Kailuan General Hospital

Elevated Blood Pressure Is Causally Associated With Larger Subcortical Gray Matter Structure Through Perivascular Clearance Routes

ABSTRACT Background This study aimed to investigate the association between elevated blood pressure (BP) and subcortical gray matter structures, and to elucidate the causality and underlying mechanisms. Methods This study enrolled 1012 participants from a multicenter, population‐...

WHR and adverse health outcomes: a prospective study on cancer incidence, all-cause and cancer-specific mortality

Obesity is a significant global public health issue, traditionally linked to adverse health outcomes. However, the “obesity paradox” suggests that in certain populations, obesity may be associated with better prognosis. This study investigates the relationship between waist-to-hi...

Association of an exploratory triglyceride glucose–visceral lipoprotein composite with incident stroke in CKM-staged Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a prospective CHARLS study

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome links adiposity, insulin resistance, kidney dysfunction, and vascular disease. Whether a composite combining the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG), visceral adiposity, and LDL-C burden is associated with incident stroke beyond simpler...

CT-guided biopsy of pulmonary ground-glass nodules: core-needle biopsy versus fine-needle aspiration

To compare the diagnostic performance and complication profiles of CT-guided core-needle biopsy (CNB) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for pulmonary ground-glass nodules (GGNs). Consecutive patients who underwent CT-guided percutaneous biopsy of pulmonary GGNs between January 202...