NAME: Hu, Dongsheng

POSITION TITLE: Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Department of Preventive Medicine & Director, Professor Committee, Shenzhen University School of Medicine

EDUCATION/TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	Completion Date MM/YYYY	FIELD OF STUDY
Department of Preventive Medicine, Henan Medical University, Henan, China	MD	07/1985	Preventive Medicine
College of Public Health, Henan Medical University, Henan, China	MPH	07/1990	Epidemiology
Peking Union Medical College and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China	PhD	12/2007	Epidemiology and Biostatistics

 

A.   Personal Statement

 

My research interest is epidemiology of cardiometabolic disorders. Currently, a cohort with 20194 study participants followed over 10 years was used to investigate the risk factors, etiology,  and secular trends of cardiometabolic diseases in China.

 

B.   Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment

07/1985 – 09/1987      Assistant and Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health , Henan Medical University, Henan, China

09/1990 – 10/1996      Lecturer and Associate Director, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Henan Medical University, Henan , China

10/1996 – 10/1997      Associate Professor and Director, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Henan Medical University, Henan , China

10/1997 – 06/1999      Research Fellow, MedStar Research Institute, Washington, America

07/1999 – 11/2000      Postdoctoral Research Fellow, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

12/2000 – 02/2009      Professor of Epidemiology, Dean , College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University , Henan , China

03/2009 – present       Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Department of Preventive Medicine & Director, Professor Committee , Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Guangdong, China

 

Other Experience and Honors

1.    The third prize for medical scientific achievement of Henan Province: 1993

2.    Excellent young and middle aged teacher of Henan Medical University : 1994

3.    The a dvanced individual of three aspects of education of Henan Medical University : 1994

4.    The second prize for lecture contest awarded by College of Public Health, Henan Medical University : 1995

5.    The third prize for lecture contest awarded by Henan Medical University : 1995

6.    Standing council member & Secretary General, Nosocomial Infection Control Association of Henan Province, China: 1994-1997

7.    Member, Steering Committee of Nosocomial Infection Control for Middle and South Areas of China: 1994-1997

8.    Member, American Public Health Association: 1999

9.    Recognition and commendation to Dongsheng Hu, MD., MPH in satisfactory completion of a research fellowship in epidemiology, awarded by MedStar Research Institute, Washington, DC : 2000

10.  The third prize for medical scientific achievement of Henan Province: 2 000

11.  The third prize for scientific and technological progress of Henan Province : 2000

12.  Excellent young and middle aged teacher of Henan Province: 200 1

13.  The a dvanced individual of three aspects of education of Zhengzhou University: 2002

14.  E xcellent achievement award of Zhengzhou City, Henan, China: 20 03

15.  The second prize for e xcellent achievement of practical social science of Henan Province : 2003

16.  The model worker of Zhengzhou City : 2003

17.  The a cademic and technical leaders of Henan Province: 2004

18.  The e xcellent teacher of Henan Province: 2004

19.  E xcellent communist party member of higher schools of Henan Province: 2006

20.  National prestigious and moral standard teacher, China: 2006

21.  Standing council member, Chinese Nosocomial Infection Control and Management Association: 2003-2006

22.  The third prize for China Association of Chinese Medicine: 2007

23.  Excellent instructor of the 6th " C hallenge C up" undergraduate competition of entrepreneurship plan of Henan Province : 2008

24.  Member, American Heart Association: 2008

25.  High-level talents of S henzhen City: 2009-2014

26.  The third prize for scientific and technological progress of Henan Province: 20 13 and 2014

27.  Excellent postgraduate supervisor awarded by Shenzhen University School of Medicine: 2016

28.  The prize for teaching and research project School of Medicine awarded by Shenzhen University School of Medicine: 2016

29.  The third prize for scientific research of School of Medicine awarded by Shenzhen University School of Medicine: 2016

30.  Council member, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association: 2005-present

31.  Council member, Chinese S moking C ontrol Association: 2009-present

 

C.   Research Support

Ongoing Research Support

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province key project (2017A030313452)                  

01/05/2017 to 01/05/2020

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                          ￥100,000

A study on the association between ABCG1 promoter methylation and its dynamic changing and type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81673260)                                         01/01/2017 to 12/31/2020

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                           ￥650,000

A prospective nested case-control study on the association of DNA methylation and its dynamic changing and type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Shenzhen Knowledge Innovation Plan (JCYJ20170412110537191)                       01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                ￥2,000,000

A cohort study on the association of DNA methylation, gene polymorphisms, and environmental risk factors and type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Shenzhen Knowledge Innovation Plan (JCYJ20160307155707264)                       01/01/2017 to 31/12/2018

