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Gong Yang

Researcher at Fudan University

Publications -  324
Citations -  18447

Gong Yang is an academic researcher from Fudan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 302 publications receiving 15925 citations. Previous affiliations of Gong Yang include Zhejiang University & Vanderbilt University.

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Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

TL;DR: Underweight was associated with a substantially increased risk of death in all Asian populations, however, the excess risk of died was seen among East Asians but not among Indians and Bangladeshis.
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Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

Stig E. Bojesen, +455 more
- 01 Apr 2013 - 
TL;DR: Using the Illumina custom genotyping array iCOGs, SNPs at the TERT locus in breast, ovarian and BRCA1 mutation carrier cancer cases and controls and leukocyte telomere measurements are analyzed to find associations cluster into three independent peaks.
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Prospective study of dietary carbohydrates, glycemic index, glycemic load, and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Chinese women.

TL;DR: High intake of foods with a high glycemic index and glycemic load, especially rice, the main carbohydrate-contributing food in this population, may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese women.
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The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics

TL;DR: The Shanghai Women's Health Study recruited 74,942 adult Chinese women from selected urban communities from 1996 to 2000, with a 92% response rate, and the resources from the cohort will be valuable in future studies of environmental exposures and biomarkers for the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases.
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Validity and reproducibility of the food frequency questionnaire used in the Shanghai Women's Health Study.

TL;DR: Data indicate that the Shanghai Women's Health Study FFQ can reliably and accurately measure usual intake of major nutrients and food groups among women in Shanghai.