Correlation Between the Ratio of Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (UHR) and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:A Cross-Sectional Study by Wang L, Liu L, Luo H, Wu Y, Zhu L

“…Leran Wang,1 Lei Liu,2 Huilan Luo,3– 5 Yiling Wu,3– 5 Lingyan Zhu3– 5 1Queen Mary School, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology, Lu’an Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Lu’an City, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, the First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, People’s Republic of China; 4Jiangxi Clinical Research Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang City, People’s Republic of China; 5Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Disease, Nanchang City, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Lingyan Zhu, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Disease, No. 17, Yongwaizheng Street, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-13870690788, Email zly982387@126.comBackground/Objective: Considering the uncertain relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and uric acid (UA) with diabetic retinopathy (DR),this study investigates the link between Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (UHR) and DR in T2DM patients, evaluating its potential for DR diagnosis and early prediction.Study Design and Data Collection: This retrospective study analyzed 1450 type 2 diabetes patients, divided into NDR and DR groups by retinal exams. …”
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Concentrations and health risks of metal elements in ambient air PM2.5 in two urban districts of Hefei city from 2015 to 2023: analysis of monitoring data by Yu ZHU, Linling YU, Derui YAN, Changchun XIAO

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the concentrations and chronic health risks of metal elements in ambient air particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) in two districts of Hefei city, Anhui province, from 2015 to 2023. MethodsMonthly 7-day continuous sampling of ambient air PM2.5 was conducted from 2015 to 2023 at two monitoring sites in Baohe district and Yaohai district in Hefei city, and 12 metal elements (including antimony, aluminum, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead, manganese, nickel, selenium, and thallium) in PM2.5 were measured. …”
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αAsarone alleviates neuronal injury by facilitating autophagy via miR-499-5p/PDCD4/ATG5 signaling pathway in ischemia stroke by Yonghuan Yan, Linfang Wu, Lu Wang, Dandan Wang, Mengting Huang, Jinyong Peng, Jinyong Peng, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang

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Oxidative balance score was negatively associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome severity, and all-cause mortality of patients with metabolic syndrome by Zhixiao Xu, Xiong Lei, Weiwei Chu, Luoqi Weng, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Chengshui Chen, Ran Ye

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Association of social frailty, sarcopenia, and oral frailty with depressive symptoms in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study by Yuanhao Sun, Huan Liu, Xiangdong Li, Lin Zhang, Wenwen Xu, Hairong liu, Ting Yuan

“…Methods This research utilized a cross-sectional design and used convenience sampling to select participants from Anhui Province, China. Demographic questionnaire, SARC-F (Strength, Assistance with walking, Rising from a chair, Climbing stairs, and Falls), OFI-8 (Oral Frailty Index-8), the HALFT (Help, Participation, Loneliness, Financial, Talk) scale, and PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) were used to conduct the survey. …”
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The relationships of metals exposure and disturbance of the vaginal microbiota with the risk of PROM: Results from a birth cohort study by Dongyang Zhang, Rui Dong, Tingting Jiang, Shiwei Ren, Xinyu Yue, Muxin Zhai, Siyu Jiang, Bingxia He, Ran Tang, Yujie Deng, Wenjie Lyu, Baojing Zhao, Fangbiao Tao, Yuanyuan Yang, Zongzhi Yin, Zhen Yu, Dongmei Ji, Chunmei Liang

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Screening of α-glucosidase inhibitors in large-leaf yellow tea by offline bioassay coupled with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry by You Wu, Zisheng Han, Mingchun Wen, Chi-Tang Ho, Zongde Jiang, Yijun Wang, Na Xu, Zhongwen Xie, Jinsong Zhang, Liang Zhang, Xiaochun Wan

“…Larger-leaf yellow tea (LYT) is a characteristic type of Chinese tea produced in Huoshan County, Anhui Province, which is made by mature leaves with stems. …”
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Feasibility and usefulness of Gini coefficients of primary care visits as a measure of service inequality: preliminary findings from a cross-sectional study using region-wide elect... by Xin Yang, Jing Chai, Jing Cheng, DeBin Wang, XingRong Shen, Rong Liu, ManMan Lu, Jia Xu, Ningjing Yang, Guocheng Li

“…The study also produced topographic maps of the GPVs for nine selected diseases.Setting All primary healthcare facilities within the 105 townships or communities randomly selected from Anhui province, China.Participants All practising doctors working with and all patients presenting to the above sampled facilities during the 27-month study period.Results The overall rate of primary healthcare visits during the 27-month period was estimated at 147.78%, with intra-regional variation coefficients by all-cause and system-specific disease ranging from 49.02% to 68.96%, and women were more likely than men to seek primary healthcare. …”
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Quasi-weekly oscillation of regional PM_2.5 transport over China driven by the synoptic-scale disturbance of the East Asian winter monsoon circulation by Y. Bai, T. Zhao, K. Meng, Y. Zhou, J. Xiong, X. Sun, L. Shen, Y. Yue, Y. Zhu, W. Hu, J. Yao

