Perinatal listeriosis patients at a maternity hospital in Beijing, China

Abstract

167Obesity, coronary heart disease risk factors and diabetes in Chinese: an approach to the criteria of obesity in the Chinese population for the Chinese and what the relationship is between weight gain and the development of CHD or Type 2 diabetes risk in the Chinese population. It is this issue on which we focus in the present analysis.The studies used for the present analyses relate to cross-sectional data obtained in 1990 on 2856 subjects (25-70 years of age) taken as part of a survey on the prevalence of essential hypertension. It is this study that is used for assessing the clustering of CHD risk factors. These risk factors were (1) hypertension (HP); (2) hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG); (3) low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol obesity reviews SummaryThe aim of this work was to study the relationship between excess body weight and the risks of hypertension and diabetes in the population of northeastern China. Subsections of a cross-sectional survey in Da Qing City were used to assess the relationship of excess weight to risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD). A 6-year prospective study also assessed the probability of developing Type 2 diabetes. A total of 2856 adults (25-70 years of age) were assessed cross-sectionally and 629 non-diabetic subjects of similar age were followed-up for 6 years. Blood pressure, plasma fasting glucose, triglycerides, high-density lipoporotein (HDL) cholesterol and fibrinogen levels were measured as well as weight, height and waist and hip circumferences. About 45% of adults had a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25.0. Risk factors increased with increasing BMI from a baseline value of 21.0: at a BMI of 23.0-24.9, the risk of hypertension and hypertriglyceridaemia doubled; the risk increased threefold at a BMI of 25.0-26.9. The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes increased progressively in women within the normal BMI range and in men from a BMI of 25.0. Type 2 diabetes was four times as common if the BMI was >27.0. Increasing waist measurements predicted 10-fold increases in hypertension and a three-to-five times increased risk of diabetes. Suitable waist cut-off points were 85 cm for men and 80 cm for women, with statistical analysis showing waist as the more dominant predictor of risk than age, waist-to-hip ratios or BMIs. Hence, small increases in BMI, and particularly in waist circumference, predict a substantial increase in the risk of diabetes and risk for CHD, especially hypertension, in Chinese adults.

A comprehensive analysis of listeriosis in 13 pregnant women and 27 newborns in Xi’an from 2011 to 2020

“…Neonatal listeriosis can occur by direct transmission from mother to fetus. Swallowing amniotic fluid can also be a route of fetal infection (8).…”

Listeriosis in pregnancy: a common yet underdiagnosed cause of febrile illness.

“…Studies also report neonatal listeria infection to be the commonest cause of neonatal meningitis. The reported overall neonatal fatality rate is 57.1%, 100% in second trimester and 14.3% in third trimester [2,3] . Confirmation of infection is done by positive body fluid, blood or tissue culture, like placenta [10] .…”

“…Vertical transmission in fetus is common, resulting in miscarriage, preterm labor, fetal death, neonatal meningitis, and sepsis [2,3] . To reduce such high fetal mortality and maternal complications, preemptively treatment should be initiated and therefore, listeria infection should be considered high in the list of differential diagnosis in pregnant women presenting with febrile illness.…”

A vigilant observation to pregnancy associated listeriosis in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The possible hematogenous dissemination of this maternal infection would end up with adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as miscarriage, stillbirths, and preterm labor [3,6]. The recent report from China was the best example to show the hits of feto-neonatal mortality (57.1%) arose from perinatal listeriosis [7].…”