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Objective@#To analyze relationships between levels of 24 hour movement (physical activity, screen time and sleep) and childhood obesity in students aged 7-18 years.@*Methods@#This study used data from students aged 7-18 years in the 2015 China health and nutrition survey, and assessed levels of physical activity, screen time and sleep based on the Canadian 24 hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth. Associations between levels of 24 hour movement and childhood obesity were assessed using multivariable Logistic regression models.@*Results@#The overall rate of overweight and obesity was 21.56%. Proportions of students meeting the guidelines for physical activity, screen time, sleep and three behaviors combined were 24.84%, 38.69%, 57.08%, and 6.77%, respectively. After adjusting for age, sex, location of residence and nationality, students meeting the sleep guideline were less likely to be overweight and obese than those who did not(OR=0.73)， students meeting both sleep and screen time guidelines had a lower risk in overweight and obesity than those met neither guidelines(OR=0.58)(P<0.05). However, other behaviors and behavior combinations showed no significant associations with overweight and obesity.@*Conclusion@#Only a small proportion of students met all three 24 hour movement guidelines. Ensuring adequate sleep and limiting excessive screen time may be an important strategy for childhood obesity prevention and management.
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Objective@#To understand emotional and behavioral problems of children aged 3-6 years, and to explore the role of parenting style in the development of those problems.@*Methods@#A total of 2 278 children from 11 public kindergartens in Tongling City from April to June 2018 were selected by cluster sampling method. The questionnaire was made up by parents. The questionnaire mainly included: children, basic information of parents and children, children’s psychology and behavior, and parents’ education style, etc.@*Results@#Among 2 278 children, 192(8.43%) had abnormal emotional symptoms, 214 (9.39%) had conduct problems, 376(16.50%) had hyperactivity problems, 537(23.57%) had peer problems, 233(10.2%) had abnormal total difficulty scores and 254(11.15%) had prosocial behaviors. Gender, age, health status of the child, second-hand smoke exposure of the baby, parents’ education level, family economic conditions, and parents’ education mode are all the influencing factors of children’s emotion and behavior(P<0.05). Logistic analysis showed that father’s support participation(OR=0.96, 95%CI=0.95-0.98), mother’s support participation (OR=0.94, 95%CI=0.92-0.95), mother’s hostility compulsion (OR=1.08, 95%CI=1.06-1.10) and 3-6-year-old children’s abnormal mood and behavior were correlated(P<0.01).@*Conclusion@#Parental support and maternal hostile are related to emotional and behavioral problems of 3-6-year-old children.
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@#Objective To investigate the role of preoperative peripheral blood CD4/CD8 ratio in predicting the prognosis of patients with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD) after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG). Methods A total of 118 patients with CAD who underwent OPCABG in our hospital from September 2016 to April 2017 were included in the study, including 82 males and 36 females aged 62.74±4.50 years. The primary end point was the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Patients were divided into a high CD4/CD8 group (≥1.40, 62 patients) and a low CD4/CD8 group (<1.40, 56 patients) according to the results of flow cytometry. The correlation between CD4/CD8 ratio and prognosis of patients after OPCABG and the value of CD4/CD8 ratio for predicting postoperative MACE were evaluated. Results Median duration of follow-up was 23.25 (20.91, 24.70) months, during which 21 patients (17.80%) experienced MACE and 4 patients (3.39%) were lost to follow-up. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that high CD4/CD8 group had a significantly higher MACE rate than the low CD4/CD8 group did (log-rank χ2=5.797, P=0.02). The results of adjusted Cox proportional hazards model showed that CD4/CD8 ratio (HR=3.103, 95%CI 1.557-6.187, P<0.01) was an independent risk factor of MACE in patients with CAD after OPCABG. The receiver operating characteristic curve showed that area under curve was 0.778 (95%CI 0.661-0.894, P<0.01), the optimal cut off value was 2.24, the sensitivity was 57.1%, and the specificity was 87.6%. Conclusion Preoperative peripheral blood CD4/CD8 ratio is an independent predictor of MACE after OPCABG in patients with CAD.
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the most active fraction of compost organic matter. The presence of the redox-active functional groups in DOM allows it to act an electron shuttle to promote the electron transfer between microorganisms and terminal electron acceptors. In this study, the electron transfer capacities (ETCs) of compost DOM samples at eight different composting stages were determined by electrochemical method. The 2, 2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and Diquat dibro-mide monohydrate (DQ) were used to measured electron donating capacity (EDC) and electron accepting capacity(EAC) with working voltage 0.61 V/-0.49 V,respective. The evolution characteristics of the chemical structures and components were analyzed by combining the three-dimensional fluorescence spectra,fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra and elemental analysis. The results showed that the electron donating capacity(EDC) of DOMincreased from 16.850 μmol e-/(g C) to 22.077 μmol e-/(g C), The corresponding electron accepting capacity (EAC) decreased from 1.866 μmol e-/(g C)to 1.779 μmol e-/(g C). The results of three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy show that the relative contents of humuc-likeand protein-like components gradually increased and decreased, respectively, during the composting process. The humuc-like components were the main contributor for the ETC of DOM. FTIR spectra shows that there was no significant change in the hydroxyl and carboxyl group contentsof DOM during composting, suggesting no contribution of these function groups to the ETC of DOM. The elemental analysis showed that the content of oxygen in the DOM increased during the composting process, while the sulfur-containing group may be dominated contributor forits ETC.
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To investigate the effects of β-elemene on the ANG β -AT1 receptor pathway in rats with liver fibrosis,a model of hepatic fibrosis was induced by hypodermical injection of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) into Wistar male rats.β-elemene was intraperitonealy administered into the rats for 8 weeks (0.1 mL/100 g body weight per day).Masson staining was used to observe the liver fibrosis of rats and liver functions were measured by enzymatic kinetic analysis.The content of hydroxyproline in liver tissues was detected by specimen alkaline hydrolysis.The level of plasma ANG Ⅱ in bloodplasma was detected by radioimmunoassay.The expression of AT1R in rat liver were measured using reverse transcriptional-polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry respectively.The results showed that β-elemene could reduce the collagen disposition in liver and inhibit the progression of liver fibrosis.In addition,the levels of plasma ANG Ⅱ and the expression of hepatic AT1R in rats with liver fibrosis were also suppressed by β-elemene.It is concluded that the ANG Ⅱ -AT1 receptor pathway plays an important role in the development of hepatic fibrosis and β-elemene could down-regulate the levels of plasma ANG Ⅱ and the expression of hepatic AT1R in rats with liver fibrosis.
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To investigate the role of platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) Ib/Ⅸ/Ⅴ complex and its subunit GP Ibа in patients with hemorrhagic thrombopathy (HT), the expressions of GP lb/Ⅸ/Ⅴ complex and GP Ibа, defined as mean fluorescence intensity (MFI), were assessed by flow cytometry.The maximum aggregation of platelet was determined by turbidity method. These indicators were compared among 68 HT patients with the presenting complaint of hemorrhage, 33 well-controlled HT patients and 32 normal healthy subjects. The results showed that the MFI of GP lblIX/V complex and GP Ibct was markedly lower in HT patients with current hemorrhage than that in the healthy subjects, with difference being statistically significant (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the expressions of GP lb/Ⅸ/Ⅴ complex and GP lbа between well-controlled HT patients and normal healthy subjects (P>0.05). It was concluded that the expression of GP Ib/Ⅸ/Ⅴ complex, the receptor of thrombin and yon Willebrand factor, was down-regulated in HT patients with current hemorrhage,which might result in the dysfunction of platelet aggregation and recurrence of HT.