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                ￥300,000

A prospective nested case-control study on the association of DNA methylation and its dynamic changing status and type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Completed Research Support

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81373074)                                        01/01/2014 to 31/12/2017

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                  ￥700,000

Cohort study on different metabolic characteristics and type 2 diabetes

 

Shenzhen Health Promotion and Education Center                                                 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2014

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                  ￥49,380

A study on the construction of the index system of healthy cities in Shenzhen City

 

Shenzhen Health Promotion and Education Center                                                 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2013

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                  ￥99,000

Formulation of the construction scheme and index system of healthy cities in Shenzhen City

 

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81072359)                                   01/01/2011 to 31/12/2013

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                  ￥350,000

Genetic epidemiological study on the association of WNT signaling pathway genes and downstream regulatory genes and type 2 diabetes in Han Chinese

 

National Natural Science Foundation of China (30671805)                                        01/01/2007 to 31/12/2009

Dongsheng Hu, PI                                                                                                                  ￥300,000

Molecular epidemiology study on the association between polymorphisms of PLIN gene and its expression product and obesity in the Chinese Han people

 

D.   Peer-reviewed publications (*: corresponding author)

1.        Feiyan Liu, Hongyan Zhang, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Zhaoxia Yin, Honghui Li, Kunpeng Deng, Yang Zhao,Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Lu Zhang, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Xuejiao Liu, Dongdong Zhang, Guozhen Chen, Shihao Hong, Chongjian Wang, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2018. Sleep duration interacts with lifestyle risk factors and health status to alter risk of all-cause mortality: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, in press

2.        Bingyuan Wang, Ming Zhang, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Lu Zhang, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Yongcheng Ren, Chengyi Han, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2018. Utility of three novel insulin resistance-related lipid indices for predicting type 2 diabetes mellitus among people with normal fasting glucose in rural China. Journal of Diabetes, in press

3.        Yongcheng Ren, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Bingyuan Wang, Yang Zhao, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Xuejiao Liu, Dongdong Zhang, Jingzhi Zhao, Ming Zhang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2018. Cohort study to determine the waist circumference cutoffs for predicting type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural China. Diabetes-Metabolism Research and Reviews, in press

4.        Yang Zhao, Yu Liu, Haohang Sun, Xizhuo Sun, Zhaoxia Yin, Honghui Li, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Dongdong Zhang, Xuejiao Liu, Dechen Liu, Ruiyuan Zhang, Feiyan Liu, Xu Chen, Leilei Liu, Cheng Cheng, Qionggui Zhou, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2018. Association of long-term dynamic change in body weight and incident hypertension: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Nutrition20(54): 76-82

5.        Dongdong Zhang, Ruiyuan Zhang, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Zhaoxia Yin, Honghui Li, Yang Zhao, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Cheng Cheng, Xuejiao Liu, Dechen Liu, Feiyan Liu, Xu Chen, Leilei Liu, Qionggui Zhou, Yihan Xiong, Qihuan Xu, Jiali Liu, Shihao Hong, Ziyang You, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2018. CD36 gene variants is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus through the interaction of obesity in rural Chinese adults. Gene659: 155-159

6.        Xu Chen, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Zhaoxia Yin, Honghui Li, Kunpeng Deng, Cheng Cheng, Leilei Liu, Xinping Luo, Ruiyuan Zhang, Feiyan Liu, Qionggui Zhou, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Ming Zhang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2018. Comparison of body mass index, waist circumference, conicity index, and waist-to-height ratio for predicting incidence of hypertension: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Journal of Human Hypertension32(3): 228-235

7.        Ming Zhang, Junmei Zhou, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Xinping Luo, Chengyi Han, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Yang Zhao, Dongdong Zhang, Xuejiao Liu, Dongsheng Hu*. 2018. Risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with plasma lipid levels: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 135: 150-157

8.        Bingyuan Wang, Ming Zhang, Shu Wang, Chongjian Wang, Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Yongcheng Ren, Chengyi Han, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Guo'an Wang, Yanxia Shen, Dongting Wu, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Xinping Luo, Dongsheng Hu*. 2018. Dynamic status of metabolically healthy overweight/obesity and metabolically unhealthy and normal weight and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cohort study of a rural adult Chinese population. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice12(1): 61-71

9.        Junmei Zhou, Yongcheng Ren, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Xinping Luo, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2018. Association of change in waist circumference and dyslipidemia risk: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews34(1): e2949

10.   Chengyi Han, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Xinping Luo, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Junmei Zhou, Yang Zhao, Dongdong Zhang, Xuejiao Liu, Ming Zhang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Prediction of a new body shape index and body adiposity estimator for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. British Journal of Nutrition118(10): 771-776

11.   Yunhong Zeng, Tieqiang Wang, Yi Liu, Zhan Su, Pingtao Lu, Xiaoliang Chen*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. LncRNA PVT1 as an effective biomarker for cancer diagnosis and detection based on transcriptome data and meta-analysis. Oncotarget8(43): 75455-75466

12.   Dongdong Zhang, Xuejiao Liu, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Lei Yin, Jingzhi Zhao, Yuanyuan Shi, Ming Zhang*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Leisure-time physical activity and incident metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies. Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental75: 36-44

13.   Hongyan Zhang, Chongjian Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Junmei Zhou, Lu Zhang, Minjie Qin, Yujia Zhai, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2017. A risk-score model for predicting risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural Chinese adult population: A cohort study with a 6-year follow-up. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews33(7): e2911

14.   Yongcheng Ren, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Jingzhi Zhao, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Shu Wang, Bingyuan Wang, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Secular trend of the leading causes of death in China from 2003 to 2013. African Health Sciences17(2): 532-537

15.   Ruihua Liu, Yuqian Li, Fang Wang, Xiaotian Liu, Hao Zhou, Panpan Wang, Jingjing Fan, Fei Xu, Kaili Yang, Dongsheng Hu, Ronghai Bie*, Chongjian Wang*. 2017. Age- and gender-specific associations of napping duration with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Chinese rural population: The RuralDiab Study Original Research. Sleep Medicine 33: 119-124

16.   Yang Zhao, Haohang Sun, Bingyuan Wang, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Yongcheng Ren, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu. 2017. Impaired fasting glucose predicts the development of hypertension over 6 years in female adults: Results from the Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 31(7): 1090-1095

17.   Yang Zhao, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Linin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Association of 6-year waist circumference gain and incident hypertension. Heart103(17): 1347-1352

18.   Yongcheng Ren, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Kunpeng Deng, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Xinping Luo, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Ming Zhang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Hypertriglyceridemia-waist and risk of developing type 2 diabetes: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Scientific Reports7: 9072

19.   Lu Zhang, Jinjin Wang, Ming Zhang, Guo'an Wang, Yanxia Shen, Dongting Wu, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Junmei Zhou, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Jingzhi Zhao, Xinping Luo, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Association of type 2 diabetes mellitus with the interaction between low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) polymorphisms and overweight and obesity in rural Chinese adults. Journal of Diabetes9(11): 994-1002

20.   Ming Zhang*, Yang Zhao, Haohang Sun, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Effect of dynamic change in body mass index on the risk of hypertension: Results from the Rural Chinese Cohort Study. International Journal of Cardiology238: 117-122

21.   Xuejiao Liu, Dongdong Zhang, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Chengyi Han, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Junmei Zhou, Yang Zhao, Yuanyuan Shi, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2017. Dose-response association between physical activity and incident hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Hypertension69(5): 813-820

22.   Xiaoliang Chen, Jinbo Lin, Yi Liu, Ji Peng, Yong Cao, Zhan Su, Tieqiang Wang, Jinquan Cheng*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. AlncRNA HULC as an effective biomarker for surveillance of the outcome of cancer: A meta-analysis. PLoS One12(2): e0171210

23.   Ming Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yu Liu, Xizhuo Sun, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Yongcheng Ren, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chengyi Han, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Cumulative increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus with increasing triglyceride glucose index in normal-weight people: The Rural Chinese Cohort Study. Cardiovascular Diabetology16(1): 30

24.   Xuejiao Liu, Xinping Luo. Yu Liu. Xizhuo Sun, Chengyi Han, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Yang Zhao, Dongdong Zhang, Dongsheng Hu, Ming Zhang*. 2017. Resting heart rate and risk of metabolic syndrome in adults: A dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies. Acta Diabetologica54(3): 223-235

25.   Ming Zhang, Chengyi Han, Chongjian Wang, Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Xinping Luo*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Association of resting heart rate and cardiovascular disease mortality in hypertensive and normotensive rural Chinese. Journal of Cardiology69(5): 779-784

26.   Chengyi Han, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Junmei Zhou, Lu Zhang, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Xiangyu Yang, Hongyan Zhang, Yang Zhao, Yanxia Shen, Dongting Wu, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tianping Feng, Dongsheng Hu*, Jingzhi Zhao*. 2017. The association of resting heart rate and mortality by gender in a rural adult Chinese population: A cohort study with a 6-year follow-up. Journal of Public Health25(1): 95-101

