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Li FF, Zhou DD, Ye ZF, Ren J, Xue C, Peng JJ, Wang SM. [Epidemiologic characteristics of fall in the elderly in urban and rural areas in Shanghai]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2019; 40:779-785. [PMID: 31357798 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the epidemiologic characteristics of fall in the elderly in Shanghai, as well as the differences between urban and rural areas, and provide evidence for targeted fall prevention and intervention. Methods: From January to March in 2017, a questionnaire survey was conducted in the elderly aged 60 or above selected from 7 urban communities and 6 rural communities in Shanghai to understand the epidemiologic characteristics of fall in the elderly and analyze the gender and urban-rural differences. Results: In urban area, a total of 3 386 elderly people were surveyed, in whom 441 (13.0%) had fall and 261 (7.7%) were injured after fall. In rural area, a total of 2 826 elderly people were surveyed, in whom 320 (11.3%) had fall and 169 (6.0%) were injured after fall. Fall risk in women were higher than that in men in both urban and rural areas with OR of 1.62 (95%CI: 1.42-1.86) and 1.16 (95%CI: 1.38-1.98) respectively, but the differences of fall related injury were not significant. Compared with urban areas, fall risk and fall related injury risk were both lower in rural areas with OR of 0.86 (95%CI: 0.73-0.99) and 0.74 (95%CI: 0.56-0.99). Compared with urban areas, men had lower risk for fall, and women had lower risk for fall related injury with OR of 0.68 (95%CI: 0.51-0.90) and 0.66 (95%CI: 0.47-0.93) respectively. Fall mainly occurred at home. Fall in urban area more frequently occurred on stairs, and fall in rural area more frequently occurred during farming. More than 60% of the falls had environmental risk factors. Slippery ground and uneven ground were main reasons. The incidence of fracture resulted from fall was high indicated by 89 fracture cases in urban areas (28.2%) and 64 fracture cases in rural areas (36.1%). Conclusions: The risk for fall in Shanghai had gender and urban-rural differences. Targeted intervention should be conducted according to the characteristics of fall in the elderly.
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- F F Li
- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
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- Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education/School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Zhou DD, Yao L, Guo KM, Lu CW. Cytogenetic evaluation of cataract patients occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation in northeast China. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8687. [PMID: 27706730 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15038687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Long-term radiation exposure is hazardous to health; late-onset effects of exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) pose risks to the lens, and are associated with other non-cancerous diseases. Individuals occupationally exposed to low-dose IR are prone to developing eye cataracts. Cytogenetic evaluations suggest that IR is associated with chromosomal aberrations in occupationally exposed individuals. However, data regarding the association between chromosomal aberrations in cataract patients and occupational exposure to IR is scarce. Therefore, we aimed to report the characteristics of chromosomal aberrations in cataract patients from a Chinese population, occupationally exposed to IR. We found that the average age and frequency of numerical chromosomal aberrations were significantly lower in the exposed patients as compared with that in the non-exposed patients. In addition, the frequencies of dicentric and acentric chromosomes were significantly higher in the exposed patients as compared with those in the non-exposed patients. Therefore, chronic occupational exposure to IR affects cataract development in the Chinese population. The age of cataract patients exposed to IR was significantly lower than the age of cataract onset in normal individuals. Based on this study, we suggest that there is an urgent need for improved radiation safety and eye protection in individuals exposed to IR in the work place.
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- D D Zhou
- Department of Radiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Andrology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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Zhou DD, Jiang XH, Lu Y, Fan W, Huo MX, Crittenden JC. Cotransport of graphene oxide and Cu(II) through saturated porous media. Sci Total Environ 2016; 550:717-726. [PMID: 26849335 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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This study examines the cotransport of graphene oxide (GO) and Cu in porous media. The impacts of GO concentration and ion strength (IS) on Cu transport in laboratory packed columns were investigated. The results indicated that GO had fairly high mobility at a IS of 1mM, and could serve as an effective carrier of Cu(II). The facilitated transport was found to increase with increasing concentration of GO (CGO). The peak effluent concentration (C/C0)max of Cu was 0.57 at CGO of 120mg/L and IS=1mM and 0.13 at 40mg/L and IS=1mM. The Cu appears to be irreversibly adsorbed by the sand because no Cu appeared in the effluent in the absence of GO. However, the GO-facilitated Cu transport was reduced as the IS increased from 1 to 1000mM. In fact, the facilitated transport was zero percent at an IS of 1000mM. Particle size analysis, Zeta potential measurements and DLVO calculations demonstrated that higher IS values made the GO became unstable and it flocculated and attached to the sand. We also fed GO into the column pre-equilibrated by Cu as sequential elution experiments and found that the later introduced GO can complex the pre-adsorbed Cu from the sand surface because GO has a higher adsorption affinity for Cu. An advection-dispersion-retention numerical model was able to describe the Cu and GO transport in the column. Our work provides useful insights into fate, transport and risk assessment of heavy metal contaminants in the presence of engineered nanoparticles.
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- D D Zhou
- School of environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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- School of environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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- Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- School of environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China.
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- School of environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
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- School of environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States
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Zhou DD, Hao JL, Guo KM, Lu CW, Liu XD. Sperm quality and DNA damage in men from Jilin Province, China, who are occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr8078. [PMID: 27050976 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15018078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Long-term radiation exposure affects human health. Ionizing radiation has long been known to raise the risk of cancer. In addition to high doses of radiation, low-dose ionizing radiation might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, lens opacity, and some other non-cancerous diseases. Low- and high-dose exposures to ionizing radiation elicit different signaling events at the molecular level, and may involve different response mechanisms. The health risks arising from exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation should be re-evaluated. Health workers exposed to ionizing radiation experience low-dose radiation and have an increased risk of hematological malignancies. Reproductive function is sensitive to changes in the physical environment, including ionizing radiation. However, data is scarce regarding the association between occupational radiation exposure and risk to human fertility. Sperm DNA integrity is a functional parameter of male fertility evaluation. Hence, we aimed to report sperm quality and DNA damage in men from Jilin Province, China, who were occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. Sperm motility and normal morphology were significantly lower in the exposed compared with the non-exposed men. There was no statistically significant difference in sperm concentration between exposed and non-exposed men. The sperm DNA fragmentation index was significantly higher in the exposed than the non-exposed men. Chronic long-term exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation could affect sperm motility, normal morphology, and the sperm DNA fragmentation index in the Chinese population. Sperm quality and DNA integrity are functional parameters that could be used to evaluate occupational exposure to ionizing radiation.
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- D D Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Radiobiology (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China.,Department of Radiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Andrology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiobiology (Ministry of Health), School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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