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| Chi Pang WenSummaryAffiliation: National Health Research Institutes Country: Taiwan Publications
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An investigation of the smoking behaviours of parents before, during and after the birth of their children in TaiwanShu Fang Shih
Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 6F, No 17, Hsu Chow Rd, Taipei100, Taiwan
BMC Public Health 8:67. 2008..To help fill the gap, this study investigated Taiwanese parents' smoking behaviours before, during and after the birth of their children, particularly focusing on smoking cessation during pregnancy and relapse after childbirth...- Increased mortality risks of pre-diabetes (impaired fasting glucose) in TaiwanChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, ROC
Diabetes Care 28:2756-61. 2005..The objective of this article was to assess mortality risks at different levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) in Taiwan, with particular attention to those pre-diabetic subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG)... - How opening the cigarette market led to an increase in betel quid use in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli, Taiwan, ROC
Public Health 119:940-4. 2005 - The reduction of tuberculosis risks by smoking cessationChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
BMC Infect Dis 10:156. 2010..The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of smoking cessation on TB mortality reduction... - Cancer risks from betel quid chewing beyond oral cancer: a multiple-site carcinogen when acting with smokingChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan
Cancer Causes Control 21:1427-35. 2010..This cohort study is to assess the extent of cancer risks of betel quid chewing (without tobacco added) beyond oral cancer, as such information was limited from case-control studies... - Exploring the relationships between diabetes and smoking: with the development of glucose equivalent concept for diabetes managementChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan, ROC
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 73:70-6. 2006..Appreciating this concept has a potential to change the paradigm of diabetes management, to bridge the clinical disconnect between the two, and to provide new ammunition for the diabetes epidemic in Taiwan... - Paradoxical increase in cigarette smuggling after the market opening in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Tob Control 15:160-5. 2006..To assess the magnitude of cigarette smuggling after the market opened in Taiwan... - All-cause mortality attributable to chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study based on 462 293 adults in TaiwanChi Pang Wen
Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Lancet 371:2173-82. 2008..We assessed prevalence and mortality risks for all stages of chronic kidney disease and quantified its attributable mortality in Taiwan... - A 10-year experience with universal health insurance in Taiwan: measuring changes in health and health disparityChi Pang Wen
Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Ann Intern Med 148:258-67. 2008..Coverage expanded from 57% of the population (before the introduction of national health insurance) to 98%... - Smoking attributable mortality for Taiwan and its projection to 2020 under different smoking scenariosC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i76-80. 2005..To estimate smoking attributable mortality (SAM) in Taiwan for the years 2001 through 2020 under scenarios of reductions in smoking rates by 0%, 2%, 4%, and 10% per year... - Is high serum uric acid a risk marker or a target for treatment? Examination of its independent effect in a large cohort with low cardiovascular riskChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan
Am J Kidney Dis 56:273-88. 2010..Cohort studies evaluating increased uric acid level as a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor have shown variable results; studies are particularly lacking in lower risk populations... - The health benefits of smoking cessation for adult smokers and for pregnant women in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i56-61. 2005..To assess the benefits of smoking cessation regarding mortality reduction after smokers quit, and regarding the health of newborns after smoking mothers quit... - Facilitating the critical process in tobacco controlC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i1-3. 2005 - Role of parents and peers in influencing the smoking status of high school students in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i10-5. 2005..To assess parental influence on smoking behaviour by high school students in an Asian culture and to compare the relative importance of parental and peer influence... - Uncovering the relation between betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i16-22. 2005..To describe the characteristics of betel quid chewers and to investigate the behavioural and mortality relations between betel quid chewing and cigarette smoking... - Minimum amount of physical activity for reduced mortality and extended life expectancy: a prospective cohort studyChi Pang Wen
Institute of Population Science, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Lancet 378:1244-53. 2011..We assessed the health benefits of a range of volumes of physical activity in a Taiwanese population... - Excess injury mortality among smokers: a neglected tobacco hazardC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i28-32. 2005..To assess the mortality risks from injuries for smokers and ex-smokers and to quantify the mortality burden of smoking from injury in Taiwan... - Are marketing campaigns in Taiwan by foreign tobacco companies targeting young smokers?C P Wen
Health Policy Division, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i38-44. 2005..To assess the impact of promotions on cigarette sales in Taiwan after the cigarette market opened to foreign companies, and to assess whether young smokers were targeted by these companies... - The impact of the cigarette market opening in TaiwanC P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i4-9. 2005..To assess the effect of the opening of the Taiwanese cigarette market on cigarette consumption, changes in market share, and the effects on tobacco control efforts... - Smoking behaviour in Taiwan, 2001C P Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i51-5. 2005..To examine smoking behaviours in Taiwan and compare those behaviours to those in the USA... - Are Asians at greater mortality risks for being overweight than Caucasians? Redefining obesity for AsiansChi Pang Wen
Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Republic of China
Public Health Nutr 12:497-506. 2009..0-24.9 kg/m2 for overweight and BMI >or= 25.0 kg/m2 for obesity) suggested by the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office are appropriate... - Making hypertensive smokers motivated in quitting: developing 'blood pressure equivalence of smoking'Chi Pang Wen
Center for Health Policy Research and Development, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
J Hypertens 26:672-7. 2008..To express the increased risk from smoking in terms of 'blood pressure' so that hypertensive smokers are motivated into quitting... - Bridging the gap in life expectancy of the aborigines in TaiwanChi Pang Wen
National Health Research Institutes, Division of Health Policy Research, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Int J Epidemiol 33:320-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Based on the findings of this study, we suggest that future focus should be in the area of primary prevention in order to reduce the incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases, liver cirrhosis, and accidents... - The effect of the market opening on trends in smoking rates in TaiwanChih Cheng Hsu
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Health Policy 74:69-76. 2005.... - Adiposity, its related biologic risk factors, and suicide: a cohort study of 542,088 taiwanese adultsShu Sen Chang
China Medical University Hospital, and Institute of Population Health Science, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
Am J Epidemiol 175:804-15. 2012.... - Smoking attributable medical expenditures, years of potential life lost, and the cost of premature death in TaiwanM C Yang
Institute of Health Care Organization Administration, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i62-70. 2005..To estimate the smoking attributable medical expenditures and productivity loss of people aged 35 and over in Taiwan in 2001 from a societal viewpoint... - Nighttime sleep, Chinese afternoon nap, and mortality in the elderlyTzuo Yun Lan
Division of Gerontology Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Sleep 30:1105-10. 2007..Data from a prospective cohort study of the elderly in Taiwan were used to examine the relationship among nighttime sleep, Chinese afternoon nap, and mortality... - Reducing health disparity in Taiwan: quantifying the role of smokingT Y Cheng
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Tob Control 14:i23-7. 2005..The larger the health disparity is, the more important the smoking attributable disparity could be. The reduction of smoking disparities could be a realistic and cost effective way toward reducing health disparities... - Cigarette smoking and proteinuria in Taiwanese men with Type 2 diabetes mellitusC C Hsu
Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Diabet Med 27:295-302. 2010..Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor associated with diabetic nephropathy. The objective of this study was to further investigate the dose-response effect of tobacco exposure on proteinuria in males with Type 2 diabetes...