Analysis of Abnormal Detection Rates of Health Examination for the Older Adults in the National Essential Public Health Services by LI Mengyu, LIAN Juan, LIAO Zirui, ZAN Ziqing, LIU Lu, YOU Lili, LIU Yuanli

“…Methods The older adults aged 65 years and above who visited 20 primary care institutions in 5 cities of 3 provinces in eastern, central and western China were selected as study subjects (excluding those with unclear health examination results in this year) from November to December 2019 by using a multi-stage stratified sampling method, and divided into the general older adults (without hypertension or diabetes), older adults with hypertension, older adults with diabetes. …”
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Depression, anxiety, stress symptoms and their determinants among secondary students with vision impairment in rural Northwestern China during the COVID-19 pandemic by Dongfeng Li, Dongfeng Li, Dongfeng Li, Ving Fai Chan, Huan Wang, Huiping Zhang, Gianni Virgili, Gianni Virgili, Noelle Whitestone, Baixiang Xiao, Baixiang Xiao, Manpreet K. Singh, Xinshu She, Graeme Mackenzie, Matthew Boswell, Sonia Mavi, Scott Rozelle, Nathan Congdon, Nathan Congdon, Nathan Congdon

“…This study aimed to examine the mental health of children with vision impairment and associated factors in North-western China during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,036 secondary school children living in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. …”
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Coordinated Development of Primary Care Resource Allocation and Economy as Well as Associate Factors in China: a Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis by LI Liqing, ZHAO Ling, LI Jiawen, LU Zuxun

“…Data were collected from China Health Statistics Yearbook 2019 and China Statistical Yearbook 2019. fsQCA was implemented to assess the influence of the number of licensed (assistant) doctors, number of registered nurses, financial subsidy for part of salary, number of beds, number of primary care institutions, regional gross domestic product (GDP) , regional fiscal revenue, per capita disposable income, and per capita GDP (used as conditional variables) on the level of interconnected, coordinated development level of primary care resource allocation and economic level (the outcome variable) in 31 regions of China.ResultsIn 2018, only the mean level of interconnected, and coordinated development of primary care resource allocation and economy in eastern China (0.61) was within the range (0.6, 1.0] of coordinated development, and that in central China (0.50) was within the transitional harmony range (0.4, 0.6], while that in western China (0.38) was within the range of imbalanced and recessional development[0, 0.4]. …”
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Aerosol size distribution and new particle formation in the western Yangtze River Delta of China: 2 years of measurements at the SORPES station by X. M. Qi, A. J. Ding, W. Nie, T. Petäjä, V.-M. Kerminen, E. Herrmann, Y. N. Xie, L. F. Zheng, H. Manninen, P. Aalto, J. N. Sun, Z. N. Xu, X. G. Chi, X. Huang, M. Boy, A. Virkkula, X.-Q. Yang, C. B. Fu, M. Kulmala

“…The NCs of total particles are comparable to those at urban/suburban sites in other Chinese megacities, such as Beijing, but about 10 times higher than in the remote western China. Long-range and regional transport largely influenced number concentrations and size distributions of submicron particles. …”
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Geochemical characteristics and exploration potential of Jurassic coal-formed gas in northwest China by Jian Li, Aisheng Hao, Xuening Qi, Xuan Chen, Jianying Guo, Qigui Ran, Zhisheng Li, Zengye Xie, Xu Zeng, Jin Li, Yu Wang, Ruhong Liu

“…Through comprehensive comparison and analysis, it is believed that the drying coefficient of Jurassic coal-formed gases in western China present three types: namely the single peak type of wet gas, the double peak type wet gas-dry gas and the single peak type dry gas; the distribution range of δ13C1 is large, corresponding to the sequence of source rocks from low maturity to over-mature; the partial isotopic inversion of C2 and C3 is mainly caused by the mixed source and biological actions; source rock maturity is the main reason causing the geochemical differences of natural gases in different regions. …”
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The sporadic sodium layer: a possible tracer for the conjunction between the upper and lower atmospheres by S. Qiu, S. Qiu, S. Qiu, N. Wang, N. Wang, N. Wang, W. Soon, W. Soon, G. Lu, M. Jia, M. Jia, X. Wang, X. Wang, X. Xue, X. Xue, T. Li, T. Li, X. Dou, X. Dou

