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At present, public health education in colleges and universities has many problems, such as insufficient education and practice for infectious diseases, serious shortage of public health talents, insufficient interdisciplinary integration of public health disciplines, lack of a holistic view of public health, and insufficient flexibility and autonomy of curriculum design in colleges and universities. These problems were closely related to the cultivation of practical ability of public health talents in colleges and universities. The new era puts forward high requirements for the construction of high-level schools of public health and the training of high-level public health talents, presenting both opportunities and challenges. The School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University proposed the idea of "combined peacetime and wartime training" to cultivate high-level public health talents who can solve practical problems, and jointly established a demonstration base for high-level public health talents training with Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The core content is “one class, one team, one hospital and one center”. The experimental class of "medical, prevention and management" talents, the Sun Yat-sen University-Guangzhou Volunteer Service Team for Epidemiological Investigation, the Graduate School of Guangzhou CDC, and the Joint Research Center of for Disease Surveillance and Early Warning and Risk Assessment of Sun Yat-sen University-Guangzhou CDC has been established. Virtual simulation experiments and simulation exercises have been conducted. It is an innovated training for high-level public health talents. The linkage between universities and CDCs to promote the development of public health disciplines can provide reference for public health personnel training in universities to cultivate high-level public health talents with the ability to solve practical problems.
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ABSTRACT The B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has contributed to a new increment in cases across the globe. We conducted a prospective follow-up of COVID-19 cases to explore the recurrence and potential propagation risk of the Delta variant and discuss potential explanations for the infection recurrence. A prospective, non-interventional follow-up of discharged patients who had SARS-CoV-2 infections by the Delta variant in Guangdong, China, from May 2021 to June 2021 was conducted. The subjects were asked to complete a physical health examination and undergo nucleic acid testing and antibody detection for the laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19. In total, 20.33% (25/123) of patients exhibited recurrent positive results after discharge. All patients with infection recurrence were asymptomatic and showed no abnormalities in the pulmonary computed tomography. The time from discharge to the recurrent positive testing was usually between 1-33 days, with a mean time of 9.36 days. The cycle threshold from the real-time polymerase chain reaction assay that detected the recurrence of positivity ranged from 27.48 to 39.00, with an average of 35.30. The proportion of vaccination in the non-recurrent group was higher than that in the recurrently positive group (26% vs. 4%; χ2 = 7.902; P < 0.05). Two months after discharge, the most common symptom was hair loss and 59.6% of patients had no long-term symptoms at all. It is possible for the Delta variant SARS-CoV-2 patients after discharge to show recurrent positive results of nucleic acid detection; however, there is a low risk of continuous community transmission. Both, the physical and mental quality of life of discharged patients were significantly affected. Our results suggest that it makes sense to implement mass vaccination against the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2.
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Objective By analyzing the epidemic characteristics and related indicators of SARS (2003) and COVID-19(2020), to explore the reasons for the similarities and differences of the two epidemics, so as to provide reference for epidemic prevention and control. Methods The general situation, clinical classification, activity history, contact history, family members’ contact and incidence of the two infectious diseases in Guangzhou were collected and used to analyze the time characteristics, occupational characteristics, age characteristics and other key indicators of the two diseases, including the number of cases, composition ratio (%), mean, median, crude mortality, etc. Results A total of 1 072 cases of SARS (2003) were included in the study. 353 of which were severe cases with the incidence of 30.13%. 43 cases of death were reported with a mortality rate of 4.01%. The average age was 46 years old, and 26.31% of the cases were medical staff. The interval time between first report to continuous zero reports was 129 days. As to COVID-19 (2020), a total of 346 cases were included. 58 of which were severe cases with the incidence of 16.67%. One case of death was reported with a mortality rate of 0.29%. The average age was 38 years old, and no hospital infection among medical staff was reported. The interval time between first report to continuous zero reports was 35 days. Conclusions The prevention and control strategies for COVID-19 (2010) are more effective compared to that of SARS (2003), and the emergency response procedures are worth to be evaluated and summarized.
