Association of LDL‐C/HDL‐C Ratio With Hyperuricemia: A National Cohort Study by Yanyu Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, Deyun Luo, Bingli Chen, Chenyi Lai, Chenyu He, Luo Yan, Haifeng Ding, Shiyang Li

“…We extracted data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) database from 2011 to 2016. …”
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Association between solid cooking fuels exposure and metabolic syndrome: Evidence from China by Jiaming Xue, Shuai Chen, Yicheng Jiang, Qi Liu, Yu Wang, Yuwen Jiao, Yuancheng Shao, Jie Zhao, Yan Zhou, Dongmei Wang, Liming Tang

“…We included participants in 2011 and 2015 from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data. Through cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, we found that the use of solid fuels reduced the risk of MetS in participants compared with clean fuels (cross-sectional study: 2011: Odds ratio (OR): 0.819, 95 %confidence interval (CI): 0.747–0.897, P < 0.001; 2015: OR: 0.766, 95 %CI: 0.708–0.851, P < 0.001; longitudinal study: OR: 0.736, 95 %CI: 0.652–0.831, P < 0.001).This impact ceases to exist whenever a switch in fuel type occurs (Non persistent clean: OR: 0.937, 95 %CI: 0.837–1.050, P = 0.262; Persistent solid: OR: 0.767, 95 %CI: 0.691–0.853, P < 0.001). …”
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Exposure to high-temperature and high-humidity environments associated with cardiovascular mortality by Yalan Wu, Xiangrong Feng, Jinmei Li, Mengjun Li, Yao Wang, Weihui Lu, Huanhuan Luo

“…The prospective China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) cohort was used to further analyze the relationship between exposure to HTH environments and CVD mortality in middle-aged and elderly individuals. …”
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Relationship between TyG-related index and hearing loss in people over 45 s in China by Chao Wang, Mengdi Shi, Liangzhen Xie, Chenhao Jiang, Yunxin Li, Jingxiao Li, Shulin Li, Yan Li

“…This study investigates the association of the TyG index, BMI index, and TyG-BMI index with hearing loss, with a focus on their potential implications for the aging population.MethodsData from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) database were analyzed using R software. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and risk of depression in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: Evidence from a large national cohort study by Zhang-Yang Xu, Hong Zheng, Zi-Jun Pan, Shou-Yi Hu, Yun-Xia Wang, Wen-Jun Su

“…A total of 3,021 participants without a prior history of depression were recruited from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and followed for seven years. …”
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Value-based healthcare for social insurance medicine: key enablers for adoption in practice by Sylvia J van der Burg-Vermeulen, Philip J van der Wees, Jan L Hoving, Nina Zipfel, Marijke Melles, Marije E Hagendijk

“…Background Driven by rising retirement age and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases impacting work participation, there is an increasing need for quality and efficiency improvement in social insurance medicine (SIM). …”
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Learning from experience: does providing end-of-life care support for relatives boost personal end-of-life health literacy? by Clément Meier, Maud Wieczorek, Sarah Vilpert, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Ralf J. Jox, Jürgen Maurer

“…Method We used data from 1,548 respondents in Switzerland to Wave 8 (2019/2020) of the Survey on Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe. Their ability to understand medical jargon, find information, communicate, and make decisions about end-of-life care options was measured with the validated Subjective End-of-Life Health Literacy Scale. …”
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Influence of hypertension diagnosis and subjective life expectancy on health behaviors among middle-aged and older Chinese adults by Xiaoxiao Liu, Xiaoyi Ji, Honghong Xia, Yuxin Tian, Weihong Zheng, Linyun Fu, Peiyuan Qiu, Yang Wan

“…This study investigates hypertension related health behaviors of middle-aged and older Chinese adults, investigating whether a hypertension diagnosis and individuals’ subjective life expectancy (SLE) might prompt positive changes in their health behaviors.MethodsThe participants in this study were Chinese adults aged 45 years and older, selected from the 2013–2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Linear mixed-effects models were employed to investigate the influence of receiving a hypertension diagnosis, as well as SLE, on hypertension related behaviors.ResultsAmong the respondents, 27.65% reported doctor-diagnosed hypertension, while 19.91% of those who were undiagnosed with hypertension had measured hypertension at baseline. …”
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Farinelli and the English: “One God” or the Devil? by Thomas McGeary

