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Ser1369Ala Variant in Sulfonylurea Receptor Gene ABCC8 Is Associated With Antidiabetic Efficacy of Gliclazide in Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Feng, Yan, Mao, Guangyun, Ren, Xiaowei, Xing, Houxun, Tang, Genfu, Li, Qiang, Li, Xueqi, Sun, Lirong, Yang, Jinqui, Ma, Weiqing, Wang, Xiaobin, Xu, Xiping

“…OBJECTIVE:--The purpose of this study was to investigate whether genetic variants could influence the antidiabetic efficacy of gliclazide in type 2 diabetic…”
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Strategy for early identification of prediabetes in lean populations: New insight from a prospective Chinese twin cohort of children and young adults by Wang, Guoying, Radovick, Sally, Xu, Xiping, Xing, Houxun, Tang, Genfu, Bartell, Tami R., Wang, Binyan, Wang, Xiaobin

“…To identify certain subgroups in young and lean populations, who may be at a high risk of developing prediabetes/diabetes, which is not captured by current…”
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Prevalence of Unrecognized Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease and the Associated Factors in Chinese Hypertensive Adults by He, Mingli, MD, Qin, Xianhui, MD, Cui, Yimin, MD, Cai, Yefeng, MD, Sun, Liming, MD, Xu, Xin, MD, Wang, Binyan, MD, Tang, Genfu, MD, Xing, Houxun, MD, Wang, Xiaobin, MD, MPH, ScD, Xu, Xiping, MD, PhD, Huo, Yong, MD

“…We aimed to examine the prevalence of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (LE-PAD) and its associated factors in 3,128 Chinese hypertensive adults 45 to…”
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Prevalence and associated factors of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in Chinese hypertensive adults aged 45 to 75 years by Qin, Xianhui, Li, Jianping, Zhang, Yan, Ma, Wei, Fan, Fangfang, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Tang, Genfu, Wang, Xiaobin, Xu, Xin, Xu, Xiping, Huo, Yong

“…This study examined the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and diabetes and their associated factors in 17,184 Chinese hypertensive adults aged 45-75…”
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A Common Haplotype of the Nicotine Acetylcholine Receptor α4 Subunit Gene Is Associated with Vulnerability to Nicotine Addiction in Men by Feng, Yan, Niu, Tianhua, Xing, Houxun, Xu, Xin, Chen, Changzhong, Peng, Shaojie, Wang, Lihua, Laird, Nan, Xu, Xiping

“…Nicotine is the major addictive substance in cigarettes, and genes involved in sensing nicotine are logical candidates for vulnerability to nicotine addiction…”
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Short Sleep Duration and Adiposity in Chinese Adolescents by YUNXIAN YU, LU, Brandon S, XIPING XU, ZEE, Phyllis C, XIAOBIN WANG, BINYAN WANG, HONGJIAN WANG, JIANHUA YANG, ZHIPING LI, LIULIU WANG, XUE LIU, GENFU TANG, HOUXUN XING

“…To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and adiposity measurements in rural Chinese adolescents. This report is based on a cross-sectional…”
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Organophosphorous pesticide exposures and sperm quality by Perry, Melissa J., Venners, Scott A., Chen, Xing, Liu, Xue, Tang, Genfu, Xing, Houxun, Barr, Dana Boyd, Xu, Xiping

“…▶ Odds of low sperm concentration and motility grew with increased DMP concentration. ▶ Sample DETP–DMP urinary concentrations above that of US general…”
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Prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and associated factors in hypertensive adults aged 45–75 years by Qin, Xianhui, Zhang, Yan, Cai, Yefeng, He, Mingli, Sun, Liming, Fu, Jia, Li, Jianping, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Tang, Genfu, Wang, Xiaobin, Xu, Xin, Xu, Xiping, Huo, Yong

“…Summary Background & aims We aimed to examine the prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and associated factors in 17,656 Chinese hypertensive adults aged…”
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Interactive Effect of the KCNJ11 Ile337Val Polymorphism and Cigarette Smoking on the Antihypertensive Response to Irbesartan in Chinese Hypertensive Patients by Jiang, Shanqun, Venners, Scott Alan, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Weinstock, Justin, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Wang, Xiaobin, Xu, Xiping

“…OBJECTIVE This study was designed to detect the association of the potassium inwardly rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11 (KCNJ11) gene polymorphism…”
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Heritability and Environmental Factors Affecting Vitamin D Status in Rural Chinese Adolescent Twins by Arguelles, Lester M., Langman, Craig B., Ariza, Adolfo J., Ali, Farah N., Dilley, Kimberley, Price, Heather, Liu, Xin, Zhang, Shanchun, Hong, Xiumei, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Li, Zhiping, Liu, Xue, Zhang, Wenbin, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…Context: Factors associated with the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in China are not well described, especially among Chinese adolescents. Objectives:…”
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Dissociation between the prevalence of atopy and allergic disease in rural China among children and adults by Kim, Jennifer S., MD, Ouyang, Fengxiu, MD, PhD, Pongracic, Jacqueline A., MD, Fang, Yaping, MD, Wang, Binyan, MD, PhD, Liu, Xue, MD, Xing, Houxun, MD, Caruso, Deanna, MS, Liu, Xin, MD, PhD, Zhang, Shanchun, MD, PhD, Xu, Xiping, MD, PhD, Wang, Xiaobin, MD, ScD