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Objective@#To find out the source and the epidemic pattern of norovirus outbreak in July, 2016 to June, 2017 in Guangzhou.@*Methods@#The stool samples and clinical information of diarrhea cases were collected by the sentinel hospitals and CDCs; a real-time RT-PCR method was used to detect the norovirus nucleic acids from the samples, the positive ones were amplified and sequenced; the partial sequences of norovirus were aligned by an online BLAST alignment, and a phylogenetic tree was constructed by a neighbor-joining method .@*Results@#A total of 854 cases with infectious diarrhea were reported by Guangzhou diarrhea surveillance network from July, 2016 to June, 2017; the gender ratio (male versus female) was 1∶0.67; 78.33% of the cases were preschool children under the age of 7 years. Totally 220 samples were detected norovirus G II+ (25.76%, including 5 double-positive samples with G I+ ). GII.Pe-GII.4.Sydney_2012 was the prevalent genotype in the second half of 2016 (94.64%), which was replaced by GII.P16-GII.2 in the first half of 2017 (67.65%). Since September 2016, the reported number of norovirus-caused diarrhea epidemic was increased gradually; the peak of epidemic curve emerged in February to March of 2017, and the number started to decrease since April. In May to June there were only 2-3 epidemics reported monthly. All the endemics from September to November 2016 were caused by genotype GII.Pe-GII.4.Sydney_2012; the endemics from December 2016 to April 2017 were mainly caused by genotype GII.P16-GII.2. Some samples from kitchen workers and babysitters were detected GII+ , which was consistent with the result of the cases′ samples.@*Conclusions@#It was the first time that the novel GII.P16-GII.2 recombinant strain outbroke occurred in Guangzhou City and homology analysis also suggested that GII.P16-GII.2 was the main source of those epidemics in 2016 -2017 winter and spring season. Furthermore, The kitchen workers and babysitters may have played an important role in the spread of norovirus.
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Objective To evalute the combination of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl in sedation during awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation. Methods One hundred and twenty ASAⅠ or Ⅱ patients scheduled to receive general anesthesia were randomly divided into 3 groups (n = 40 in each group). Patients in group L received an infusion of 1 μg/kg dexmedetomidine,patients in group H received an infusion of 2 μg/kg dexmedeto-midine ,and patients in group DF received an infusion of 1 μ g/kg dexmedetomidine added to 1 μ g/kg fentanyl. Nasotracheal intubation was performed after complete topical anesthesia. HR and MAP were recorded before anes-thesia(baseline,T0),before intubation(T1)and immediately after intubation(T2),respectively. The intubation score(vocal cord movement,coughing and limb movement),fiberoptic intubation score,nasotracheal intubation score and airway obstraction score were assessed in all aptients. On the first post-operative day,recall,adverse events and satisfaction score were also assessed. Results HR and MAP at T1 in three groups were significantly lower than those at T0(P < 0.05,respectively ). HR and MAP at T2 in group L were significantly higher than those in group H and DF(P<0.05,respectively). More incidence of vocal cord closed,severe cough,severe limb movement,heavy grimacing,defensive movement of head and hands after nasotracheal intubation were observed in group L than those in the other two groups. The incidence of airway obstraction and bradycardia in group H were higher than those in group L and DF. Patients in group L had lower postoperative satisfaction scores. Conclusion Adding 1 μg/kg fentanyl to 1 μg/kg dexmedetomidine is a good method for awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intuba-tion,which can prevent the risk of airway obstruction associated with the increase of dexmedetomidine dose,with the achievement of the same favorable sedation.
