The methodological quality assessment tools for preclinical and clinical studies, systematic review and meta‐analysis, and clinical practice guideline: a systematic …

X Zeng, Y Zhang, JSW Kwong, C Zhang… - Journal of evidence …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To systematically review the methodological assessment tools for pre‐clinical and
clinical studies, systematic review and meta‐analysis, and clinical practice guideline …

Sleep duration and risk of all-cause mortality: a flexible, non-linear, meta-regression of 40 prospective cohort studies

TZ Liu, C Xu, M Rota, H Cai, C Zhang, MJ Shi… - Sleep medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
Summary Approximately 27–37% of the general population experience prolonged sleep
duration and 12–16% report shortened sleep duration. However, prolonged or shortened …

Electroconvulsive therapy for treatment‐resistant schizophrenia

DJM Sinclair, S Zhao, F Qi, K Nyakyoma… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) involves the induction of a seizure by the
administration of an electrical stimulus via electrodes usually placed bilaterally on the scalp …

Periodontal disease and risk of coronary heart disease: An updated meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

WD Leng, XT Zeng, JSW Kwong… - International …, 2015 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
The link between periodontal disease and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been
proposed for more than a century, and a number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses …

Periodontal disease and carotid atherosclerosis: A meta-analysis of 17,330 participants

XT Zeng, WD Leng, YY Lam, BP Yan, XM Wei… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and objectives The association between periodontal disease and carotid
atherosclerosis has been evaluated primarily in single-center studies, and whether …

Dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors, glucagon‐like peptide 1 receptor agonists and sodium‐glucose co‐transporter‐2 inhibitors for people with cardiovascular disease: a …

Y Takaoka, T Suzuki, D Yoneoka… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death globally. Recently,
dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitors (DPP4i), glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP …

Periodontal disease and incident lung cancer risk: a meta‐analysis of cohort studies

XT Zeng, LY Xia, YG Zhang, S Li… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Periodontal disease is linked to a number of systemic diseases such as
cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. Recent evidence has suggested periodontal …

Shengmai (a traditional Chinese herbal medicine) for heart failure

Q Zhou, WZ Qin, SB Liu, JSW Kwong… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. Shengmai, a
traditional Chinese herbal medicine, has long been used as a complementary treatment for …

Herbal medicines for viral myocarditis

ZL Liu, ZJ Liu, JP Liu… - Cochrane Database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Herbal medicines are used as treatment for viral diseases such as viral
myocarditis, and numerous clinical trials have been conducted to investigate their efficacy …

[HTML][HTML] Internal fixation treatments for intertrochanteric fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized evidence

J Yu, C Zhang, L Li, JSW Kwong, L Xue, X Zeng… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The relative effects of internal fixation strategies for intertrochanteric fracture after operation
remain uncertain. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized …