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- New evidence on optimum blood pressure levels for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults
- Smoking increases the risks of 56 diseases in Chinese adults
- Professor Zhengming Chen elected to the Academia Europaea
- Diagnostic accuracy of major stroke types in Chinese adults
- New study confirms an infectious bacterium is a major cause of stomach cancer in China
- Changing drinking patterns in China could drive a major increase in liver diseases
- Cooking with coal or wood associated with increased risk of major eye diseases
- New study reveals diverging trends in obesity by gender and region in China
- New practical guide to biobank studies for researchers and students
- Overall deaths did NOT increase for most Chinese regions during the initial COVID-19 outbreak
- New study sheds light on why East Asian people are more prone to type 2 diabetes
- Improvements in cardiovascular care and outcomes linked with China’s healthcare reforms
- £10 million for cancer epidemiology studies
- Red meat and fish consumption in China associated with risk of diabetes
- Study finds 8% of Chinese men are problem drinkers
- Why we need large prospective studies in different populations
- Long-term use of solid fuels for cooking and tobacco smoking are linked to higher risk of death from chronic liver diseases
- Moderate alcohol consumption does not protect against stroke
- High cholesterol strongly linked to risk of stroke
- Burning wood or coal to cook increases risk of respiratory illness
- Household air pollution linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease
- Smoking associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes
- Genetic study in Chinese adults shows no benefit of raising “good” cholesterol
- Breastfeeding may reduce a mother’s heart attack and stroke risk
- Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of diabetes and related complications in Chinese adults
- Chinese adults with diabetes lose 9 years of life
- New genetic research can significantly improve drug development
- Fresh fruit associated with lower risk of heart attack and stroke
- Adverse consequences of uncontrolled hypertension in China
- Blood biomarker datasets released for Open Access research
- Research on Epstein–Barr virus antibodies and cancer detection wins Cancer Big Data Award
- Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation
- Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries
- Trans-Ancestry Genome-Wide investigation in up to 3.4 million individuals fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use
- Global biobank meta-analysis initiative: powering genetic discovery across human disease
- Insights into the genetics of human height
- Intakes of major food groups in China and UK: results from 100,000 adults in the China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank
- Risks of stroke and heart disease following hysterectomy and oophorectomy in Chinese pre-menopausal women
- Impacts of solid fuel use versus smoking on life expectancy at age 30 years in the rural and urban Chinese population
- Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy at age 30 years in the Chinese population
- Gender differences in use of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for acute ischaemic heart disease in Chinese adults
- Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in China
- The 2nd CKB Workshop on Chronic Infection and Health
- 3rd resurvey of CKB participants completed
- Pek Kei (Becky) Im awarded a three-year NDPH Intermediate Research Fellowship
- Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Awarded
- BGI visit to China Kadoorie Biobank
- Online public engagement survey about processed meat consumption in China
- Phase III CKB study collaboration agreement signed between Oxford and Peking University
- New data release for open access users
- Oxford and Peking Universities sign Memorandum of Understanding to foster closer cooperation
- CKB hosts Data Science Symposium at Peking University
- Maintaining healthy sleep patterns linked to changes in frailty status
- Alcohol consumption increases the risks of over 60 diseases
- Genetic data from a Chinese population facilitates the study of global disease risk
- Study of blood proteins in biobank studies uncovers new treatment development targets for heart disease
- Folic acid supplements may reduce the risk of stroke in people with genetic predisposition
- Alcohol consumption increases the risk of major causes of death
- Study of blood proteins reveals multiple new mechanisms of action and potential treatment targets for obesity
- Stronger tobacco control measures needed to halt rising burden of premature deaths from smoking-related diseases in China
- Dr Pek Kei Im awarded a Wellcome Career Development Award
- Study of blood proteins improves risk prediction and identifies new drug targets for diabetes
- Second annual symposium on human proteome and health
- Simple blood test for Epstein-Barr virus may improve early detection of nasopharyngeal cancer
- Proteins carried in the blood offer new insights into ageing and age-related disease risk
- Excess nighttime heat significantly increases risk of emergency hospital admission
- China Kadoorie Biobank celebrates 20th anniversary
- New insights into proteins that may influence adiposity levels in lean Chinese adults
- Symposium on health effects of alcohol consumption in diverse populations
- Understanding blood proteins can improve risk prediction for heart attacks
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- Rebecca Stevens
- Dan Schmidt Valle
- Hannah Fry
- Lin Wang
- Xiaoming Yang
- Pek Kei Im
- Derrick Bennett
- Huaidong Du
- Iain Turnbull
- Iona Millwood
- Jonathan Clarke
- Olaa Mohamed-Ahmed
- Neil Wright
- Daniel Avery
- Maria Kakkoura
- Qunhua (Judith) Nie
- Robert Clarke
- Pang Yao
- Andri Iona
- Paul Ryder
- Simon Gilbert
- Christiana Kartsonaki
- Sam Morris
- Zhengming Chen
- Ahmed Edris
- Mohsen Mazidi
- Jacqueline Murphy
- Ruth Boxall
- Hubert Lam
- Xiao Han
- Qingmei Xia
- Chao Liu
- Yuanjie Pang
- Dianjianyi Sun
- Liming Li
- Junshi Chen
- Can Hou
- Jun Lv
- Pei Pei
- Canqing Yu
- Jiale Fu
- Hanyu Wang
- James Liu
- Baihan Wang
- Huike Cheng
- Charles Li
- Clara Bueno Lopez
- Alexander Tinworth
- Maryam Rahmati
- Xinyi Yan
- Yuanyuan Chen
- Xuan Li
- Yangfan Li
- Yifan Xing
- Shizhe Xu
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