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Objective To understand the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of a norovirus-borne outbreak caused by GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 in a university of Guangzhou to provide evidence for the prevention and control strategy on norovirus-caused epidemics.Methods A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect clinical information from the patients as well as other data related to the epidemic.Pathogen detections were performed through anal swab specimens from the patients,kitchen workers and samples from the environment.Positive samples were further sequenced for phylogenetic analysis.A case-control study was employed to identify the risk factors related to this outbreak.Results A total of 226 cases of norovirus-borne infection were identified between September 17 and 21,2017,including 223 students,with an attack rate of 0.73％ (223/30 711),and 3 kitchen workers.Students staying in the A dormitory area had the highest attack rate (1.73％,164/9 459).No clustering was found in different colleges or classes.Results from the case-control study revealed that people who ate at the canteen in A dormitory area during September 18 to 20 was at risk for the onset of illness (OR=10.75,95％CI:5.56-20.79).The highest risk was related to the dinner on September 18.Another significant risk factor (OR=3.65,95％ CI:1.92-6.94) was close personal contact in the same room of the dorm.The 3 norovirus infected kitchen workers were all from the canteen in A dormitory area where the positive rate of norovirus identified in kitchen workers was 26.67％ (12/45).Positive samples were sequenced and sub-typed with results showing that the GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 variant and the nucleotide sequences of cases and kitchen workers were 100％ identical.Conclusions The outbreak was caused by norovirus GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 variant at campus.Similar outbreaks had been seen since 2013,with the routes of transmission most likely due to food-borne or personal contact.
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Objective To investigate the infection pattern and etiological characteristics of a case of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H7N9) virus and provide evidence for the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.Methods Epidemiological investigation was conducted to explore the case's exposure history,infection route and disease progression.Samples collected from the patient,environments and poultry were tested by using real time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Virus isolation,genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were conducted for positive samples.Results The case had no live poultry contact history,but had a history of pulled chicken processing without taking protection measure in an unventilated kitchen before the onset.Samples collected from the patient's lower respiratory tract,the remaining frozen chicken meat and the live poultry market were all influenza A (H7N9) virus positive.The isolated viruses from these positive samples were highly homogenous.An insertion which lead to the addition of multiple basic amino acid residues (PEVPKRKRTAR/GL) was found at the HA cleavage site,suggesting that this virus might be highly pathogenic.Conclusions Live poultry processing without protection measure is an important infection mode of "poultry to human" transmission of avian influenza viruses.Due to the limitation of protection measures in live poultry markets in Guangzhou,it is necessary to promote the standardized large scale poultry farming,the complete restriction of live poultry sales and centralized poultry slaughtering as well as ice fresh sale.
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Objective To study the willingness and influence factors related to "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy,among the household chefs,and provide reference for government to adjust and optimize the strategy on avian influenza prevention.Methods According to the geographical characteristics and regional functions,6'monitoring stations' were selected from 12 residential districts of Guangzhou,respectively.Another 21 meat markets which selling live poultry,were selected in each station and 5 household chefs of each market were invited to attend a face to face interview.Basic information,personal cognitive,willingness and influencing factors to the policy were under study.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression methods were used.Results A total of 664 household chefs underwent the survey and results showed that the rate of support to the "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy was 44.6％ (296/664).Results from the multi-factor logistic regression showed that those household chefs who were males (OR=1.618,95％ CI:1.156-2.264,P=0.005),having received higher education (OR=1.814,95％ CI:1.296-2.539,P=0.001),or believing that the existence of live poultry stalls was related to the transmission of avian influenza (OR=1.918,95％CI:1.341-2.743,P＜0.001) were factors at higher risk.These household chefs also intended to avoid the use of live poultry stalls (OR =1.666,95％CI:1.203-2.309,P=0.002) and accept the "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy.Conclusion Detailed study on this subject and,setting up pilot project in some areas as well as prioritizing the education programs for household chefs seemed helpful to the implementation of the'freezing-fresh poultry'policy.
