Cohort Profile: The Dongfeng–Tongji cohort study of retired workers

Feng Wang; Jiang Zhu; Ping Yao; Xiulou Li; Meian He; Yuewei Liu; Jing Yuan; Weihong Chen; Li Zhou; Xinwen Min; Weimin Fang; Yuan Liang; Youjie Wang; Sheng Wei; Jichun Liu; Xiaoping Miao; Mingjian Lang; Xixiang Jiang; Peng Zhang; Dongfeng Li; Chuanwen Lu; Xiaozheng Wang; Shi Wen-hu; Jianru Zheng; Huan Guo; Xiaomin Zhang; Handong Yang; Frank B Hu; Tangchun Wu

doi:10.1093/ije/dys053

Abstract

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China has seen rapid socio-economic and epidemiolo-gical changes over the past several decades. Economicgrowth plus shifts in environment, lifestyles and diethave increased life expectancy, but they have also ledto a higher burden of chronic, non-communicablediseases. Stroke, coronary heart disease (CHD), cancerand diabetes account for 80% of the deaths and 70%of the disability-adjusted life-years lost in China.

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