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Tze Pin Ng

Researcher at National University of Singapore

Publications -  368
Citations -  16836

Tze Pin Ng is an academic researcher from National University of Singapore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 333 publications receiving 13928 citations. Previous affiliations of Tze Pin Ng include University Health System & Singapore Ministry of Health.

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Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in adult Chinese in Singapore.

TL;DR: The results indicate that whereas myopia is 1.5 to 2.5 times more prevalent in adult Chinese residing in Singapore than in similarly aged European-derived populations in the United States and Australia, the sociodemographic associations are similar.
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The prevalence of glaucoma in Chinese residents of Singapore: a cross-sectional population survey of the Tanjong Pagar district.

TL;DR: Current projections of glaucoma prevalence among ethnic Chinese are a substantial underestimate, according to a disproportionate, stratified, clustered, random-sampling procedure used in Singapore.
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Depressive symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effect on mortality, hospital readmission, symptom burden, functional status, and quality of life

TL;DR: Comorbid depressive symptoms in patients with COPD are associated with poorer survival, longer hospitalization stay, persistent smoking, increased symptom burden, and poorer physical and social functioning.
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Nutritional, Physical, Cognitive, and Combination Interventions and Frailty Reversal Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of 6-month-duration interventions with nutritional supplementation, physical training, cognitive training, and combination treatment vs control in reducing frailty among community-dwelling prefrail and frail older persons were compared.