27.   Chengyi Han, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Linlin Li, Xiangyu Yang, Hongyan Zhang, Yang Zhao, Junmei Zhou, Zhihui Xie, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2017. Secular trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adults in China from 1995 to 2014: A meta-analysis. Journal of Diabetes9(5): 450-461

28.   Xueli Yang, Jichun Chen, Jianxin Li, Jie Cao, Xiangfeng Lu, Fangchao Liu, Dongsheng Hu, Xiaoqing Liu, Chong Shen, Ling Yu, Fanghong Lu, Xianping Wu, Liancheng Zhao, Jianfeng Huang, Ying Li, Xigui Wu, Dongfeng Gu*. 2016. Risk stratification of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine2(2): 102-109

29.   Lu Zhang, Ming Zhang, Jinjin Wang, Chongjian Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Junmei Zhou, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Jingzhi Zhao, Xinping Luo*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Association of TCF7L2 and GCG gene variants with insulin secretion, insulin resistance, and obesity in new-onset diabetes. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences29(11): 814-817

30.   Junmei Zhou, Ming Zhang*, Shu Wang, Bingyuan Wang, Chengyi Han, Yongcheng Ren, Lu Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Dongsheng Hu. 2016. Association of the ADIPOQ rs2241766 and rs266729 polymorphisms with metabolic syndrome in the Chinese population: A meta-analysis. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences29(7): 505-515

31.   Xueli Yang, Jianxin Li, Dongsheng Hu, Jichun Chen, Ying Li, Jianfeng Huang, Xiaoqing Liu, Fangchao Liu, Jie Cao, Chong Shen, Ling Yu, Fanghong Lu, Xianping Wu, Liancheng Zhao, Xigui Wu, Dongfeng Gu*. 2016. Predicting the ten-year risks of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Chinese population: The China-PAR Project (Prediction for ASCVD Risk in China). Circulation134(19): 1430-1440

32.   Xiaotian Liu, Yuqian Li, Linlin Li, Luning Zhang, Yongcheng Ren, Hao Zhou, Lingling Cui, Zhenxing Mao, Dongsheng Hu*, Chongjian Wang*. 2016. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk factors in Chinese rural population: The RuralDiab study. Scientific Reports 6: 31426

33.   Lu Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Chongjian Wang, Linlin Li, Yongcheng Ren, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Junmei Zhou, Xinping Luo, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. High pulse pressure is related to risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese middle-aged females. International Journal of Cardiology220: 467-471

34.   Ming Zhang, Yang Zhao, Guoan Wang, Hongyan Zhang, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Chengyi Han, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Jingzhi Zhao*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Body mass index and waist circumference combined predicts obesity-related hypertension better than either alone in a rural Chinese population. Scientific Reports 6: 31935

35.   Ming Zhang, Hongyan Zhang, Chongjian Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Yang Zhao, Chengyi Han, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Yuan Xue, Jingzhi Zhao*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Development and validation of a risk-score model for type 2 diabetes: A cohort study of a rural adult Chinese population. PLoS One11(4): e152054

36.   Yongcheng Ren, Ming Zhang, Jingzhi Zhao, Chongjian Wang, Xinping Luo, Jiatong Zhang, Tian Zhu, Xi Li, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Linlin Li, Xiangyu Yang, Hongyan Zhang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Association of the hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype and type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults in China. Journal of Diabetes Investigation7(5): 689-694

37.   Kaiping Gao*, Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Yujia Zhai, Yongcheng Ren, Haifei You, Bingyuan Wang, Xuli Wu, Jianna Li, Zichen Liu, Xiong Li, Yaxin Huang, Xin-Ping Luo, Dongsheng Hu, Kinji Ohno, Chongjian Wang*. 2016. Polymorphisms in four genes (KCNQ1 rs151290, KLF14 rs972283, GCKR rs780094 and MTNR1B rs10830963) and their correlation with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Han Chinese in Henan province, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health13(3): 260

38.   Yang Zhao, Ming Zhang, Xinping Luo, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Linlin Li, Hongyan Zhang, Xiangyu Yang, Chengyi Han, Dongting Wu, Jiaxiang Zhou, Yanxia Shen, Chongjian Wang, Jingzhi Zhao, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Association of obesity categories and high blood pressure in a rural adult Chinese population. Journal of Human Hypertension30(10): 613-618

39.   Yongcheng Ren, Xinping Luo, Chongjian Wang, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Bingyuan Wang, Lu Zhang, Linlin Li, Xiangyu Yang, Hongyan Zhang, Jingzhi Zhao*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2016. Prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic waist and association with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews32(4): 405-412

