• 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 ...
    • Early life exposure to 1959-1961 Chinese famine exacerbates association between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. 

      Shi, Zumin; Ji, Linong; Ma, Ronald C W; Zimmet, Paul ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      We aimed to assess whether early life exposure to the Chinese famine (1959-1961) modifies the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. Data from 4247 adults born ...
    • 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 ...
    • The circadian syndrome is a predictor for cognition impairment in middle-aged adults: Comparison with the metabolic syndrome 

      Shi, Zumin; Stern, Naftali; Liu, Jianghong; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Kronfeld-Schor, Noga; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2024 , Article)
      Aims Circadian syndrome (CircS) is considered a better predictor for cardiovascular disease than the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We aim to examine the associations between CircS and MetS with cognition in Chinese ...
    • 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 ...