Predictive power of a body shape index and traditional anthropometric indicators for cardiovascular disease: a cohort study in rural Xinjiang, China.

BACKGROUND: A body shape index (ABSI) has been proven to be related to a population's CVD incidence. However, the application of this indicator has produced different results. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the ABSI in predicting the incidence of CVD in rural Xinjiang, China, and compare it with waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and body mass index (BMI). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 5375 people aged 18 years or older were included in the study. We used the Cox proportional hazard model to evaluate the relationship between WC, WHR, WHtR, BMI, and ABSI and the incidence of CVD, the area under the curve (AUC) to evaluate the predictive power of each anthropometric index for the incidence of CVD, and restricted cubic splines are used to analyse the trend relationship between anthropometric indicators and the incidence of CVD. RESULTS: After multivariate adjustment, standardised WC, WHR, WHtR, BMI, and ABSI all positively correlated with the incidence of CVD. WC had the highest HR (95% CI) value, 1.64 (1.51-1.78), and AUC (95% CI) value, 0.7743 (0.7537-0.7949). ABSI had the lowest HR (95% CI) value, 1.21(1.10-1.32), and AUC (95% CI) value, 0.7419 (0.7208-0.7630). In the sex-specific sensitivity analysis, the predictive ability of traditional anthropometric indicators for the incidence of CVD is higher than that of ABSI. CONCLUSIONS: In the rural areas of Xinjiang, the traditional anthropometric indicators of WC had better ability to predict the incidence of CVD than ABSI.

Metabolically healthy obesity and unhealthy normal weight rural adults in Xinjiang: prevalence and the associated factors.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy normal weight (MUNW) rural adults in Xinjiang and to explore their influencing factors. METHODS: We selected 13,525 Uyghur, Kazakh and Han participants in Kashi, Yili and Shihezi areas in Xinjiang from 2009 to 2010. Weight status was classified according to body mass index. Metabolic phenotype was further defined based on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. RESULTS: The prevalence of normal weight, overweight, and obesity were 51.6, 30.2, and 14.4%, respectively. The mean age of the population was 45.04 years. The prevalence of MHO was 5.5% overall and was 38.5% among obese participants. The prevalence of MUNW was 15.5% overall and was 30.1% among normal weight participants. A metabolically healthy phenotype among obese individuals was positively associated with females and vegetable consumption ≥4 plates per week. However, this was inversely associated with higher age, red meat consumption ≥2 kg per week, and larger waist circumference (WC). Conversely, a metabolically unhealthy phenotype among normal-weight individuals was positively associated with higher age, red meat consumption ≥2 kg per week, and larger WC; this was however inversely associated with vegetable consumption ≥4 plates per week. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of MHO among obese adults in Xinjiang is higher than that of Han adults, while the prevalence of MUNW among normal weight adults is lower than that among Han adults. In obese and normal weight participants, higher age, more red meat consumption, and larger WC increase the risk of metabolic abnormality, and more vegetable consumption reduces the risk of metabolic abnormality.

Association of total bilirubin and indirect bilirubin content with metabolic syndrome among Kazakhs in Xinjiang.

BACKGROUND: Some studies have shown that a high level of bilirubin is a protective factor against metabolic syndrome (MS), while a high level of transaminase is a risk factor for MS. However, the existing results are inconsistent and few cohort studies have been published. METHODS: Using an ambispective cohort study, 565 Kazakhs from Xinjiang, China were selected as the study subjects. The baseline serum bilirubin and transaminase levels of the subjects were divided into quartiles and the relationship between these values and the incidence of MS was analyzed. The definition of MS was based on the Joint Interim Statement (JIS) diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: The average follow-up time for the subjects was 5.72 years. The cumulative incidence of MS was 36.11% (204 of the 565 subjects), and the incidence density was 63.10/1000 person-years. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the levels of total bilirubin (TBIL) and indirect bilirubin (IBIL) were negatively correlated with the occurrence of MS, Compared to the lowest quartile level (Q1), the hazard ratios of MS the TBIL levels at the Q2-Q4 quartiles were: 0.47 (0.31-0.71), 0.53 (0.35-0.79), and 0.48 (0.32-0.72), respectively, while IBIL levels at the Q2-Q4 quartiles showed an MS hazard ratio of 0.48 (0.32-0.72), 0.54(0.36-0.81), and 0.52 (0.35-0.77), respectively, all at a 95% confidence level. However, no relationship was found between transaminase levels and the incidence of MS. CONCLUSION: Serum TBIL and IBIL levels were negatively correlated with the incidence of MS in a Kazakh population in China.

