Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Qi Cui, Yang Xia, Yashu Liu, Yifei Sun, Kang Ye, Wenjie Li, Qijun Wu, Qing Chang, Yuhong Zhao
Summary: This study evaluated the reproducibility and validity of the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) for residents in northeast China. The findings demonstrated that the FFQ is reliable and valid for assessing the intake of most foods and nutrients.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erika Sierra-Ruelas, Maria F. Bernal-Orozco, Gabriela Macedo-Ojeda, Yolanda F. Marquez-Sandoval, Martha B. Altamirano-Martinez, Barbara Vizmanos
Summary: This systematic review examined studies validating semiquantitative FFQ (SFFQ) for assessing food intake in adults, with a total of 60 articles included. Results suggest coefficients may vary across food and nutrient groups, and researchers are advised to consider this before selecting a SFFQ.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Sareh Eghtesad, Azita Hekmatdoost, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Homayounfar, Maryam Sharafkhah, Hamid Hakimi, Ali Dehghani, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Zinat Mortazavi, Yahya Pasdar, Hossein Poustchi, Walter C. C. Willett, Reza Malekzadeh
Summary: A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed and assessed for validity and reproducibility in the study of non-communicable disease risk factors in Iran. The FFQ showed moderate to strong correlations with food group intake, indicating its effectiveness in ranking individuals based on their food group intake.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Hiba Bawadi, Rand T. Akasheh, Abdelhamid Kerkadi, Salma Haydar, Reema Tayyem, Zumin Shi
Summary: This study developed a valid and culture-sensitive quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for assessing the dietary intake of Qatari adults. The FFQ was found to be sufficiently valid and reliable for assessing energy and macronutrients, but less accurate for micronutrients.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Catarina Vila-Real, Ana Pimenta-Martins, Jack-Susan Magu, Catherine Kunyanga, Samuel Mbugua, Kati Katina, Ndegwa H. Maina, Ana M. P. Gomes, Elisabete Pinto
Summary: The developed semi-quantitative FFQ was found to be a valid and reproducible tool for ranking urban adult Kenyans according to their dietary intake, based on comparisons with 24-hour recalls data.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Yonghong Ma, Jiao Tan, Zhijun Tan, Lei Shang
Summary: This study evaluates the validity and reliability of newly developed FFQs for preschool children in Northwest China. The FFQs demonstrate good test-retest reliability and moderate relative validity, making it an important tool for assessing food and nutrient intakes in this population.
JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Chenxi Qin, Yu Guo, Pei Pei, Huaidong Du, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Xi Shen, Zumin Shi, Lu Qi, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Canqing Yu, Jun Lv, Liming Li
Summary: This study evaluated the validity and reproducibility of qualitative and quantitative food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) in the Chinese population. The results showed that most food items in both the qualitative and quantitative FFQs had acceptable or good validity and reproducibility in the CKB study. However, dried vegetables and carbonated soft drinks performed poorly, indicating the need for modification and validation in future research.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
N. Telleria-Aramburu, I Alegria-Lertxundi, M. Arroyo-Izaga
Summary: The adapted short FFQ showed good reproducibility and validity in measuring most food groups in the target population, and these results did not seem to be influenced by associated variables.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Qiumin Huang, Xiaofeng Zhou, Chuqi Zhang, Liyan Huang, Qi Wang, Qinsheng Chen, Huiru Tang, Jingchun Luo, Zhengyuan Wang, Changzheng Yuan, Yan Zheng
Summary: This study evaluated the validity and reproducibility of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) in adult populations in China. The SFFQ was found to provide valid estimates for most food groups and performed well in estimating habitual intakes of unsaturated fatty acids. However, the overall correlation between the SFFQ and the 24-hour dietary records was relatively low. The reproducibility of the SFFQ was moderate for food group estimates.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Xinyuan Zhang, Samantha A. Molsberry, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Alberto Ascherio, Xiang Gao
Summary: Better diet quality and physical activity are associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD) and lower all-cause mortality among individuals with PD.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Changbao Sun, Qingyun Wang, Cong Xu, Wan Wang, Jiage Ma, Liya Gu, Zhijing Liu, Juncai Hou, Zhanmei Jiang
Summary: This study evaluated the reproducibility and validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (SQFFQ) developed for vegetarians and omnivores in Harbin, China. The results showed that the SQFFQ has reasonably acceptable reproducibility and validity.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Tomotaka Ugai, Koichiro Haruki, Juha P. Vayrynen, Jennifer Borowsky, Kenji Fujiyoshi, Mai Chan Lau, Naohiko Akimoto, Rong Zhong, Junko Kishikawa, Kota Arima, Shan-Shan Shi, Melissa Zhao, Charles S. Fuchs, Xuehong Zhang, Marios Giannakis, Mingyang Song, Hongmei Nan, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Molin Wang, Jonathan A. Nowak, Shuji Ogino
Summary: This study examined the association between coffee intake in colorectal cancer patients and survival. It was found that the correlation between coffee intake and colorectal cancer-specific mortality differed according to Crohn disease-like lymphoid reaction.
MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Yujie Qin, Hongyang Deng, Mengnan Lu, Yue Cheng, Baibing Mi, Yanfeng Xiao, Jing Zhou
Summary: The reproducibility and validity of a newly developed FFQ for children aged 6 to 12 in western China were evaluated in this study. The results showed good reproducibility of the FFQ in terms of food and nutrient intake and acceptable relative validity. The FFQ demonstrated acceptable agreement with 24 h recalls.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Qi Cui, Yang Xia, Qijun Wu, Qing Chang, Kaijun Niu, Yuhong Zhao
Summary: This meta-analysis found that FFQs with correlation coefficients greater than 0.5 can be considered reliable for measuring dietary intake. To develop FFQs with higher reproducibility, the number of food items and dietary recall interval should be taken into consideration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Maninder K. Kahlon, Nazan S. Aksan, Rhonda Aubrey, Jenn Barnes, Nicole Clark, Maria Cowley-Morillo, Lindsey Engelman, Julia Guerra, Alejandro Guevara, Allison Marshall, Deanna M. Hoelscher
Summary: Providing caregivers with grocery gift cards and produce boxes for 4 weeks can effectively improve children's diets and sustain the improvements.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Yuan Xue, Chang Liu, Shan-Bin Pang, Zhen-Xing Mao, Dong-Dong Zhang, Jiao-Jiao Gao, Ji-Song Lin, Chong-Jian Wang, Xing Li, Wen-Jie Li
Summary: The study aimed to explore the association between abdominal obesity dietary patterns and visceral fat index (VFI) and dyslipidemia in rural adults in Henan, China. The results showed that higher dietary pattern scores were significantly associated with an increased risk of dyslipidemia, with VFI playing a partial mediating role in this relationship. Abdominal obesity dietary patterns positively influenced VFI and dyslipidemia, with a dose-response relationship observed in both connections.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jian Hou, Xiaotian Liu, Tantan Zuo, Runqi Tu, Xiaokang Dong, Ruiying Li, Mingming Pan, Ruoling Chen, Shanshan Yin, Kai Hu, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Gongbo Chen, Chongjian Wang
Summary: This study indicates that long-term exposure to air pollutants such as PM1, PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 is positively related to advanced fibrosis, while residential greenness represented by EVI is negatively related. Additionally, the study finds that the negative association between residential greenness and advanced fibrosis decreases with higher levels of air pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ningning Cui, Xiaokang Dong, Wei Liao, Yuan Xue, Xiaotian Liu, Xing Li, Jian Hou, Wenqian Huo, Linlin Li, Zhenxing Mao, Chongjian Wang, Yuqian Li
Summary: The study found a significant association between eating out and increased serum uric acid levels as well as elevated risk of hyperuricemia in rural China, particularly among males. Additionally, BMI played a partial mediating role in the relationship between eating out frequency and hyperuricemia.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
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)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Liying Zhang, Miaomiao Niu, Haiyang Zhang, Yikang Wang, Haiqing Zhang, Zhenxing Mao, Xiaomin Zhang, Meian He, Tangchun Wu, Zhenfei Wang, Chongjian Wang
Summary: This study developed and validated a simple and efficient joint machine learning model that accurately identifies individuals at high risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) using easily obtainable nonlaboratory parameters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ruiying Li, Gongbo Chen, Xiaotian Liu, Mingming Pan, Ning Kang, Xiaoyu Hou, Wei Liao, Xiaokang Dong, Yinghao Yuchi, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Xian Wang, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Jian Hou, Chongjian Wang
Summary: Long-term exposure to ambient ozone is associated with increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD), and this association is partially mediated by aging biomarkers (telomere length and mitochondrial copy number).