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Objective To understand the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of a norovirus-borne outbreak caused by GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 in a university of Guangzhou to provide evidence for the prevention and control strategy on norovirus-caused epidemics.Methods A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect clinical information from the patients as well as other data related to the epidemic.Pathogen detections were performed through anal swab specimens from the patients,kitchen workers and samples from the environment.Positive samples were further sequenced for phylogenetic analysis.A case-control study was employed to identify the risk factors related to this outbreak.Results A total of 226 cases of norovirus-borne infection were identified between September 17 and 21,2017,including 223 students,with an attack rate of 0.73％ (223/30 711),and 3 kitchen workers.Students staying in the A dormitory area had the highest attack rate (1.73％,164/9 459).No clustering was found in different colleges or classes.Results from the case-control study revealed that people who ate at the canteen in A dormitory area during September 18 to 20 was at risk for the onset of illness (OR=10.75,95％CI:5.56-20.79).The highest risk was related to the dinner on September 18.Another significant risk factor (OR=3.65,95％ CI:1.92-6.94) was close personal contact in the same room of the dorm.The 3 norovirus infected kitchen workers were all from the canteen in A dormitory area where the positive rate of norovirus identified in kitchen workers was 26.67％ (12/45).Positive samples were sequenced and sub-typed with results showing that the GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 variant and the nucleotide sequences of cases and kitchen workers were 100％ identical.Conclusions The outbreak was caused by norovirus GⅡ.4 Sydney 2012 variant at campus.Similar outbreaks had been seen since 2013,with the routes of transmission most likely due to food-borne or personal contact.
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Objective To investigate the infection pattern and etiological characteristics of a case of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H7N9) virus and provide evidence for the prevention and control of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.Methods Epidemiological investigation was conducted to explore the case's exposure history,infection route and disease progression.Samples collected from the patient,environments and poultry were tested by using real time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Virus isolation,genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were conducted for positive samples.Results The case had no live poultry contact history,but had a history of pulled chicken processing without taking protection measure in an unventilated kitchen before the onset.Samples collected from the patient's lower respiratory tract,the remaining frozen chicken meat and the live poultry market were all influenza A (H7N9) virus positive.The isolated viruses from these positive samples were highly homogenous.An insertion which lead to the addition of multiple basic amino acid residues (PEVPKRKRTAR/GL) was found at the HA cleavage site,suggesting that this virus might be highly pathogenic.Conclusions Live poultry processing without protection measure is an important infection mode of "poultry to human" transmission of avian influenza viruses.Due to the limitation of protection measures in live poultry markets in Guangzhou,it is necessary to promote the standardized large scale poultry farming,the complete restriction of live poultry sales and centralized poultry slaughtering as well as ice fresh sale.
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Objective To study the willingness and influence factors related to "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy,among the household chefs,and provide reference for government to adjust and optimize the strategy on avian influenza prevention.Methods According to the geographical characteristics and regional functions,6'monitoring stations' were selected from 12 residential districts of Guangzhou,respectively.Another 21 meat markets which selling live poultry,were selected in each station and 5 household chefs of each market were invited to attend a face to face interview.Basic information,personal cognitive,willingness and influencing factors to the policy were under study.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression methods were used.Results A total of 664 household chefs underwent the survey and results showed that the rate of support to the "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy was 44.6％ (296/664).Results from the multi-factor logistic regression showed that those household chefs who were males (OR=1.618,95％ CI:1.156-2.264,P=0.005),having received higher education (OR=1.814,95％ CI:1.296-2.539,P=0.001),or believing that the existence of live poultry stalls was related to the transmission of avian influenza (OR=1.918,95％CI:1.341-2.743,P＜0.001) were factors at higher risk.These household chefs also intended to avoid the use of live poultry stalls (OR =1.666,95％CI:1.203-2.309,P=0.002) and accept the "centralized slaughtering,fresh poultry listing and marketing" strategy.Conclusion Detailed study on this subject and,setting up pilot project in some areas as well as prioritizing the education programs for household chefs seemed helpful to the implementation of the'freezing-fresh poultry'policy.
