Chien Tien SuTaipei Medical University | TMU · School of Public Health
Chien Tien Su
Doctor of Medicine
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Background
Digital Health Literacy (DHL) is crucial in navigating digital health environments, yet few studies focus on older adults.
Objective
Explore the associations of digital health information and resource utilization, IT-related social support, and barriers/enhancers to digital health service usage with DHL among older adults.
Methods
A cr...
Background
Hypertension is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Enhancing health literacy (HL) may help to alleviate the risk of hypertension and its burden. However, evidence on the association between HL and hypertension and potential mechanisms remain to be explored.Objectives
This study examined the association between HL and hypert...
Background: Hypertension is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Enhancing health literacy (HL) may help to alleviate the risk of hypertension and its burden. However, evidence on the association between HL and hypertension and potential mechanisms remain to be explored.
Objectives: This study examined the association between HL and hyp...
Objective
Health literacy (HL) is the degree of individuals’ capacity to access, understand, appraise and apply health information and services required to make appropriate health decisions. This study aimed to establish a predictive algorithm for identifying community-dwelling older adults with a high risk of limited HL.
Design
A cross-sectional...
The neonatal hepatitis B vaccination (HBVac) was implemented 35 years ago in Taiwan, but many vaccinees exhibit inadequate long-term vaccine-induced seroprotective hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) levels. We investigated the association of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles (DPA1, DPB1, DQA1, and DQB1) with the long-term immunological...
Aims/hypothesis Worldwide, the information regarding the associations between long-term exposure to ozone (O3) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) and the development of type 2 diabetes remains scarce, especially in Asia. This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of exposure to ambient O3 and SO2 on the incidence of type 2 diabetes with considerat...
This study aims to investigate spousal concordance in dietary behaviors, spousal concordance in metabolic components (MCs), and their association. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Taiwan from November 2014 to May 2015. Matched-pair analysis, McNemar’s test, logistic regression analysis, and stratified analysis were performed. A total of 90...
Background
Health literacy (HL) is the capacity to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information to make appropriate health decisions. This study aimed to establish a predictive algorithm for identifying community-dwelling older adults at a high risk of low HL.
Methods
A total of 648 older adults were included and 85% was used to gene...
The association between traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) exposure and cardiovascular effects has been reported in previous epidemiological studies. However, the effects of different commuting modes on TRAP exposure and TRAP-induced cardiovascular effects in healthy adults during commuting are not well known. We recruited 120 healthy adults in T...
Polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and methionine synthase (MTR) are related to cognitive dysfunction and mental disability. These genes, along with folate and vitamin B12 levels, are regulators of one-carbon metabolism, which synthesizes S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) as a methyl donor for arsenic methylation. The aim of this...
Introduction: The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness in HbA1c lowering and self-efficacy of diabetes self-management of a 6 months coaching intervention.
Methods: This paper was a two-armed coaching intervention study in which 116 participants who presented type 2 diabetes were recruited at a medical center. The intervention group h...
Background: Health literacy (HL) is an important factor in improving health inequalities in poor and marginalized groups. Assessing comprehensive HL is critical. In this study, we validated the use of a comprehensive short-form HL survey tool (HLS-SF12) and examined the determinants of HL among people in rural areas. Methods: A cross-sectional stud...
Developmental delay has been associated with inefficient arsenic methylation capacity in preschool children. Folate and vitamin B12 are important nutrients that produce s-adenosylmethionine during single-carbon metabolism and provide methyl groups for arsenic methylation. The aim of the present study was to explore whether plasma folate and vitamin...
Background:
To investigate the association between insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks among hemodialysis patients.
Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional study between 2013 and 2017, on 384 hemodialysis patients from seven hospital-based-dialysis centers. HOMA-IR is classified according to median value. The CVD risks...
Background:
The hyperhomocysteinemia was with high prevalence and has been considered as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients. These patients also experienced a high risk of muscle wasting caused by the comorbidity, malnutrition, and low physical activity. We investigated the associations of homocysteinemia with muscle...
Inefficient arsenic methylation capacity has been associated with developmental delay in preschool children. Selenium has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that protect experimental animals from chemically induced neurotoxicity. The present study was designed to explore whether plasma selenium levels affects arsenic methylation capacity...
This study aimed to determine the interaction of red blood cell cadmium and lead, total urinary arsenic, and plasma selenium in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We recruited 220 CKD patients as well as 438 gender- and age-matched controls, and we defined CKD as <60 mL/min/1.73 m ² estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)for three or more consecutiv...
This paper discusses using computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) to distinguish between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), i.e., the most common type of primary liver malignancy and a leading cause of death in people with cirrhosis worldwide, and liver abscess based on ultrasound image texture features and a support vector machine (SVM) classifier. Among 79...
Background:
Smoking cessation is the most common preventative for an array of diseases, including lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Although there are many efforts advocating for smoking cessation, smoking is still highly prevalent. For instance, in the USA in 2015, 50% of all smokers attempted to quit smoking, and only 5-7% o...
This paper discusses the computer-aided (CAD) classification between Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), i.e., the most common type of liver cancer, and Liver Abscess, based on ultrasound image texture features and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. Among 79 cases of liver diseases, with 44 cases of HCC and 35 cases of liver abscess, this researc...
Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been established as a risk for cardiovascular diseases and mortality in hemodialysis patients. Energy intake (EI) is an important nutritional therapy for preventing MetS. We examined the association of self-reported dietary EI with metabolic abnormalities and MetS among hemodialysis patients. Method...
As reported by the Taiwan Cancer Registry in 2013 squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck cancer (HNSCC) was the sixth most frequently diagnosed cancer and the 5th most common cause of cancer related death and its incidence and mortality rate is still rising. The co-occurrence of HNSCC and secondary primary cancer (SPC) and the chemopreventive eff...
The distribution of secondary primary cancer in aspirin users and non-aspirin users among HNSCC patients identified during 2000–2011.
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Objective: To modify the hemodialysis eating index (m-HDEI) aligning with the Healthy Eating Index released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); and to investigate the associations of the m-HDEI with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
Methods: In a clinical cross-sectional study, we recruited 492 HD patients,...
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The current study was to examine the association of adequate intake of macronutrients and micronutrients with traditional and nontraditional cardiovascular risk factors in hemodialysis patients.
A clinical cross-sectional study was conducted between September 2013 and April 2017 on 492 hemodialysis patients aged 20 years and above, received thrice-...
Cigarette smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke are well-known risk factors for urothelial carcinoma (UC). We conducted a hospital-based case-control study involving 287 UC cases and 574 cancer-free controls to investigate the joint effects of cigarette smoking and polymorphisms of inflammatory genes on UC risk. Tumor necrosis factor...
Arsenic exposure is an environmental risk factor for urothelial carcinoma (UC). The natural history of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) differs from that of bladder cancer (BC). However, the risk factors of BC and UTUC are not exactly the same and should be discussed separately. The aims of this study were to evaluate 1) the association betw...
The mechanisms underlying how arsenic methylation capacity affects bladder cancer (BC) are still unclear. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of polymorphisms of arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) on BC risk. We conducted a hospital-based study and enrolled 216 BC and 813 healthy controls from 2007 to 2011. Ur...
Our recent study found that high urinary total arsenic levels were associated with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Recent studies demonstrated that low circulating adiponectin was related to RCC. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between adiponectin gene (ADIPOQ) polymorphisms and RCC and investigate whether individuals with...
Dietary energy intake strongly linked to dialysis outcomes. We aimed to explore the optimal cut-off point of energy intake (EI) for identification of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in hemodialysis patients. The cross-sectional data of 243 hemodialysis patients from multi-dialysis centers in Taiwan was used. The dietary intake was assessed by using the t...
Background
In this study, the long-term efficacy of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination was assessed using seroprevalence and an age–period–cohort (APC) model of HBV seromarkers among university entrants 30 years after the introduction of the national neonatal HBV vaccination program in Taiwan.
Methods
In total, data of 17,611 university entrants...
The increasing prevalence of obesity and sedentary lifestyles has led to a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) worldwide as well as in Taiwan. Middle-aged women are at a greater risk of MetS, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease than men because they have more subcutaneous fat and larger waist circumferences compared with men with...
Scope:
In adults, >90% of the daily iron requirement is derived from macrophage-mediated heme iron recycling from senescent red blood cells (RBCs) or free hemoglobin (Hb). Currently, the effects of pharmacological doses of iron supplementation on RBCs and heme iron recycling in obesity are unclear.
Methods and results:
Sprague Dawley rats were f...
This study was designed to explore the relationship between X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) gene polymorphisms and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and to investigate whether individuals with an XRCC1 risk genotype, a high level of 8-OHdG or a high urinary total arsenic concentration have a modified odds ratio (OR) of RCC. We recruited 1...
The goal of the present study was to compare the influence of the methylation capacity of arsenic, as well as insulin resistance on psychological characteristics of school students from elementary and junior high school. 296 elementary and 318 junior high school students participated in health examinations, completed questionnaires and determined t...
Background
Multiple common variants identified by genome-wide association studies showed limited evidence of the risk of breast cancer in Taiwan. In this study, we analyzed the breast cancer risk in relation to 13 individual single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified by a GWAS in an Asian population. Methods
In total, 446 breast cancer patie...
Inefficient arsenic methylation capacity has been associated with developmental delay in children. The present study was designed to explore whether polymorphisms and haplotypes of arsenic methyltransferase (AS3MT), glutathione-S-transferase omegas (GSTOs), and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) affect arsenic methylation capacity and developmen...
This paper studies the nonlinear control law for a class of glucose-insulin regulatory systems with disturbance caused by meal ingestion. With this design, the closed-loop system will be robust to disturbance. At the same time, the proposed control law owns flexibility for people in prechoosing a desired regulation control law for the nominal syste...
Background. A patient-centered approach has its role in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Self-care, lifestyle change, drugs adherence and motivation are challenges for both patients and physicians. Health coaching includes psychological counseling, positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, solution-focused therapy, motivat...