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xiaokang Dong, Xiaotian Liu, Lulu Zhang, Yan Wang, Runqi Tu, Wei Liao, Yikang Wang, Ruiying Li, Jian Hou, Zhenxing Mao, Chongjian Wang, Yuqian Li
Summary: This study investigated the association of snoring frequency and daily sleep duration with hyperuricemia in rural Chinese adults. The results showed that habitual snoring or longer daytime napping was independently associated with increased prevalence of hyperuricemia and serum uric acid levels.
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jing Yang, Xiaotian Liu, Zhihan Zhai, Wei Liao, Yaling He, Xueyan Wu, Chongjian Wang, Chunyang Sun, Yuqian Li
Summary: This study examined the independent and combined effects of napping and nocturnal sleep duration on stroke. The results showed that male nappers had a higher risk of stroke, and both short and excessive nocturnal sleep duration as well as long total 24-hour sleep duration were associated with increased odds of stroke. Long naps and prolonged nocturnal sleep duration had a joint effect on stroke.
SLEEP AND BREATHING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuan Xue, Qingqing Xu, Juan Wang, Hualiang Lin, Chongjian Wang, Xiaomin Lou, Cuiping Wu, Zhenxing Mao, Xiaoli Fu
Summary: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms among primary students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that depressive symptoms were relatively common among students, with factors such as age, sex, grade, location, worry level, fear level, cognitive status, and change in lifestyle after gaining knowledge about COVID-19 being associated with higher depressive symptoms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Wei Liao, Xiaotian Liu, Ning Kang, Yu Song, Yinghao Yuchi, Ze Hu, Jian Hou, Chongjian Wang, Yuqian Li
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations between overall lifestyles and HRQoL, as well as the variations in age, sex, education level, and income. Results showed that engaging in healthier lifestyle habits was associated with a higher level of HRQoL, especially in the elderly, females, and those with low education level and income.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juan Wang, Gongbo Chen, Jian Hou, Dandan Wei, Pengling Liu, Luting Nie, Keliang Fan, Lulu Wang, Qingqing Xu, Yu Song, Mian Wang, Wenqian Huo, Tao Jing, Wenjie Li, Yuming Guo, Chongjian Wang, Zhenxing Mao
Summary: This study evaluated the associations between residential greenness and glucocorticoid levels and examined whether air pollutants and sex influenced this relationship in Chinese rural adults. The results showed that long-term exposure to green space was negatively correlated with cortisol and 11-deoxycortisol levels, and positively correlated with cortisone levels. Moreover, the protective effect of residential greenness on serum glucocorticoids was altered by high levels of particulate matter.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruiying Li, Gongbo Chen, Mingming Pan, Xiaoyu Hou, Ning Kang, Ruoling Chen, Yinghao Yuchi, Wei Liao, Xiaotian Liu, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Chongjian Wang, Jian Hou
Summary: Long-term exposure to high concentrations of ambient ozone and low residential greenness is associated with decreased molecular biomarkers of aging. Increased residential greenness may attenuate the adverse effects of ambient ozone exposure on aging.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Pengling Liu, Dandan Wei, Luting Nie, Keliang Fan, Qingqing Xu, Lulu Wang, Juan Wang, Yu Song, Mian Wang, Xiaotian Liu, Jian Hou, Songcheng Yu, Linlin Li, Chongjian Wang, Wenqian Huo, Caini Fan, Zhenxing Mao
Summary: This study found a negative association between serum testosterone levels and stroke risk in rural Chinese males. Blood pressure partially mediated the relationship between testosterone and stroke. However, this association and the role of blood pressure were not observed in females.
JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei Liao, Xiaotian Liu, Ning Kang, Yu Song, Lulu Wang, Yinghao Yuchi, Wenqian Huo, Zhenxing Mao, Jian Hou, Chongjian Wang
Summary: This study found that using solid fuel for cooking and longer cooking duration are associated with a higher risk of poor sleep quality. Additionally, kitchen ventilation has a moderating effect on this association.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qian Gao, Changsheng Huan, Yu Song, Zexin Jia, Qingqing Cao, Chongjian Wang, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo
Summary: This study investigated the exposure profiles and health risks of parabens and alkylphenols in rural Chinese populations. It found that there is a widespread exposure to parabens and alkylphenols among the rural population, with alkylphenols posing higher health risks.
