Shaochen Guan

Area of research

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Psychiatry and Mental health

Research interest

Research topics from publications: Prevalence and Incidence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older People: Beijing Longitudinal Study of Aging II; Prevalence of hyperuricemia among Beijing post-menopausal women in 10 years; Serum uric acid and impaired cognitive function in community-dwelling elderly in Beijing; The link of depression, untreated hypertension, and diabetes with mortality in postmenopausal women: A cohort study. Representative work: OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of frailty and evaluate the effect of frailty on adverse outcomes in Chinese elderly adults. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort study. SETTING: Community in Beijing, China. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals aged 55 and older (N = 10,039). MEASUREMENTS: A Frailty Index (FI) was derived from 34 items using Rockwood's cumulative deficits method. A FI of 0.25 or greater indicated frailty. The clinical outcome was evaluated using a composite variable of any of the following adverse events: falls, hospitalization, activity of daily living disability, and death. RESULTS: The overall crude prevalence of frailty was 12.3% (95% confidence inte OBJECTIVE: To explore the association of depression, as well as untreated hypertension or diabetes with all-cause death in community-based postmenopausal women in Beijing. METHODS: A cohort of 863 community-based postmenopausal women with no history of cardiovascular heart disease (CHD), stroke, cancer, or dementia was investigated on 20 July-28 September 2009 at baseline. Depression was diagnosed using the 30-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale with CES-D ≥ 11. Meanwhile, data on health behavior, physical comorbidity, and social support at baseline were collected. These individuals were followed up from 20 July to 30 August 2014. All-cause mortality and cause of d

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