Jing Fang

..However, stratification of Hispanics by birthplace revealed substantial variation within the Hispanic population of New York City...

..The association of exercise and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcome among persons with different blood pressure (BP) status is less well known...

..Moreover, the increase appeared to have been due to more frequent admission of eligible patients to hospitals capable of the service, as opposed to increasing revascularization rates in hospitals capable of revascularization...

..Limited information exists on clinical characteristics of stroke among Chinese persons living in the United States. We compared the clinical characteristics of Chinese and White stroke patients living in New York City...

..Moreover, Asians, with their low bone mass, showed no increased hip fractures, compared to non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics. Further study is needed to explain this paradox...

..We sought to determine whether supplemental private insurance coverage among Medicare recipients alters patterns of health care or outcomes associated with acute myocardial infarction...

..The association of physical inactivity and elevated body mass index (BMI) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is well established. The relationship of dietary caloric intake and CVD risk is less certain...

..The objective of this study was to determine whether local availability of facilities might influence apparent racial disparities in revascularization and health outcomes...

..To address this issue, we evaluated trends in hospitalization for, and in-hospital mortality from, myocardial infarction from 1988 to 1997...

..The impact of serum potassium on mortality is inadequately defined...

..In conclusion, cardiovascular mortality rates among Chinese migrants in New York City fall below those of both Chinese in China and whites in New York City...

..To determine the influence of maternal hypertension on the risk of low birth weight among white, black, and Hispanic residents of New York City...

..However, the course of stroke incidence is less certain. To address this issue, we determined trends of stroke hospitalization and in-hospital case fatality during 1988-1997...

..Indeed, if all New Yorkers who became pregnant enjoyed the survival of the city's non-Hispanic white residents, the difference in maternal mortality between the city and the nation would be eliminated...

..In conclusion, among young subjects, but not older normotensive persons, at very low risk of cardiovascular disease, a wide pulse pressure is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality...

..To further assess this association in a larger sample, we examined data from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) Epidemiological Follow-up Study...

..However, improving revascularization among women does not eliminate the gender disparity of in-hospital death after AMI...

..Little is known of risk factors for stroke among Chinese immigrants to the United States. We have conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for stroke among foreign-born Chinese in New York City...

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..If continued, this threatens the long-established nationwide trend to reduced coronary artery disease events...

..A population-based Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) Index was developed in New York City to identify geographic areas and subpopulations at increased risk for PCP...

..This finding has important implications for public health practice and social epidemiological research in large urban areas, which face significant disparities both in health and in social and economic conditions...

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..Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock is associated with high morbidity and mortality...

..Nevertheless, the control rate among patients taking prescribed medication and/or therapeutic lifestyle modification has remained about the same for the past several decades...

..We suggest emerging imperatives in Ecohealth to help restore Tibetan livelihoods in transition to a sedentary lifestyle...

..The purpose of this study was to determine hospitalizations for heart failure in the U.S. during the past 26 years...

..This study examines trends in stroke hospitalization from 1988 to 2004...

..The findings of this paper reveal the complex nature of regulating health care in transitional China...

..CONCLUSIONS: Pelvic diameters could affect the success of sphincter preservation for low rectal cancer patients besides the distance from anal verge and body mass index...

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..686) influencing the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer. CONCLUSION: Tissue microarray technique is effective method to detect multiple gene protein expression. Pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer is associated with p53, p16, and COX-2...

..The precision (RSD, n = 13) was 2.5% at the 1 microg L(-1) level. The present methodology was successfully applied to selective determination of trace palladium in local road dusts and roadside soils...

..This would be important for policy to eliminate the health disparity. ..