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Medicine, General & Internal
Jing Wei, Shuang Liu, Yue Cheng, Wenfang Yang, Zhonghai Zhu, Lingxia Zeng
Summary: This study found that higher weight-for-age z score and rapid weight gain during infancy, particularly from birth to 3 months of age, were associated with an increased likelihood of puberty onset in girls.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
T. J. Cole
Summary: The study fitted growth reference curves for 6878 boys aged 0-21 years using GAMLSS method, exploring the impact of sample size and sample composition on precision. It concluded that optimally designed studies need 7000-25000 subjects per sex to achieve constant precision across the age range.
STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Dongxiang Pan, Shun Liu, Dongping Huang, Xiaoyun Zeng, Yuanxiao Zhang, Qiang Pang, Huiping Wu, Hui Juan Jennifer Tan, Jun Liang, Yonghong Sheng, Xiaoqiang Qiu
Summary: This study explores the associations between household environmental factors and adverse birth outcomes, finding that using household-use induction cookers as the primary cooking fuel and housing renovation within one year before pregnancy increase the risks of adverse birth outcomes. Additionally, proper home ventilation may reduce the effect of housing renovation during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Zhang Wei, Wang Li, Cao Lei, An Caixia, Zhang Chuan, Wang Jianqin
Summary: The study found that maternal seafood consumption during pregnancy was associated with decreased risk of low birth weight and increased birth weight. This association was mainly driven by freshwater fish and shellfish. The results support the dietary recommendation to pregnant women and provide implications for interventions to improve seafood consumption and prevent low birth weight babies in the inland city in China.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2023)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Kunzai Niu, Hengzhou Xu
Summary: China has successfully eradicated absolute poverty, and the study shows that urban-rural integration has a heterogeneous impact on poverty reduction, requiring the government to monitor poverty changes dynamically.
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2023)
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Geography
Peipei Chen, Nick Clarke, Brian J. Hracs
Summary: The ongoing development of transportation and communication technologies has increased the possibilities for people, ideas, objects, and knowledge to move across the globe. In China, government policies have led to the relocation of millions of people between urban and rural areas. Recently, there has been a shift in mobility from production-focused migration to consumption-focused mobility. This paper examines the nature of urban-rural mobilities in China through the case of China's Rural Tourism Makers (RTMs).
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Urban Studies
Sujuan Zhong, Mingshu Wang, Yi Zhu, Zhigang Chen, Xianjin Huang
Summary: This paper examines the impact of urban expansion on the urban-rural income gap and finds that a 1% expansion of urban land decreases the gap by 0.005% to 0.011%. The effect is more pronounced in the eastern and central regions, areas with lower overall urbanization levels, and cities with urbanization rates exceeding 50%. Additionally, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between urban expansion and the urban-rural income gap.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Ethan K. Gough, Thaddeus J. Edens, Hyun Min Geum, Iman Baharmand, Sandeep K. Gill, Ruairi C. Robertson, Kuda Mutasa, Robert Ntozini, Laura E. Smith, Bernard Chasekwa, Florence D. Majo, Naume Tavengwa, Batsirai Mutasa, Freddy Francis, Lynnea Carr, Joice Tome, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Lawrence H. Moulton, Andrew J. Prendergast, Jean H. Humphrey, Amee R. Manges
Summary: The study in rural Zimbabwe found that the maternal intestinal microbiome composition and functions during pregnancy are closely related to infant birth weight and growth outcomes, with resistant starch-degrading bacteria playing a key role in predicting birth outcomes.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Hanze Du, Danning Wu, Xiang Zhou, Hongbo Yang, Huijuan Zhu, Shi Chen, Hui Pan
Summary: The relationship between maternal thyroid function and pregnancy outcomes is still controversial in women planning pregnancy. This study found that preconception TSH levels were associated with preterm delivery, large for gestational age (LGA), and low birth weight (LBW). The safe range of TSH for preconception women was within 0.91 to 1.82 mIU/L.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bo Hu, Jie Tang, Guangtao Xu, Dongliang Shao, Huafei Huang, Jintong Li, Huan Chen, Jie Chen, Liangjin Zhu, Shipiao Chen, Bin Shen, Limin Jin, Long Xu
Summary: This study found a link between PM exposure during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth (PTB) as well as the health of newborns. Specifically, combined exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 during pregnancy was associated with reduced gestational age, birth weight, height, head circumference, and Apgar 5 score.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ramendra Nath Kundu, Anushka Ghosh, Birshikha Chhetri, Indranil Saha, Md. Golam Hossain, Premananda Bharati
Summary: The burden and determinants of low birth weight (LBW) were studied in different regions and rural-urban areas of India. The study found that approximately 18.24% of babies in India were born with LBW, with higher prevalence in rural areas compared to urban areas. In the eastern and southern regions, mothers aged 25-34 were less likely to have LBW children than mothers aged 35-49. It was also found that women in rural India who gave birth at home were more likely to have LBW children compared to those who gave birth in institutions. The study emphasizes the need for targeted strategies based on regional and geographical variations to reduce LBW in India, as proposed by the National Health Policy.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Yaqun Zhang, Jie Qiu, Min Zhou, Xiaochun He, Hongmei Cui, Xiaoying Xu, Ling Lv, Xiaojuan Lin, Chong Zhang, Honghong Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Bin Yi, Baohong Mao, Huang Huang, Lan Jin, Haoran Zhuo, Peiyuan Sun, Qing Liu, Yawei Zhang
Summary: This study found that using biomass or electromagnetic stoves for cooking during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of birth defects, especially in non-congenital heart disease defects. Additional research is needed to confirm these findings and to estimate the associations for individual birth defects with larger sample sizes or greater statistical power.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hui He, Huazhang Miao, Zhijiang Liang, Ye Zhang, Wei Jiang, Zhi Deng, Jie Tang, Guocheng Liu, Xianqiong Luo
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence of small for gestational age (SGA) infants in Guangdong Province and its association with socioeconomic factors. The results showed that the prevalence of SGA in full term infants was significantly higher than in premature infants, and there was a negative correlation between the prevalence of SGA and per-capita GDP.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Economics
Hua Chen, Yugang Ding, Lin Tang, Lizhen Wang
Summary: The study finds that the integration of urban-rural medical insurance policy in China has a significant impact on rural household consumption, particularly non-medical consumption. The effect is more pronounced for households with lower wealth or higher health risks.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2022)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jing Li, Jie Qiu, Ling Lv, Baohong Mao, Lei Huang, Tao Yang, Cheng Wang, Qing Liu
Summary: Overall, paternal factors such as height, weight, BMI, education level, and smoking behaviors were found to be associated with birth outcomes such as LBW, PTB, and SGA in this study.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2021)