[Chromatism Analysis of Multispectral Imaging System Based on AOTF and Hardware Compensation Strategy].

In view of the existing chromatism in the AOTF multispectral imaging system causes different wavelength imaging clarity under different focal length , even under the fixed wavelength, due to the horizontal direction (diffraction) spectral broadening, which leads to clear horizontal lines and blurring vertical lines. This paper made a concrete analysis of the chromatism of AOTF, pointing out the causes of imaging blurring. According to the imaging characteristics of AOTF multispectral imaging system, this paper proposed an improved algorithm based on SSIM, which can be used to evaluate the image sharpness. The target of the original algorithm was two images (one as a reference image, the other one as the test image), while the algorithm proposed in this paper made similarity analysis between the adjacent lines in one target image, small similarity in change edges declares great contrast, thus the image is clearer. The image quality caused by chromatism in the AOTF multispectral imaging system can be compensated by automatic focusing system, which mainly based on this algorithm. It has small calculated amount and fast speed. The feasibility and practicability of the compensation strategy were verified through experiments. The results show that this strategy can effectively solve the image blurring caused by chromatism in the AOTF multispectral imaging system, which has an important application value.

[The Study on the Influence of Spectral Diffraction Efficiency Based on the Matching Network of Wide Spectrum AOTF].

Given that AOTF (Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter, AOTF) spectral imaging analyzer is widely used in a wide spectral region of the visible and infrared spectrum, the spectral bandwidth, diffraction efficiency and power efficiency of the AOTF need to be improved to meet higher standards. Ultrasonic transducer is the core component of AOTF. Its 3 dB working bandwidth determines the spectral diffraction range of AOTF, so it is making two different thicknesses high-low frequency ultrasonic transducer to improve AOTF spectral bandwidth on the same of the acousto-optic medium. Because between the operating frequency of ultrasonic transducer and input impedance there exists non-linear relationship, they have different input impedances at different frequencies. When the between driving signal source's output impedance and ultrasound transducer have mismatched, It would produce energy consumption and lead to cannot bring the maximum power transfer to the ultrasonic transducer, so that the spectral diffraction efficiency of AOTF is reduced, and it affected spectral imaging quality. So going through to study theoretical ultrasonic transducer impedance frequency characteristics deeply in this paper designed a new broadband impedance matching network, which has important application reference value of the spectral diffraction efficiency improving. By ADS simulation and actual matching circuit experimental test, experimental results show that impedance matching network' power efficiency reach to more than 90%, spectral diffraction efficiency get up to 90% in the 60~200 MHz bandwidth, and improve to spectral imaging quality within 420~1 150 nm waveband. The higher diffraction efficiency of the matching network has important implications for the current application AOTF based on spectral imaging technology.

Double In Situ Approach for the Preparation of Polymer Nanocomposite with Multi-functionality.

A novel one-step synthetic route, the double in situ approach, is used to produce both TiO(2) nanoparticles and polymer (PET), and simultaneously forming a nanocomposite with multi-functionality. The method uses the release of water during esterification to hydrolyze titanium (IV) butoxide (Ti(OBu)(4)) forming nano-TiO(2) in the polymerization vessel. This new approach is of general significance in the preparation of polymer nanocomposites, and will lead to a new route in the synthesis of multi-functional polymer nanocomposites.