Background
No population-based irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) incidence data among Taiwanese adults are available. Whether IBS is associated with risk of organic colonic diseases remains unanswered. We investigated 1) the sex- and age-stratified trends in the annual incidence of IBS, and 2) the risk of selected organic diseases in patients with IBS...
Background:
The association of renal cancer with viral hepatitis infection remains unclear. Using an insurance data set, this population-based case-control study evaluated the association of renal cancer with chronic hepatitis virus infection in an endemic area of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Methods:
We enrolle...
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Objective
The association between Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and chronic hepatitis virus infection is inconclusive. Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are highly prevalent in Taiwan. We used a population-based case-control study to evaluate the associations between SS and HBV and HCV infections.
Materials and Methods
We identifi...
Objectives: This study investigated the effects of calorie restriction supplemented with fish oil (CRF) in middle-aged women with MetS. Design: An open-label, parallel-arm, controlled trial was conduct for 12 weeks. Participants: Seventy-five eligible participants were randomly assigned either calorie restriction (CR) or CRF. Both dietary intervent...
The association between renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and diabetes mellitus (DM), alcohol consumption, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) gene, and arsenic exposure, has been the subject of independent studies. However, few studies have examined the combined effect of these factors on RCC risk. The aim of this study was to examine...
Background:
Accumulated evidence indicates that the incidence of early-onset breast cancer has rapidly increased in Taiwan and other Asian compared to Western countries. The mismatch repair (MMR) pathway might be one of the crucial mechanisms of predisposition to early breast cancer. In this study, we explored whether MMR gene polymorphisms contri...
Background:
This study evaluated hospitalization and mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV (+)) and matched comparison patients after stratifying the patients according to annual influenza vaccination (Vaccine (+)).
Methods:
Data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance program from 2000 to 2009 were used to identify...
Depression increases the risk of adverse cardiac events. Cardiovascular reactivity is defined as the pattern of cardiovascular responses to mental stress. An altered pattern of cardiovascular reactivity is an indicator of subsequent cardiovascular disease. Because depression and adverse cardiac events may have a dose-dependent association, this stu...
The aim of this study was to examine relationships of organizational culture and health behaviors with presenteeism.
Data of a self-reported questionnaire were collected from 816 employees, who joined the study on a voluntary basis, in seven enterprises in northern Taiwan.
Organizational culture and health behaviors were found to be significantly a...
We aimed to determine the efficacy of an 8-week direct blood pressure (BP) biofeedback training program for prehypertensive or stage I hypertensive patients with a particular focus on the impact of the authenticity of feedback signals on the efficacy of BP regulation.
This study has a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group design.
Fifty-nine indi...
The association between chronic hepatitis virus infection and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains debatable. This nationwide population-based cohort study assessed the risk of RA among patients with a chronic infection of hepatitis B and/or C virus.
We used data extracted from the claims of 1,000,000 randomly sampled individuals covered under the Tai...
Background: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is one of the transcriptional regulators of adipocyte differentiation; it was suggested to be a candidate gene modulating obesity, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. Aim: This study explored the association between PPARγ genetic polymorphisms (Pro12Ala and C161T) and the risk o...
To evaluate the risk of male infertility among patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
A nationwide, population-based cohort study.
Not applicable.
Men infected with HBV (n = 5,138) and men without HBV infection (n = 25,690).
None.
Male infertility, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modifi...
Underreporting occupational disease cases has been a long-standing problem in Taiwan, which hinders the progress in occupational health and safety. To address this problem, the government has founded the Network of Occupational Diseases and Injuries Service (NODIS) for occupational disease and injury services and established a new Internet-based re...
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, an international review of nuclear safety indicated that two of the three nuclear power plants (NPPs) operating in Taiwan were listed as the most dangerous in the world. To understand the perception of NPP risks by the public in Taiwan and their attitudes regarding a planned fourth NPP after the F...
DNA methylation has been shown to be a promising cancer biomarker. The aim of this study was to evaluate DNA methylation of three transcription factors, sex-determining region Y-box 1 (SOX1), paired box gene 1 (PAX1), and zinc-finger 582 (ZNF582), in detecting oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).
A case-control study was conducted at Taipei Medical...
Objective
To evaluate the effect of more vegetable intake on cardiovascular disease risk factors in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
Methods
This is a cross‐sectional study. All subjects were outpatients from Taipei Medical University Hospital. Fifty‐four HD patients and thirty‐five subjects with eGFR more than 60 ml/min/1.73m ² from department of Fami...
To explore the effectiveness of exercise program for banking and insurance workers and clarify the association between exercise, burnout, and metabolic syndrome components. In the process of the study, a practicable worksite exercise program was developed for bank and insurance enterprises. A three-month (12-wk) exercise course was conducted, and i...
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a member of the mammalian peroxidase superfamily and plays specific roles in host defense. This study aimed to explore the association between one polymorphism of MPO and hypertension risk. Study subjects were recruited from Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxiao Branch, Taipei Medical University Hospital and Taipei Municipal WanF...
The study aims to discover risk factors significantly correlated with insulin resistance among adolescents in Taiwan. A total of 339 study subjects were recruited in this cross-sectional study. A self-administered questionnaire and physical examinations including anthropometrics and biochemistry profiles were collected. Insulin resistance was asses...