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Objective@#To explore the status of seroepidemiology on hepatitis A, B and C among students and residents aged equal or greater than 18 years in south Xinjiang, and to provide scientific evidence for prevention and control of viral hepatitis.@*Methods@#Uyghur students in four towns and villages were selected by cluster random sampling from Feb to May, 2015, and Uyghur residents aged 18 to 69 years were selected by stratified cluster sampling from May to September, 2016. 4 507 middle and primary Uygur students and 4 833 Uyghur resides equal or greater than 18 years attended this survey. Self-designed questionnaire was used to collect the demographic information. And Elisa test was adopted to detect HAV-IgG, HBsAg, HBsAb and HCV-IgG. Chi-square test was used to calculate the difference on antibody positive rate of three types of hepatitis among the participants.@*Results@#The overall HAV-IgG positive rate was 99.45% (9 289/9 340). The positive rates were 99.70% (4 006/4 018) in male and 99.27% (5 283/5 322) in female (χ2=7.95, P=0.005). The HAV-IgG positive rate among people aged 10 to 14 years was the highest (99.91%, 2 233/2 235), and the difference between the age specific HAV-IgG positive rates was statistical significant (χ2=38.21, P<0.001). The overall HBsAg positive rate was 4.11% (384 cases), with 4.55% (183 cases) for male and 3.78% (201 cases) for female. The HBsAg positive rate among participants 19 to 24 years old was the highest (9.46%, 21/222) and the differences between the age specific HBsAg was statistically significant (χ2=116.22, P<0.001). The HBsAb positive rate was 35.03% (3 272 cases), with 35.59% (1 430 cases) for male and 34.61% (1 842 cases) for female, and the HBsAb positive rate among participants aged 15 to 18 years was the highest, which was 69.12% (696/1 007). The differences between the age specific HBsAb rates appeared statistically significant (χ2=671.80, P<0.001). The overall HCV-IgG positive rate was 0.65%(61 cases). The HCV-IgG positive rate in female was 0.86% (46 cases) and 0.37% (15 cases) in male (χ2=8.51, P=0.004).The HCV-IgG positive rate among participants aged over 70 years was the highest (3.78%,9/238) , and the difference between the age specific HCV-IgG positive rates had statistic significance (χ2=70.30, P<0.001). The HAV-IgG positive rate in hepatitis A vaccinees (100%, 876/876) was higher than that among the non-vaccinees (99.40%, 8 413/8 464) (χ2=4.26, P=0.039). The HBsAb positive rate in hepatitis B vaccinees was 39.32% (1 816/4 619) which was higher than that among the non-vaccinees (30.84%, 1 456/4 721) (χ2=73.68, P<0.001).@*Conclusion@#The positive rate of overall HAV-IgG was high, male and participants aged between 10 to 14 had higher probability to be infected. But the infection rates of hepatitis B and C were low, with the low vaccination rate and the poor protective effectiveness of hepatitis B.
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Objective To investigate the knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) to chronic diseases and associated influencing factors in Uygur adults in Kashgar of southern Xinjiang,and provide basic information for developing ethnic specific prevention and control strategies for chronic diseases.Methods With stratified cluster random sampling,investigations,including questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory tests were performed among local residents who were aged ≥ 18 years and selected in Shufu county in southern Xinjiang.KAP scores were calculated and unconditional logistic regression models were used to analyze influencing factors.Results A total of 4 772 Uygur adults were surveyed.The awareness rate of chronic disease related knowledge ranged from 4.32％ to 56.04％,while the awareness rate of preventive measures were from 1.76％ to 85.18％ and the participation rate of prevention program varied from 4.00％ to 97.99％.The average KAP score was 15.90 ± 4.20 and the rate of total KAP was 47.86％.Multi-factor analysis suggested the pass rate of total KAP score increased with educational level.Other factors positively associated with ‘KAP score pass rate’ were commercial insurance investment,hypertension,family history of common chronic diseases,female and abdominal obesity,while overweight was negatively associated with the KAP score pass rate.Conclusions The KAP level on chronic diseases was low in Uygur adults in Kashgar.It is necessary to continuously implement ethnic targeted health education and health promotion campaigns,especially in low education level,low income level,overweight and male groups.
