Rong Huang

Emerging Malnutrition During Hospitalisation Independently Predicts Poor 3-Month Outcomes after Acute Stroke: Data from a Chinese Cohort

OBJECTIVEnQuestions exist regarding the causal relationship between malnutrition and stroke outcomes. This study aimed to determine whether nutritional status changes or malnutrition during hospitalisation could predict 3-month outcomes in acute stroke patients.nnnMETHODSnDuring a 10-month period, patients who suffered their first stroke within 7 days after stroke onset were included in this prospective multi-centre study. The demographic parameters, stroke risk and severity factors, malnutrition risk factors and dysphagia were recorded. Nutritional status was assessed by 3 anthropometric and 3 biochemical indices. Changes in nutritional status were defined by comparing the admission values with the 2-week values. A Modified Rankin Scale score of 3-6 was defined as a poor outcome at the 3-month follow-up. Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the power of nutritional status changes in predicting poor patient outcomes.nnnRESULTSnData from 760 patients were analysed. Poor outcomes were observed in 264 (34.7%) patients. Malnutrition prevalence was 3.8% at admission and 7.5% after 2-weeks in hospital, which could not predict 3-month outcome. Emerging malnutrition was observed in 36 patients (4.7%) during the 2-week hospitalisation period and independently predicted poor 3-month outcomes after adjusting for confounding factors (odds ratio 1.37, 95% confidence interval 1.03-1.83).nnnCONCLUSIONSnEmerging malnutrition during hospitalisation independently predicted poor 3-month outcomes in acute stroke patients in this study.

Mantle Transition Zone Structure Beneath Southeastern China and its Implications for Stagnant Slab and Water Transportation in the Mantle

We determined depth variation of the 410- and 660-km discontinuities beneath southeastern China by common-converted-point stacking of

Seismic and Geologic Evidence of Water‐Induced Earthquakes in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of China

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EmpiricalMw–ML,mb, andMsConversions in Western China

P-wave receiver functions of 121 permanent Chinese seismic stations. We then combined the results with seismic velocity variation to estimate temperature and water content variations in the mantle transition zone of the region. Previous tomographic studies have shown a stagnant slab in the mantle transition zone in eastern Asia that is connected to subduction of the western Pacific. Temperature variations obtained clearly outline the shape of the stagnant slab, with its western edge at 113.5

Crustal structure of Hubei Province of China from teleseismic receiver functions: Evidence for lower crust delamination

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Detailed Moho geometry beneath southeastern China and its implications on thinning of continental crust

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