2020
Attributable risk and economic cost of hospital admissions for mental disorders due to PM2.5 in Beijing
Wu Z, Chen X, Li G, Tian L, Wang Z, Xiong X, Yang C, Zhou Z, Pan X. Attributable risk and economic cost of hospital admissions for mental disorders due to PM2.5 in Beijing. The Science Of The Total Environment 2020, 718: 137274. PMID: 32109812, PMCID: PMC9429815, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admissionAttributable riskMental disordersEconomic burdenSignificant risk increaseMental health statusEffects of PMSubstantial morbidityStratified analysisElderly individualsHealth statusMedical expensesStudy periodAir quality guidelinesRisk increaseAdmissionTime trendsRiskEconomic costsDisordersPossible correlationBurdenAerodynamic diameterExposureDaily increaseLinking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
Li Y, Xue QL, Odden MC, Chen X, Wu C. Linking early life risk factors to frailty in old age: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Age And Ageing 2020, 49: 208-217. PMID: 31957780, PMCID: PMC7047816, DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life risk factorsLife risk factorsRisk factorsChildhood health statusRetirement Longitudinal StudyRisk differenceHealth statusChina HealthOlder ageOlder adultsAbsolute risk differenceCross-sectional studyLongitudinal studyUnfavorable socioeconomic statusLate-life frailtyWorse health conditionsChinese older adultsMiddle-income countriesDevelopment of diseaseHigh riskLower riskRepresentative cohortMultinomial regression modelsHealth conditionsFrailty
2019
Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China
Liu Y, Chen X, Yan Z. Depression in the house: The effects of household air pollution from solid fuel use among the middle-aged and older population in China. The Science Of The Total Environment 2019, 703: 134706. PMID: 31731156, PMCID: PMC9420076, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher CES-D scoresHousehold air pollutionSolid fuel usersCES-D scoresDepression riskPotential confoundersSolid fuel useEpidemiologic Studies Depression Scale scoreHAP exposureOlder populationFuel usersChronic lung diseaseClean fuel usersDepression Scale scoresPublic health effortsAmbient air pollutionHousehold solid fuel useAdverse health effectsLung diseaseDepression outcomesChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseHealth effortsScale scoreHealth status
2017
Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?
Zhang X, Zhang X, Chen X. Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being? Journal Of Environmental Economics And Management 2017, 85: 81-94. PMID: 29081551, PMCID: PMC5654562, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.04.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China
Chen X. Commercial plasma donation and individual health in impoverished rural China. Health Economics Review 2014, 4: 30. PMID: 26208930, PMCID: PMC4502079, DOI: 10.1186/s13561-014-0030-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommercial plasma donationSelf-rated healthPlasma donationPlasma donorsInfectious diseasesLower self-rated healthHepatitis C epidemicWorse health statusHIV/AIDSAppetite lossHepatitis screeningC epidemicHealth statusAge groupsNegative health impactsBlood bankFrequent donationsEffective interventionsWidespread epidemicStandard deviation declineHealth impactsHigher chanceIndividual healthLinear regression modelsEffects model