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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Chinese populations"”.
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Epidemiology of stroke and its subtypes in Chinese populations
BACKGROUND: Chinese populations have been reported to have a higher stroke incidence as well as different stroke epidemiology compared with white populations. However, reliable comparisons have been precluded by a lack of methodologically robust studies. I aimed to systematically evaluate the …
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Phenotypic Variation in Native North American and Invasive Chinese Populations of Plantago Virginica
… Southern University greenhouse, comparing twenty populations of <em>P. virginica</em> from both the native North American and invasive Chinese ranges. I examined if there were genetically based differences in a suite of life history, morphological and reproductive traits between populations from …
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Adaptation at High Altitudes: A Comparative Analysis of Body Size and Proportions in Ancient Tibetan and Lowland Chinese Populations
… Discriminant functions based on modern Chinese data perform well for lower limbs, while the SexEst tool—primarily based on Western references—shows better accuracy for upper limbs but inconsistencies for lower limbs, likely due to inter-population morphological differences. Chapter 4 …
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Factors Influencing Blood Pressure among Rural Adults with Hypertension in China
… using structured questionnaires including the Chinese Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (CIPQ-R), the Medication Adherence Inventory (MAI), and the Inventory of Adherence to Self-Management (IASM). Additional data included demographics, health-related characteristics, weight, height, and …
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A cross-cultural study of coping
… and social beliefs, on coping for U.S. and Chinese college students. Data from 325 U.S. and 321 Chinese college students were used for the analyses. It was found that independent self-construal, beliefs in reward for application and social complexity predicted task-oriented coping and …
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Bimaxillary Protrusion in Trinidad and Tobago Population: Prevalence, Features and Management
… republic, representing both rural and urban populations. The retrospective study was conducted using 109 standardised lateral cephalometric radiographs from patients receiving orthodontic treatment at the University of The West Indies dental hospital between September 2015 to March 2019.These …
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Race, Immigration, and a Change of Heart: A History of the San Francisco Chinatown
… subsequent fire affected the local Chinatown and Chinese immigration as a whole. It focuses on communities from the Pearl River Delta of southern China, their motivations for emigration, the industries they found employment in, and the racially charged legislation they had to contend with. By 1902 …
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Screening of multi-omics biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Chinese population
… of IgG that lead to increased FPG level among Chinese populations. Study I identified 9 new SNPs located in 5 genetic loci (RPL7AP27, SNX30, SLC39A12, BACE2 and IGFL2), which considerably affect the increase of FPG level. Moreover, out of 24 glycan peaks (GPs), GPs 2, 8 and 11 were found …
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A molecular and morphological investigation of the red seaweed genus Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in the northwest Atlantic
… variation within both the Atlantic and Pacific populations of P. purpurea, the designation of a parent population was unclear. With this synonym, the number of known monostromatic species occurring in the Northwest Atlantic having male/female gametangia on separate longitudinal "halves" of the …
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Associations between socioeconomic status and prevalence, incidence and complications of type 2 diabetes in China
… of type 2 diabetes in several contemporary Chinese populations. METHODS: First, I conducted a systematic review of studies reporting the association between SES (measured by education, income or occupation) and prevalent type 2 diabetes in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Second, I used …