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Concurrent wet and dry hydrological extremes at the global scale by P. De Luca, P. De Luca, P. De Luca, P. De Luca, G. Messori, G. Messori, R. L. Wilby, M. Mazzoleni, M. Mazzoleni, G. Di Baldassarre, G. Di Baldassarre

“…The WD ratio shows that the incidence of wet extremes dominates over dry extremes in the USA, northern and southern South America, northern Europe, north Africa, western China, and most of Australia. Conversely, dry extremes are more prominent in most of the remaining regions. …”
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Complete genome sequencing of transposon-mediated sulfamethoxazole resistance encoded by the Sul1 gene in multidrug-resistant Nocardia farcinica SZ 1509 by Yanlin Che, Shuai Xu, Yutong Kang, Xueping Liu, Yuan Yue, Lichao Han, Xiaotong Qiu, Dan Li, Yongliang Lou, Zhenjun Li

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The Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacist-Led Consultation in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases: A Prospective, Multicenter, Cohort Study by Jiaxing Zhang, Xiaosi Li, Rui He, Rui He, Wenyi Zheng, Wenyi Zheng, Joey Sum-wing Kwong, Ling Lu, Tianyi Lv, Rong Huang, Mei He, Xiaoyan Li, Xue Wang, Qin Fang, Lingyu Wei, Yang Liu, Shuya Chen, Xiaogai Qin, Juan Xie

“…The current study aims to prospectively evaluate this intervention and compare the effectiveness of CPC served by ID and non-ID clinical pharmacists.MethodsWe conducted a prospective and multicenter cohort study based on a regional registry database in 17 hospitals in Western China, including consecutive patients with ID between April 2017 and December 2019. …”
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Long-term follow-up of Helicobacter pylori reinfection and its risk factors after initial eradication: a large-scale multicentre, prospective open cohort, observational study by Yong Xie, Conghua Song, Hong Cheng, Canxia Xu, Zhenyu Zhang, Jiangbin Wang, Lijuan Huo, Qin Du, Jianming Xu, Ye Chen, Xiaomei Zhang, Guoxin Zhang, Guibin Yang, Xiuli Zuo, Tao Guo, Yapi Lu, Fen Wang, Xuehong Wang, Kun Zhuang, Shiyao Chen, Wenzhong Liu, Nonghua Lu

“…H. pylori reinfection was independently associated with the following five risk factors: minority groups (HR = 4.7, 95% CI: 1.6–13.9), the education at lower levels (HR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1–2.6), a family history of gastric cancer (HR = 9.9, 95% CI: 6.6–14.7), and the residence located in Western China (HR = 5.5, 95% CI: 2.6–11.5) following by in Central China (HR = 4.9, 95% CI: 3–8.1) (all P < 0.05). …”
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Dyslipidemia Prevalence in Chinese Older Adults：a Meta-analysis by CHEN Zengli, JIANG Yunlan, LU Yutong, LI Jie, LIAO Shiqin, LIU Mingting

“…Region-specific analysis indicated that compared to those from western China, participants from eastern China had higher overall prevalence of dyslipidemia (49.3% vs 36.8%) . …”
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A Process‐Based Model Integrating Remote Sensing Data for Evaluating Ecosystem Services by Zhongen Niu, Honglin He, Shushi Peng, Xiaoli Ren, Li Zhang, Fengxue Gu, Gaofeng Zhu, Changhui Peng, Pan Li, Junbang Wang, Rong Ge, Na Zeng, Xiaobo Zhu, Yan Lv, Qingqing Chang, Qian Xu, Mengyu Zhang, Weihua Liu