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Objective To investigate the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in Uygur adults in Kashgar of Xinjiang.Methods A total of 4 748 Uygur adults aged ≥ 18 years selected through cluster random sampling in Shufu county of Kashgar prefecture were surveyed by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory test.The prevalence,awareness,treatment and control rate of hypertension of different groups were calculated and risk factors of hypertension was analyzed by using non-conditional logistic regression model.Results The overall prevalence of hypertension was 15.73％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 13.75％).The prevalence rates of hypertension in men and women were 16.36％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 12.96％),15.39％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 14.34％),respectively.The rates of awareness,treatment and control of hypertension were 59.57％,52.74％,21.29％,respectively.The prevalence of hypertension increased with age.Compared with age group 18-34 years,the age groups 55-64,≥65 years had higher risk of hypertension and the OR values were 10.53,20.96 for men and 16.27,33.20 for women.The overweight (OR=1.47 for men,OR =1.82 for women,P＜0.05) and obesity (OR =1.88 for men,OR=2.66 for women,P＜0.05) also increased the risk of hypertension.The groups with family history of hypertension (OR=3.85 for men,OR=2.34 for women,P＜0.05) also had higher risk of hypertension.Hypertriglyceridemia was positively correlated with the prevalence of hypertension in men (OR=1.62,95％CI:1.09-2.41).Conclusions The prevalence of hypertension in Uygur adults in Kashgar area of Xinjiang was at relatively low level.The related risk factors were age,overweight,obesity,family history and hypertriglyceridemia in men and the risk factors were similar in women except hypertriglyceridemia.
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Objective To understand the prevalence of dyslipidemia and normal blood lipids level in Uygur diabetes patients in Kashgar prefecture in southern area of Xinjiang.Methods A total of 5 078 local residents aged ≥ 18 years (42.56％ were men) selected through cluster random sampling in Kashgar were surveyed by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory test,and 521 diabetes patients were screened.Results The overall prevalence of dyslipidemia in diabetes patients was 59.50％ (310/521) with adjusted rate as 49.39％.Age ≥65 years,overweight,obesity and abdominal obesity increased the risk for dyslipidemia by 0.771 times (95％ CI:1.015-3.088),1.132 times (95％CI:1.290-3.523),1.688 times (95％CI:1.573-4.592) and 0.801 times (95％CI:1.028-3.155) respectively.Compared with males,female was a protective factor for dyslipidemia (OR=0.507,95％CI:0.334-0.769).The overall normal rate of blood lipids level including total cholesterol (TC),triglycerides (TG),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) for type 2 diabetes patients was 11.13％.Female,higher BMI and abdominal obesity were the factors influencing the overall normal blood lipids level.The normal rate of LDL-C level decreased with increase of age,BMI and waist circumferences (trend test x2=18.049,P＜ 0.001;trend testx2=10.582,P=0.001;x2=19.081,P＜0.001),but increased with educational level (trend testx2=9.764,P=0.002).Conclusion The prevalence of dyslipidemia in Uygur diabetes patients in Kashgar was high,however,the overall normal rate of blood lipid level was relatively low.Obesity was the most important risk factor for dyslipidemia in this area.More attention should be paid to dyslipidemia prevention in women.
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Objective To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Uygur residents in Kashgar of Xinjiang.Methods The survey was conducted among the Uygur residents aged ≥ 18 years selected through stratified cluster sampling in Kashgar by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and basic laboratory test.The prevalence of different groups were calculated and risk factors of DM was analyzed by logistic vegression model.Results A total of 4 608 adults were surveyed.The prevalence of DM was 11.31％ (standardized prevalence:10.59％) and the prevalence was 13.65％ (standardized prevalence:12.34％) in males and 10.04％ (standardized prevalence:9.83％) in females.The prevalence increased with age.The prevalence of DM was higher than the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in people aged ＞60 years,especially in females.The rates of awareness,treatment and control of DM were 28.02％,21.31％ and 5.57％,respectively.Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that people aged 45-55,55-65 and ＞65 years had higher risk of DM and the odds ratio were 2.08 (95％CI:1.24-3.48),2.73 (95％CI:1.63-4.56) and 3.90 (95％ CI:2.24-6.78) for men and 2.63 (95％ CI:1.71-4.02),3.14 (95％ CI:2.00-4.94) and 5.56 (95％CI:3.47-8.92) for woman,respectively.Family history of DM (OR=2.88 for men,95％Cl:1.45-5.72;OR=2.52 for women,95％CI:1.49-4.26) and BMI≥28.0 kg/m2 (OR=1.77 for men,95％CI:1.19-2.64,OR.=1.80 for women,95％CI:1.30-2.50) were also risk factors for DM.Conclusion The prevalence of DM was high in Uygur residents in Kashgar,but the rate of awareness,treatment and control of DM were low.It is necessary to improve the detection rate of DM and conduct targeted prevention and control of DM.
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Objective To investigate the knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) to chronic diseases and associated influencing factors in Uygur adults in Kashgar of southern Xinjiang,and provide basic information for developing ethnic specific prevention and control strategies for chronic diseases.Methods With stratified cluster random sampling,investigations,including questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory tests were performed among local residents who were aged ≥ 18 years and selected in Shufu county in southern Xinjiang.KAP scores were calculated and unconditional logistic regression models were used to analyze influencing factors.Results A total of 4 772 Uygur adults were surveyed.The awareness rate of chronic disease related knowledge ranged from 4.32％ to 56.04％,while the awareness rate of preventive measures were from 1.76％ to 85.18％ and the participation rate of prevention program varied from 4.00％ to 97.99％.The average KAP score was 15.90 ± 4.20 and the rate of total KAP was 47.86％.Multi-factor analysis suggested the pass rate of total KAP score increased with educational level.Other factors positively associated with ‘KAP score pass rate’ were commercial insurance investment,hypertension,family history of common chronic diseases,female and abdominal obesity,while overweight was negatively associated with the KAP score pass rate.Conclusions The KAP level on chronic diseases was low in Uygur adults in Kashgar.It is necessary to continuously implement ethnic targeted health education and health promotion campaigns,especially in low education level,low income level,overweight and male groups.
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Objective To investigate the prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in Uygur adults in Kashgar of Xinjiang.Methods A total of 4 748 Uygur adults aged ≥ 18 years selected through cluster random sampling in Shufu county of Kashgar prefecture were surveyed by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory test.The prevalence,awareness,treatment and control rate of hypertension of different groups were calculated and risk factors of hypertension was analyzed by using non-conditional logistic regression model.Results The overall prevalence of hypertension was 15.73％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 13.75％).The prevalence rates of hypertension in men and women were 16.36％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 12.96％),15.39％ (age-adjusted prevalence was 14.34％),respectively.The rates of awareness,treatment and control of hypertension were 59.57％,52.74％,21.29％,respectively.The prevalence of hypertension increased with age.Compared with age group 18-34 years,the age groups 55-64,≥65 years had higher risk of hypertension and the OR values were 10.53,20.96 for men and 16.27,33.20 for women.The overweight (OR=1.47 for men,OR =1.82 for women,P＜0.05) and obesity (OR =1.88 for men,OR=2.66 for women,P＜0.05) also increased the risk of hypertension.The groups with family history of hypertension (OR=3.85 for men,OR=2.34 for women,P＜0.05) also had higher risk of hypertension.Hypertriglyceridemia was positively correlated with the prevalence of hypertension in men (OR=1.62,95％CI:1.09-2.41).Conclusions The prevalence of hypertension in Uygur adults in Kashgar area of Xinjiang was at relatively low level.The related risk factors were age,overweight,obesity,family history and hypertriglyceridemia in men and the risk factors were similar in women except hypertriglyceridemia.
