Background/objectives Vegetarian diets are inversely associated with diabetes in
Westerners but their impact on Asians—whose pathophysiology differ from Westerners—is …

Background Although a number of studies have reported on the health effects of fine
particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure, particularly in North American and European countries …

Background Finite nucleos (t) ide analogue (NUC) therapy has been proposed as an
alternative treatment strategy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Aim To quantify the incidence of …

The mechanisms of alcoholic liver diseases (ALD) are very complex and interrelated,
including abnormal lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, and gut-derived endotoxin pathway …

Background The interplay of air pollution and urban greenness on hypertension (HTN) is not
fully understood. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study to explore the role of …

Serum calcium, although only comprising 1% of total body calcium, is involved in
intracellular signal pathways, vascular dilatation/constriction, and muscle contraction, which …

As non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now well recognized as the leading cause of
mortality among adult populations worldwide, they are also increasingly the focus of media …

Objectives To investigate whether a community-based intervention program, based on self-
efficacy theory, might improve older adults' self-care behaviors as well as health outcomes …

CDKAL1 rs10946398 is a type 2 diabetes (T2D)-associated variant. It is a new body mass
index (BMI)-associated variant in Asian populations. We investigated the association …

In this study, we quantified the spatiotemporal burden of mortality attributable to ambient fine
particulate matter (PM 2.5, which is defined as a mass of particles with an aerodynamic dry …