One in every four deaths in the United States is attributed to heart disease. While the ethnic variations have not been momentous, the socioeconomic disparities of heart disease incidence need to be further investigat...One in every four deaths in the United States is attributed to heart disease. While the ethnic variations have not been momentous, the socioeconomic disparities of heart disease incidence need to be further investigated. Moreover, exposure to air pollutants has been documented to cause heart disease. This secondary-data study investigates the effects of air pollutants as well as socioeconomic factors on hospitalization rate of heart disease in Texas. The rates for the five sub-diagnoses of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, hypertension and heart disease were linked to ozone, fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and socioeconomic status factors at the county level. These were college education attainment, households with female heads, percentage of users of food stamps, ethnicities, living near a park and living in houses with severe housing problems. Spatial lag modelling was conducted to estimate the statistical significance of the independent variables on the five sub-diagnoses of heart disease. Fine particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and being African American were significant to all the outcomes. Living in a household with female head was significant to stroke and hypertension. Using food stamps was significant to cardiovascular disease, heart attack and heart disease. Fine particulate matter and sulphur dioxide increase the risk of heart disease by a factor of three to twenty two times, respectively. Whereas low socioeconomic status increases the risk of heart disease by a factor of up to four times. The results of the effect of particulate air and sulphur dioxide pollution among people in low social class especially African Americans. The vicious cycle of heart disease and low socioeconomic status call for societal and policy makers’ attention through methodical interventions to address the two significant issues of industrial facilities site allocation and stationary emission resources.展开更多
Objective:An understanding of the leading causes of death in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma(HNSCC)would be helpful to inform doctors,patients,and healthcare providers on disease management.This st...Objective:An understanding of the leading causes of death in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma(HNSCC)would be helpful to inform doctors,patients,and healthcare providers on disease management.This study aimed to comprehensively study the leading causes of death in these survivors.展开更多
目的:通过对血清中脂蛋白相关磷脂酶A2(LP-PLA2)检测探讨其对心血管疾病患者的诊断意义。方法:采集试验对象的晨起空腹静脉血3 m L,1 h内离心,分离血清,测定血清中LP-PLA2,采用酶法测定血清总胆固醇(TC)、三酰甘油(TG)。结果:心脑血管...目的:通过对血清中脂蛋白相关磷脂酶A2(LP-PLA2)检测探讨其对心血管疾病患者的诊断意义。方法:采集试验对象的晨起空腹静脉血3 m L,1 h内离心,分离血清,测定血清中LP-PLA2,采用酶法测定血清总胆固醇(TC)、三酰甘油(TG)。结果:心脑血管疾病患者LP-PLA2有不同程度升高,差异具有显著性(P<0.05),心脑血管组血脂TC高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),心脑血管组血脂TG与对照组比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论:LP-PLA2测定对心脑血管患者有诊断意义,是预测冠心病和卒中风险的一种独立危险因子。展开更多
文摘One in every four deaths in the United States is attributed to heart disease. While the ethnic variations have not been momentous, the socioeconomic disparities of heart disease incidence need to be further investigated. Moreover, exposure to air pollutants has been documented to cause heart disease. This secondary-data study investigates the effects of air pollutants as well as socioeconomic factors on hospitalization rate of heart disease in Texas. The rates for the five sub-diagnoses of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, hypertension and heart disease were linked to ozone, fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and socioeconomic status factors at the county level. These were college education attainment, households with female heads, percentage of users of food stamps, ethnicities, living near a park and living in houses with severe housing problems. Spatial lag modelling was conducted to estimate the statistical significance of the independent variables on the five sub-diagnoses of heart disease. Fine particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and being African American were significant to all the outcomes. Living in a household with female head was significant to stroke and hypertension. Using food stamps was significant to cardiovascular disease, heart attack and heart disease. Fine particulate matter and sulphur dioxide increase the risk of heart disease by a factor of three to twenty two times, respectively. Whereas low socioeconomic status increases the risk of heart disease by a factor of up to four times. The results of the effect of particulate air and sulphur dioxide pollution among people in low social class especially African Americans. The vicious cycle of heart disease and low socioeconomic status call for societal and policy makers’ attention through methodical interventions to address the two significant issues of industrial facilities site allocation and stationary emission resources.
基金This work was funded by the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81673090),Natural Science Foundation of Science and Technology Agency of Jilin Province(Bethune special foundation)。
文摘Objective:An understanding of the leading causes of death in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma(HNSCC)would be helpful to inform doctors,patients,and healthcare providers on disease management.This study aimed to comprehensively study the leading causes of death in these survivors.
文摘目的:通过对血清中脂蛋白相关磷脂酶A2(LP-PLA2)检测探讨其对心血管疾病患者的诊断意义。方法:采集试验对象的晨起空腹静脉血3 m L,1 h内离心,分离血清,测定血清中LP-PLA2,采用酶法测定血清总胆固醇(TC)、三酰甘油(TG)。结果:心脑血管疾病患者LP-PLA2有不同程度升高,差异具有显著性(P<0.05),心脑血管组血脂TC高于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),心脑血管组血脂TG与对照组比较,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论:LP-PLA2测定对心脑血管患者有诊断意义,是预测冠心病和卒中风险的一种独立危险因子。