“…En 1737, après trois saisons passées à Londres, Farinelli part pour Madrid où il passe les vingt-deux années suivantes au service de la cour. Enfin, il se retire à Bologne. Là, touristes et protecteurs anglais affluent et sont reçus chaleureusement par Farinelli, qui voue une reconnaissance éternelle au pays qui lui a permis de construire sa renommée.…”
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Comparative effectiveness of various teaching modes, including PBL, CBL, and CTTM in paediatric medical education with combined online and offline approaches by Yun Shang, Kun-Feng Cao, Jun-Yan Yue, Shu-Zhen Zhao, Shang-Hui Hao, Ya-Zhou Sun, Qing-Yang Cui, Hui-Min Guo, Cheng-He Tang

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The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…CS-DID was run using the study sample from the 2011 to 2018 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, comparing results with traditional two-way fixed effects and event-study models. …”
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The mechanism of the social state and the place of the pension system in it: theoretical and legal aspects by S. S. Polesov

“…It is demonstrated that pension provision as a set of legal relations and a real legal phenomenon in the substantive and ontological dimension cannot be identified either with the process of providing an individual with a set of certain social and material services (procedural approach), or with a set of measures taken by the State to meet the needs of an individual for adequate material security upon reaching retirement age or due to adverse social circumstances which exclude their opportunities for active participation in economic and social life. …”
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Comparison of 3 Aging Metrics in Dual Declines to Capture All-Cause Dementia and Mortality Risk: Cohort Study by Anying Bai, Shan He, Yu Jiang, Weihao Xu, Zhanyi Lin

“…MethodsWe used longitudinal data from waves 10-15 of the Health and Retirement Study. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was employed to evaluate the effects of MCR, PCDS, and CF on incident all-cause dementia and mortality, controlling for socioeconomic and lifestyle factors, as well as medical comorbidities. …”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…This study provides standardised thresholds that directly link HGS to remaining life expectancy (RLE), thus enabling practitioners to detect patients with an increased mortality risk early on.Design Relying on representative observational data from the Health and Retirement Study, the HGS of survey participants was z-standardised by gender, age and body height. …”
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Effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Zhihang Zhang, Ran An, Haoyan Guo, Xuanru Yang

“…This study aimed to examine the long-term effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on CVD based on a cohort study of middle-aged and older populations in China.MethodsA total of 9,316 non-CVD adults (≥40 years old) who joined the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study between 2011 and 2018 were included in our analysis. …”
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Low handgrip strength with asymmetry is associated with elevated all-cause mortality risk in older Chinese adults with abdominal obesity. by Ling Wei, Binyou Wang, Yilin Wang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Baseline data of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2011, along with mortality outcomes obtained in 2018 were used for the analysis. …”
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Configurational effects of intergenerational support on older adults’ depression: an empirical study from CHARLS data by Qin Bai, Duanduan Fu, Shichen Chen, Fang Wang, Baizhi Gao, Jinghui Zhu, Guilin Liu

“…Method Based on data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS), depression among older adults was used as the outcome variable, and intergenerational support (including three dimensions of emotional, economic, and caregiving support) was used as the antecedent variable. …”
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Sarcopenia is not associated with hypertension, but sarcopenic obesity increases risk of hypertension: a 7-year cohort study by Runfen Du, Junchao Yuan, Yunda Huang, Guihua Jiang, Zhiping Duan, Hong Yang, Wei Huang

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between obesity, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity with hypertension in a middle-aged and older community population in China through a large-scale longitudinal design.MethodsIn this cohort study with 7 years of follow-up, the study population was drawn from participants in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011 and followed up in 2013, 2015, and 2018. …”
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The association between childhood hunger experiences and health in middle and old age: a longitudinal study over 10 years by Dongxu Li, Xi Guo, Weile Zhang, Wenhui Li, Tianjiao Zhang, Zelin Liu, Min Su, Zhengrong Li

“…Methods Using data from the five 2011—2020 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and the 2014 China Life History Survey Questionnaire, a sample of 9,909 individuals aged 45 years and older who participated in all six surveys was obtained. …”
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The elderly population’s social networks and HIV perceptions: Evidence from China by Jie Shen, Junfang Xu

“…Ethnicity, current occupation or pre-retirement occupation, personal average after-tax monthly income, attitudinal perceptions, and social support were the influencing factors for the knowledge perceptions in the elderly population (P < 0.05); literacy, number of children, mode of residence, personal average monthly income after tax, knowledge perceptions, and social support were the influencing factors of attitudinal perceptions in the elderly population (P < 0.05). …”
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