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Objective To understand the prevalence of dyslipidemia and normal blood lipids level in Uygur diabetes patients in Kashgar prefecture in southern area of Xinjiang.Methods A total of 5 078 local residents aged ≥ 18 years (42.56％ were men) selected through cluster random sampling in Kashgar were surveyed by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and laboratory test,and 521 diabetes patients were screened.Results The overall prevalence of dyslipidemia in diabetes patients was 59.50％ (310/521) with adjusted rate as 49.39％.Age ≥65 years,overweight,obesity and abdominal obesity increased the risk for dyslipidemia by 0.771 times (95％ CI:1.015-3.088),1.132 times (95％CI:1.290-3.523),1.688 times (95％CI:1.573-4.592) and 0.801 times (95％CI:1.028-3.155) respectively.Compared with males,female was a protective factor for dyslipidemia (OR=0.507,95％CI:0.334-0.769).The overall normal rate of blood lipids level including total cholesterol (TC),triglycerides (TG),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) for type 2 diabetes patients was 11.13％.Female,higher BMI and abdominal obesity were the factors influencing the overall normal blood lipids level.The normal rate of LDL-C level decreased with increase of age,BMI and waist circumferences (trend test x2=18.049,P＜ 0.001;trend testx2=10.582,P=0.001;x2=19.081,P＜0.001),but increased with educational level (trend testx2=9.764,P=0.002).Conclusion The prevalence of dyslipidemia in Uygur diabetes patients in Kashgar was high,however,the overall normal rate of blood lipid level was relatively low.Obesity was the most important risk factor for dyslipidemia in this area.More attention should be paid to dyslipidemia prevention in women.
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Objective To investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Uygur residents in Kashgar of Xinjiang.Methods The survey was conducted among the Uygur residents aged ≥ 18 years selected through stratified cluster sampling in Kashgar by means of questionnaire survey,physical examination and basic laboratory test.The prevalence of different groups were calculated and risk factors of DM was analyzed by logistic vegression model.Results A total of 4 608 adults were surveyed.The prevalence of DM was 11.31％ (standardized prevalence:10.59％) and the prevalence was 13.65％ (standardized prevalence:12.34％) in males and 10.04％ (standardized prevalence:9.83％) in females.The prevalence increased with age.The prevalence of DM was higher than the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in people aged ＞60 years,especially in females.The rates of awareness,treatment and control of DM were 28.02％,21.31％ and 5.57％,respectively.Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that people aged 45-55,55-65 and ＞65 years had higher risk of DM and the odds ratio were 2.08 (95％CI:1.24-3.48),2.73 (95％CI:1.63-4.56) and 3.90 (95％ CI:2.24-6.78) for men and 2.63 (95％ CI:1.71-4.02),3.14 (95％ CI:2.00-4.94) and 5.56 (95％CI:3.47-8.92) for woman,respectively.Family history of DM (OR=2.88 for men,95％Cl:1.45-5.72;OR=2.52 for women,95％CI:1.49-4.26) and BMI≥28.0 kg/m2 (OR=1.77 for men,95％CI:1.19-2.64,OR.=1.80 for women,95％CI:1.30-2.50) were also risk factors for DM.Conclusion The prevalence of DM was high in Uygur residents in Kashgar,but the rate of awareness,treatment and control of DM were low.It is necessary to improve the detection rate of DM and conduct targeted prevention and control of DM.