burden and mortality rates over time by age,period,and cohort.Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis was used to predict the mortality rates of esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption in China from 2020 to 2030. Results:From 1990 to 2019,the number of deaths from esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption increased from 33 800 cases to 61 900 cases,while the standardized mortality rate decreased from 3.95 per 100 000 to 3.04 per 100 000.DALYs increased from 934 000 person-years to 1 512 600 person-years,and the DALYs rate decreased from 101.36 per 100 000 to 71.39 per 100 000.In 2019,both the number of deaths and DALYs reached their peak in the age group of 65-69 years with 58 800 deaths and a standardized mortality rate of 6.21 per 100 000 for males,and 3 100 deaths and a standardized mortality rate of 0.31 per 100 000 for females.Both the mortality rates and the DALYs rates increased with age.The Joinpoint regression analysis showed that the average annual percentage change(AAPC)of mortality rates attributed to alcohol consumption-related esophageal cancer was-0.97%[95%confidence interval(CI):-1.2%--0.8%],with an AAPC of-2.32%(95%CI:-2.6%--2.1%)for females and-0.81%(95%CI:-1.0%-0.6%)for males.The age-period-cohort analysis of mortality rates attributed to alcohol consumption-related esophageal cancer showed a net drift of-1.301%(95%CI:-1.577%--1.025%,P<0.05).It is predicted that the burden of esophageal cancer mortality attributed to alcohol consumption will steadily increase during the period of 2020-2030. Conclusion:Compared to the overall trend of esophageal cancer burden,the burden of esophageal cancer attributed to alcohol consumption is declining at a slower rate.The burden of the disease is higher in the male population than that in females,and higher in the middle-aged and elderly population compared to the younger population.It is expected that in the coming years,the burden of esophageal cancer mortality attributed to alcohol consumption in China will steadily increase,suggesting that while focusing on the intervention for males and the middle-aged and elderly population,relevant departments should also strengthen health education in the entire population,formulate public health policies,and raise awareness of early prevention and risk factors of esophageal cancer among residents.
6.Analysis of a Chinese pedigree affected with Hereditary coagulation factor Ⅻ deficiency due to compound heterozygous variants of F12 gene.
Xiaoli CHENG ; Ting YANG ; Liu YANG ; Yijuan XIN ; Lin ZHU ; Mu HE ; Jiayun LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2023;40(12):1512-1516
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the clinical phenotypes and genetic variants of a Chinese pedigree affected with Hereditary coagulation factor Ⅻ (FⅫ) deficiency.
METHODS:
A pedigree presented at the First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University on December 24,2021 was selected as the study subject. Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and coagulation factor Ⅻ activity (FⅫ:C) were determine by a clotting method, and FⅫ antigen was detected with an ELISA assay. Following the extraction of genomic DNA, all exons and flanking regions of the F12 gene were subjected to Sanger sequencing. Clustalx-2.1-win, PROVEAN and Swiss-PDB Viewer software was used to analyze the conservation of amino acids at the variant sites, impact of of the variants on the amino acid substitutions and the protein structure.
RESULTS:
The APTT of the proband has prolonged to 70.2 s. Her FⅫ:C and FⅫ:Ag have decreased to 12% and 13%, respectively. DNA sequencing revealed that the proband has harbored c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) and c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) heterozygous compound missense variants in exons 5 and 13 of the F12 gene, respectively. Her father and sister were heterozygous carriers for the c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) variant, whilst her mother and brother were heterozygous for the c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) variant.
CONCLUSION
The c.346G>A (p.Gly97Ser) and c.1583C>A (p.Ser509Tyr) compound heterozygous variants of the F12 gene probably underlay the pathogenesis of hereditary coagulation FⅫ deficiency in this pedigree.
Humans
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Male
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Female
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Pedigree
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Factor XII/genetics*
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Mutation
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East Asian People
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Heterozygote
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Mothers
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Factor XII Deficiency/genetics*
7.Analysis of a pedigree affected with hereditary coagulation factor XII deficiency due to a homozygous 252delAsn deletion of F12 gene.
Xiaoli CHENG ; Liu YANG ; Yijuan XIN ; Lin ZHU ; Mingquan SU ; Xiaoke HAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2020;37(7):755-758
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the clinical phenotype and genetic basis of a consanguineous pedigree affected with hereditary coagulation factor XII (FXII) deficiency.
METHODS:
Following extraction of genomic DNA, all exons and flanking regions of F12 gene were subjected to PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing. ClustalX-2.1-win and MutationTaster software was used to analyze the conservation and impact of the variants on protein function.
RESULTS:
DNA sequencing showed that the proband carried a homozygous g.6753-6755delACA deletion (p.252delAsn) in exon 9 of the F12 gene, for which her father, mother and brother were heterozygous carriers. The same deletion was not found in her sister.
CONCLUSION
The homozygous p.252delAsn deletion probably underlies the hereditary FXII deficiency in this pedigree.
8.Comparison of three oral regimens with compound polyethylene glycol electrolyte for bowel prepara-tion
Jinfang ZHAO ; Liangru ZHU ; Hongyu REN ; Jun LIU ; Xiaohua HOU ; Jie WU ; Shengbin SUN ; Yijuan DING ; Shiyun TAN ; Xiaohong LU ; Meifang HUANG ; Jin LI ; Min CHEN ; Zili DAN ; Peiyuan LI ; Wei YAN ; Qingtao MEI ; Weizhong YU
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2015;(9):613-616
were no significant differences in the detection rate of recto-sigmoid colon,mid colon,right colon and total detection of polyps among the 3 groups (P >0.05).Conclusion 4-L split-dose PEG is better than the oth-er 2 regimens in the colon cleansing quality,so it can better reach the intestinal cleaning standards before enteroscopy,which is a more suitable regimen for bowel preparation.
9.Determination of Amino Acids in Silkworm Extract by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Precolumn Derivatization
Weiqing LIANG ; Kemin WEI ; Jinbao PU ; Yongqiang ZHU ; Junxian ZHENG ; Yijuan HU
Journal of Medical Research 2006;0(08):-
Objective To determin the amino acids in silkworm extract by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Precolumn Derivatization.Methods With the technology of precolumn derivatization, along with high performance liquid DABS-CL and a high-efficiency YMC-Pack ODS-A column(250?4.6mm, 5 ?m), with mobile phase being A:25mol/L KH2PO4 and B: acetonitrile : methyl alcohol =70:30, at flow rate of 1.5 ml/min, peaks were detected at 436nm and column temperature being 35℃.Results All kinds of amino acids have a nice linear relations (r=0.9989~0.9999), precision (RSD


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