“…Background The prevalence of allergic diseases is increasing worldwide, but the reasons are not well understood. Previous studies suggest that this trend might…”
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Community-Based Stroke System of Care for Chinese Rural Areas by He, Mingli, Wang, Jin’e, Gong, Ling, Dong, Qing, Ji, Niu, Xing, Houxun, Zhou, Yuan, Qin, Sizhou, Wang, Huizheng, Zhang, Huamin, Hui, Rutai, Wang, Yibo

“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Stroke system of care plays key roles both in providing effective therapies and in improving the overall outcome of patients with…”
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Phenotypic Components of Metabolic Syndrome: A Population-based Twin Study by Zhang, Shanchun, Liu, Xin, Yu, Yunxian, Hong, Xiumei, Christoffel, Katherine K, Wang, Binyan, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Li, Zhiping, Liu, Xue, Tang, Genfu, Xing, Houxun, Brickman, Wendy J, Zimmerman, Donald, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…The increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) poses a serious public‐health problem worldwide. Effective prevention and intervention require improved…”
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Adiposity, serum lipid levels, and allergic sensitization in Chinese men and women by Ouyang, Fengxiu, MD, PhD, Kumar, Rajesh, MD, Pongracic, Jacqueline, MD, Story, Rachel E., MD, Liu, Xin, MD, PhD, Wang, Binyan, MD, PhD, Xing, Houxun, MD, MS, Liu, Xue, MD, Li, Zhiping, MD, Zhang, Wenbin, MD, Fang, Yaping, MD, Zhang, Shanchun, MD, Xu, Xiping, MD, PhD, Wang, Xiaobin, MD, ScD

“…Background Obesity and allergic diseases have increased dramatically in recent decades. Although adiposity has been associated with asthma, associations with…”
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Interactive effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGT1R) polymorphisms and plasma irbesartan concentration on antihypertensive therapeutic responses to irbesartan by Jiang, Shanqun, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Venners, Scott A, Zhang, Yan, Xing, Houxun, Wang, Xiaobin, Xu, Xiping

“…BACKGROUNDTo investigate the interactive effect of plasma irbesartan concentration and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AGT1R) gene polymorphisms on blood…”
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Tracking blood glucose and predicting prediabetes in Chinese children and adolescents: a prospective twin study by Wang, Guoying, Arguelles, Lester, Liu, Rong, Zhang, Shanchun, Brickman, Wendy J, Hong, Xiumei, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Li, Zhiping, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…We examined the tracking of blood glucose, the development of prediabetes, and estimated their genetic contributions in a prospective, healthy, rural Chinese…”
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Serum Lipid Tracking: A Population-Based, Longitudinal Chinese Twin Study by Zhang, Shanchun, Liu, Xin, Necheles, Jonathan, Tsai, Hui-Ju, Wang, Guoying, Wang, Binyan, Xing, Houxun, Li, Zhiping, Liu, Xue, Zang, Tonghua, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal twin analysis to explore genetic and environmental contribution to serum lipid tracking during childhood and…”
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C-Reactive Protein in Adolescent Twins: Patterns and Relationship to Adiposity by Wang, Guoying, Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer, Brickman, Wendy J, Hong, Xiumei, Arguelles, Lester, Zhang, Shanchun, Wang, Binyan, Li, Zhiping, Xing, Houxun, Tang, Gengfu, Zimmerman, Donald, Xu, Xiping, Wang, Xiaobin

“…Context: Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of cardiovascular risk in adults. Patterns and determinants of CRP in adolescents have not been well…”
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Preconception hemoglobin and ferritin concentrations are associated with pregnancy outcome in a prospective cohort of Chinese women by Ronnenberg, Alayne G, Wood, Richard J, Wang, Xiaobin, Xing, Houxun, Chen, Chanzhong, Chen, Dafang, Guang, Wenwei, Huang, Aiqun, Wang, Lihua, Xu, Xiping

“…Prenatal anemia and iron deficiency are associated with adverse birth outcomes, but no previous studies have examined the relation between preconception…”
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Efficacy of folic acid and enalapril combined therapy on reduction of blood pressure and plasma glucose: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-controlled, clinical trial by Mao, Guangyun, M.D., Ph.D, Hong, Xiumei, Ph.D, Xing, Houxun, M.D, Liu, Ping, M.D., Ph.D, Liu, Haipeng, M.S, Yu, Yunxian, M.D., Ph.D, Zhang, Shanchun, M.D., Ph.D, Jiang, Shanqun, Ph.D, Wang, Xiaobin, M.D., Sc.D, Xu, Xiping, M.D., Ph.D

“…Abstract Objective We compared the efficacy of folic acid (FA) plus enalapril with enalapril alone on the reduction of blood pressure (BP) and fasting plasma…”
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