China Kadoorie Biobank
The China Kadoorie Biobank is acquiring genomic data on half a million Chinese participants.
It collected questionnaire and physical data and blood samples on 510,000 men and women aged between 30 and 79 from 10 regions in China between 2004-2008 with the aim of investigating chronic diseases (e.g. heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and cancer). Participants have been linked to mortality registers and nationwide health systems and a sub-group of 25,000 are retested every few years. It is a joint venture by the University of Oxford’s Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. [1]
Research based on the biobank published by the American Thoracic Society in 2018 found that respiratory disease hospitalization or death were 36% higher among people who used wood or coal for cooking compared to those who used electricity or gas.[2]
A study published in Heart based on the biobank found that people who ate an egg a day had a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease overall than those who ate no eggs. They had a 25% lower incidence of hemorrhagic stroke, and a 12% reduction in risk of ischemic heart disease.[3]
References
- ^ (2014) China Kadoorie Biobank University of Oxford, Retrieved 28 January 2015
- ^ "Cooking with wood or coal is linked to increased risk of respiratory illness and death". Science Daily. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Recent studies show the benefits of eating eggs". Daily Herald. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.