• Chinese Famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic. 

      Zimmet, Paul; Shi, Zumin; El-Osta, Assam; Ji, Linong ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      We thank Li et al. (The effect of the Chinese Famine on type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemics. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 15, 313–314 (2019))1 for their interest in our paper and agree that some studies on the association between ...
    • The Circadian Syndrome Is a Significant and Stronger Predictor for Cardiovascular Disease than the Metabolic Syndrome-The NHANES Survey during 2005-2016. 

      Shi, Zumin; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Kronfeld-Schor, Noga; Alberti, George; Stern, Naftali; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)
      The study aimed to compare the predictive value of the Circadian Syndrome (CircS) and Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We used data of 12,156 adults aged ≥20 years who attended National Health ...
    • The circadian syndrome predicts cardiovascular disease better than metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults. 

      Shi, Z; Tuomilehto, J; Kronfeld-Schor, N; Alberti, G K; Stern, N; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2020 , Article)
      To compare the predictive value of the circadian syndrome (CircS) and Metabolic syndrome (MetS) for cardiovascular disease. We used the data of 9360 Chinese adults aged ≥40 years from the 2011 China Health and Retirement ...
    • COVID-19, Diabetes, and Associated Health Outcomes in China: Results from a Nationwide Survey of 10 545 Adults 

      Shi, Zumin; Yan, Alice; Zimmet, Paul; Sun, Xiaoming; Cristina Do Vale Moreira, Nayla; ... more authors ( Thieme Gruppe , 2021 , Article)
      This study examined the associations between diabetes and self-reported/familial COVID-19 infection and investigated health-related outcomes among those with diabetes during China's nationwide quarantine. The 2020 China ...
    • Epidemic T2DM, early development and epigenetics: implications of the Chinese Famine. 

      Zimmet, Paul; Shi, Zumin; El-Osta, Assam; Ji, Linong ( Nature Research , 2018 , Article Review)
      The gene-environment interactions resulting from famine and the subsequent increased intergenerational risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have contributed to the current epidemic of T2DM in China, which poses major ...
    • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults 

      Nowell H, Phelps; Singleton, Rosie K; Zhou, Bin; Heap, Rachel A; Mishra, Anu; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2024 , Article)
      BackgroundUnderweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from ...