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Efficacy and safety of hybutimibe in combination with atorvastatin for treatment of hypercholesteremia among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk equivalent: A... by Litong Qi, Jiyan Chen, Xiaodong Li, Xiaoyong Qi, Chunhua Ding, Xiaoping Chen, Xiang Gu, Wenliang Xiao, Shuiping Zhao, Yugang Dong, Mingqi Zheng, Kai Huang, Liangqiu Tang, Xiaomei Guo, Fang Wang, Guosheng Fu, Junxia Li, Yong Huo

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Current Situation and Countermeasure of Medical Service Capacity of Primary Care Physicians in China by LIAN Lu, CHEN Jiaying, WANG Xuanxuan, LI Yahui, ZHU Ya

“…Methods In August 2020, an online questionnaire survey on 8 537 primary care physicians in the primary care institutions in eastern, central and western China by using the method of multi-stage stratified sampling combined with typical sampling. …”
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Hepatitis B Infection Among Pregnant Women in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Dan Liu, Dan Liu, Dan Liu, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Jiaqi Ni, Jiaqi Ni, Jiaqi Ni, Hailong Li, Hailong Li, Linan Zeng, Linan Zeng, Chuan Zhang, Chuan Zhang, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, Qin Yu, Qin Yu, Bin Wu, Lingli Zhang, Lingli Zhang

“…Moreover, geographic regions with HBV prevalence ranking from high to low were in western China, eastern China, and central China, successively.ConclusionThe prevalence of HBV in Chinese pregnant women is intermediate endemic, although disparities exist between different regions. …”
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The Bamboo-Eating Giant Panda Harbors a Carnivore-Like Gut Microbiota, with Excessive Seasonal Variations by Zhengsheng Xue, Wenping Zhang, Linghua Wang, Rong Hou, Menghui Zhang, Lisong Fei, Xiaojun Zhang, He Huang, Laura C. Bridgewater, Yi Jiang, Chenglin Jiang, Liping Zhao, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhihe Zhang

“…IMPORTANCE The giant panda, an endangered mammalian species endemic to western China, is well known for its unique bamboo diet. …”
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Long-term reconstruction of satellite-based precipitation, soil moisture, and snow water equivalent in China by W. Yang, W. Yang, H. Yang, H. Yang, C. Li, C. Li, T. Wang, T. Wang, Z. Liu, Z. Liu, Q. Hu, D. Yang, D. Yang

“…Generally, the reconstruction dataset performs better in southern and eastern China than in northern and western China for <span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i></span> and SM and performs better in northeast China than in other regions for SWE. …”
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Hepatitis B virus infection among 90 million pregnant women in 2853 Chinese counties, 2015-2020: a national observational study by Jue Liu, Xiaoyan Wang, Qian Wang, Yaping Qiao, Xi Jin, Zhixin Li, Min Du, Wenxin Yan, Wenzhan Jing, Min Liu, Ailing Wang

“…Compared with the prevalence in 2015, reginal disparities in eastern, central, and western China were narrowed. Declines were also observed at provincial level and county level. …”
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Prevotella copri alleviates sarcopenia via attenuating muscle mass loss and function decline by Xiaolei Liu, Jiqiu Wu, Jingyi Tang, Zhigang Xu, Bailing Zhou, Yang Liu, Fengjuan Hu, Gongchang Zhang, Rui Cheng, Xin Xia, Yilong Chen, Hongyu Wu, Daoming Wang, Jirong Yue, Biao Dong, Jingyuan Fu, Haopeng Yu, Birong Dong

“…Methods To investigate the relationships between the gut microbiome, fecal metabolites and sarcopenia, subjects were selected from observational multi‐ethnic study conducted in Western China. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2014. …”
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Development and application of automated processing tool for time series deformation analysis using open-source GMTSAR and iGPS software by Yi Luo, Yunfeng Tian, Wanpeng Feng, Yingshun Hu

“…Therefore, a comprehensive knowledge of crustal deformation plays a key role in evaluating the seismic hazard probability in areas with active faults, particularly for heavily populated areas such as the North-South (Nanbei) Seismic Belt in western China.The two most widely used techniques for monitoring crustal movement are the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). …”
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