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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Wen Liu, Xuejing Yan, Chengyu Li, Qi Shu, Meng Chen, Le Cai, Dingyun You
Summary: There has been a decrease in the age at menarche (AAM) among women from 26 ethnicities in Yunnan Province, China, born between 1965 and 2001, with a secular trend towards a younger AAM. The fastest rate of decline was observed in the Bai ethnicity, and consistent declining trends were seen across various economic patterns. Significant differences in the declining trends in AAM were observed along rural/urban lines.
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Pediatrics
Ning Ma, Di Shi, Jia-Jia Dang, Pan-Liang Zhong, Yun-Fei Liu, Shan Cai, Yan-Hui Dong, Pei-Jin Hu, Jun Ma, Yi Song
Summary: The median age at menarche among Chinese Han girls decreased from 13.37 years in 1985 to 12.00 years in 2019, but at a slowing pace in the last five years. Urban-rural disparities gradually narrowed. It is necessary to strengthen sexual and reproductive health education and interventions, especially in rural areas.
WORLD JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2023)
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Anthropology
Xueyan Wu, Lei Bao, Zhen Du, Xiaotian Liu, Wei Liao, Ning Kang, Chunyang Sun, Tanko Abdulai, Zhihan Zhai, Chongjian Wang, Yuqian Li
Summary: This study investigated the secular trends of age at menarche (AAM) for women born between 1935 and 2000 in rural China and explored the effect of famine on AAM. The study found a decreasing trend in AAM and a positive association between fetal and childhood famine exposure and increased AAM.
ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Oncology
Min-Chen Tsai, Yu-Ching Chou, Yu-Kwang Lee, Wan-Lun Hsu, Chin-Sheng Tang, Shiow-Ying Chen, Shih-Pei Huang, Yong-Chen Chen, Jang-Ming Lee
Summary: Esophageal cancer, particularly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), has significantly increased in Taiwan over the past thirty years. This increase may be attributed to changes in risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, and betel nut chewing. Early detection and prevention are crucial for high-risk patients.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hui Li, Yuanmei Shi, Zahoor Ahmed, Abbas Khan, Kang Xu, Xiaoping Yin, Nawsherwan, Hong Zhang
Summary: The incidence rates of adverse perinatal outcomes have significantly decreased in Hubei province over the past 9 years. However, both extremes of maternal age groups and young and old cohorts are associated with a higher risk of preterm birth, perinatal mortality, and congenital defect.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Vitor Rodrigues, Rui Martins, Bruno de Sousa
Summary: This study aims to examine the spatio-temporal evolution of a woman's age at menarche in the central region of Portugal. The study focuses on early or late menarches and uses percentile regression to create the respective curves instead of the traditional mean regression approach.
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Clinical Neurology
Hao Hou, Bin Yu, Chenlu He, Guiyuan Li, Yifei Pei, Jingjing Wang, Jie Tang, Xinguang Chen, Xiuyin Gao, Wei Wang
Summary: The suicide rate in China has generally decreased since the 1990s, but this trend has slowed down and even reversed in certain groups in recent years. This study investigated the latest suicide risk in mainland China using the age-period-cohort (APC) analysis. The findings showed that there was a high risk of suicide among people born in 1920-1944 and a sharp decline in the 1945-1979 cohort. The lowest risk occurred in the 1980-1994 cohort before a sharp increase in generation Z (birth years in 1995-2009).
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Yun Yuan, Xiaoqing Bu, Meng Xiao, Liling Chen, Wenge Tang, Xinyu Yuan, Xianbin Ding, Xiaojun Tang
Summary: This study found that late menarche is associated with a lower prevalence of diabetes, while early natural menopause is associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes. Additionally, body mass index, abdominal obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia do not significantly modify these associations.
JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jiayi Chen, Mingxia Yan, Deji Suolang, Mingming Han, Yangji Baima, Fei Mi, Liling Chen, Han Guan, Hui Cai, Xing Zhao, Qiaolan Liu
Summary: The association between age at menarche and high blood pressure has been inconsistent in previous studies. This study aims to explore this association in less developed ethnic minority regions in China and investigate the mediating effect of obesity and the moderating effect of menopausal status. Late menarche is found to be associated with a lower risk of high blood pressure, and obesity is identified as an important mediator in this relationship.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2023)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yi Yang, Shihong Du, Rong Xie, Yannan Zhang, Tong Yu, Zihao Ding, Xiuqin Hong
Summary: The study found that late menarche in women in Hunan Province is associated with a higher risk of hyperhomocysteinemia and its associated diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. Menarcheal age may have different predictive effects on women of different birth cohorts.
REVIEWS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chengyue Li, Alimujiang Yimiti Taerken, Qian Li, Adilijiang Selimu, Hao Wang
Summary: The study evaluated the trends in physical fitness of Chinese rural children and adolescents aged 7-18 from 1985 to 2019. Different aspects of fitness were measured during various time periods. The findings showed improvements in physical fitness from 1985-2000, followed by declines in some areas from 2000-2010. The period of 2010-2019 saw mixed trends, with some improvements and continued declines in certain aspects of fitness.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Yunjuan Yang, Jing Dai, Songquan Huang, Tunan Li, Zhizhong Song, Shun Zha, Chengpeng Ma, Litao Chang, Song Zhang, Hong Liu, Diexin Wei, Fan Yang, Limei Dai, Min Tang, Xue Zhang, Yang Liu, Jiming Kang
Summary: Since 1985, the trend of emaciation in children and adolescents in Yunnan has decreased, while the prevalence of obesity and overweight has increased. The annual growth rate of overweight and obesity is higher in rural areas and among boys compared to urban areas and girls. Disparities in emaciation, overweight, and obesity among children in Yunnan are common, varying by area and gender.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Jiayuan Wu, Zhixiong Lin, Zhou Liu, Hairong He, Ling Bai, Jun Lyu
Summary: The incidence rates of eating disorders in China, particularly among adolescents and young adults, have been continuously increasing over the past few decades. Further research on the causes of this increase is needed to facilitate early identification of high-risk individuals.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Yimei Yang, Shanshan Wang, Hui Cong
Summary: The study aimed to determine the association between age at menarche and lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. The results showed that postmenopausal women with a menarche age ≥ 16 years had significantly lower lumbar spine BMD compared to those with a menarche age ≤ 12 years.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND RESEARCH
(2023)
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Engineering, Civil
Fusheng Jiao, Xiaojuan Xu, Mingyang Zhang, Haibo Gong, Huiyu Liu, Kelin Wang
Summary: This study used ensemble empirical mode decomposition to analyze the secular trends of ecosystem water-use efficiency (WUE) in China and their relative contribution (RC) to WUE changes. The results showed that while increasing trends dominated, almost half of the study areas experienced trend shifts. Different land cover types had different contributions to WUE changes. Temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentration were identified as the main climatic factors driving WUE changes. The climatic mean state had a greater impact on ecosystem stability than variability.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