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Social-ecological perspective on the suicidal behaviour factors of early adolescents in China: a network analysis by Xueying Zhang, Yuan Li, Juan Chen, Peiying Li, Mengyuan Yuan, Yonghan Li, Gengfu Wang, Puyu Su

“…Identifying modifiable risk factors during this critical phase is a priority to inform effective suicide prevention strategies.Aims To explore the risk and protective factors of suicidal behaviours (ie, suicidal ideation, plans and attempts) in early adolescence in China using a social-ecological perspective.Methods Using data from the cross-sectional project ‘Healthy and Risky Behaviours Among Middle School Students in Anhui Province, China’, stratified random cluster sampling was used to select 5724 middle school students who had completed self-report questionnaires in November 2020. …”
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NLR, A Convenient Early-Warning Biomarker of Fatal Outcome in Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome by Yuanyuan Wei, Yuanyuan Wei, Zilong Wang, Luyang Kang, Lingling He, Lingling He, Nan Sheng, Nan Sheng, Jiangfeng Qin, Jiangfeng Qin, Shuangshuang Ma, Honghai Xu, Lifen Hu, Guizhou Zou, Yufeng Gao, Yufeng Gao, Jiabin Li, Jiabin Li

“…This study aimed to examine a convenient early-warning biomarker of fatal outcomes in patients with SFTS to reduce mortality.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was performed, and patients with confirmed SFTS were enrolled in the top two hospitals in Anhui Province, China from 1 May 2016 to 31 October 2019. …”
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Gas drainage and utilization in coal mines in China: History, technological advances, and prospects by Guofu LI, Chao LI, Bichuan ZHANG, Yun XU, Zheng WANG, Xianjun ZHOU

“…In combination with the differences in geological conditions of gas in varying mining areas, three typical gas drainage modes have been formed: the surface-underground combined gas drainage mode through “four-zone linkage” in the Jincheng mining area in Shanxi Province (the new Jincheng mode), the protective layer mining mode for broken-soft and low-permeability coal seams in the Huainan-Huaibei area in Anhui Province (the Huainan-Huaibei mode), and the hydraulically enhanced permeability mode of the Songzao mining area in Chongqing City (the Songzao mode). …”
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Research on Current Situation and Countermeasure of Chinese Primary Care Physicians' Community Rehabilitation Service Ability by LIAN Lu, WANG Di, CHEN Jiaying, LIU Wu

“…Methods The method of multi-stage stratified sampling combined with typical sampling was adopted to carry out an online questionnaire survey on doctors in primary health institutions in Jiangsu province, Anhui province, Henan province, Chongqing City and Gansu province. …”
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Fintech Penetration, Financial Literacy, and Financial Decision-Making: Empirical Analysis Based on Tar by Yi Li, Zhengwang Li, Fan Su, Qiteng Wang, Qian Wang

“…This paper uses mediating effect and moderating effect to test the influence path of rural residents’ subjective and objective financial literacy on their financial decision-making with survey data from Henan and Anhui provinces in China. The results show that subjective and objective financial literacy have positive effects on financial market participation. …”
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1600 AD Huaynaputina Eruption (Peru), Abrupt Cooling, and Epidemics in China and Korea by Jie Fei, David D. Zhang, Harry F. Lee

“…In southern China (Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces and Shanghai Municipality), July was abnormally cold with snow, with an autumn that saw anomalously hot weather. …”
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A mathematical model for the seasonal transmission of schistosomiasis in the lake and marshland regions of China by Yingke Li, Zhidong Teng, Shigui Ruan, Mingtao Li, Xiaomei Feng

“…The monthly data of human schistosomiasis cases in Hubei, Hunan, and Anhui provinces (lake and marshland regions) released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) display a periodic pattern with more cases in late summer and early autumn. …”
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Preliminary species diversity and community phylogenetics of wood-inhabiting basidiomycetous fungi in the Dabie Mountains, Central China reveal unexpected richness by Xiang-Yang Liu, Shi-Liang Liu, Hao-Wen Wei, Xue-Wei Wang, Jia Yu, Shan Shen, Li-Wei Zhou

“…The Dabie Mountains, at the junction of Henan, Hubei, and Anhui Provinces, Central China, provide an ideal climate and favorable niches for the speciation and diversification of various forms of life including fungi. …”
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