40.   Yilin Liang, Jian Zhang*, Tianshun Xie, Eric Yu Pang Cho, Dongsheng Hu, Baohua Liu, Lizu Xiao*, Ou Sha*. 2016. Hospitalized pain patients have recently doubled: a retrospective case series study in the Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital of China. International Journal of Neuroscience126(9): 812-818

41.   Bingyuan Wang, Runsen Zhuang, Xinping Luo, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Tianping Feng, Haifei You, Yujia Zhai, Yongcheng Ren, Lu Zhang, Linlin Li, Jingzhi Zhao*, Dongsheng Hu*. 2015. Prevalence of metabolically healthy obese and metabolically obese but normal weight in adults worldwide: A meta-analysis. Hormone and Metabolic Research47(11): 839-845

42.   Jinjin Wang, Jingzhi Zhao, Jianfeng Zhang, Xinping Luo, Kaiping Gao, Ming Zhang, Linlin Li, Chongjian Wang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2015. Association of canonical wnt/β-catenin pathway and type 2 diabetes: Genetic epidemiological study in Han Chinese. Nutrients7(6): 4763-4777

43.   Haifei You, Jingzhi Zhao, Yujia Zhai, Lei Yin, Chao Pang, Xinping Luo, Ming Zhang, Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Dongsheng Hu*. 2015. Association between low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Han Chinese: A case-control study. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences28(7): 510-517

44.   Qi Zhao*, Dongfeng Gu, Fanghong Lu, Jianjun Mu, Xushan Wang, Xu Ji, Dongsheng Hu, Jixiang Ma, Jianfeng Huang, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Jie Cao, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Jing Chen, Treva K. Rice, Jiang He. 2015. Blood pressure reactivity to the cold pressor test predicts hypertension among Chinese adults: The GenSalt Study. American Journal of Hypertension28(11): 1347-1354

45.   Jinjin Wang, Guoli Yan, Jianfeng Zhang, Kaiping Gao, Ming Zhang, Linlin Li, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Yujia Zhai, Haifei You, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2015. Association of LRP5, TCF7L2, and GCG variants and type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as fasting plasma glucose and lipid metabolism indexes. Human Immunology76(5): 339-343

46.   Xiangfeng Lu, Laiyuan Wang, Xu Lin, Jianfeng Huang, C. Charles Gu, Meian He, Hongbing Shen, Jiang He, Jingwen Zhu, Huaixing Li, James E. Hixson, Tangchun Wu, Juncheng Dai, Ling Lu, Chong Shen, Shufeng Chen, Lin He, Zengnan Mo, Yongchen Hao, Xingbo Mo, Xueli Yang, Jianxin Li, Jie Cao, Jichun Chen, Zhongjie Fan, Ying Li, Liancheng Zhao, Hongfan Li, Fanghong Lu, Cailiang Yao, Lin Yu, Lihua Xu, Jianjun Mu, Xianping Wu, Ying Deng, Dongsheng Hu, Weidong Zhang, Xu Ji, Dongshuang Guo, Zhirong Guo, Zhengyuan Zhou, Zili Yang, Renping Wang, Jun Yang, Xiaoyang Zhou, Weili Yan, Ningling Sun, Pingjin Gao, Dongfeng Gu*. 2014. Genome-wide association study in Chinese identifies novel loci for blood pressure and hypertension. Human Molecular Genetics24(3): 865-874

47.   Liang Ye, Ling Ji, Zhongyang Wen, Yanfei Zhou, Dongsheng Hu, Yanqun Li, Ting Yu, Bingni Chen, Jinshun Zhang, Liping Ding, Jing Du*, Zhong Huang*. 2014. IL-37 inhibits the production of inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Its correlation with disease activity. Journal of Translational Medicine12: 69

48.   Yujia Zhai, Jingzhi Zhao, Haifei You, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Tan Guo, Tianping Feng, Chongjian Wang, Kaiping Gao, Xinping Luo, Ming Zhang, Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Bingyuan Wang, Yongcheng Ren, Yanxia Shen, Tian Zhu, Dongsheng Hu*. 2014. Association of rs11196218 polymorphism in TCF7L2 with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Asian population. Meta Gene2: 332-341

49.   Linlin Li, Kaiping Gao, Jingzhi Zhao, Tianping Feng, Lei Yin, Jinjin Wang, Chongjian Wang, Chunyang Li, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Yujia Zhai, Haifei You, Yongcheng Ren, Bingyuan Wang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2014. Glucagon gene polymorphism modifies the effects of smoking and physical activity on risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Han Chinese. Gene534(2): 352-355

50.   Jinjin Wang*, Jianfeng Zhang, Jie Shen, Dongsheng Hu, Guoli Yan, Xiaohui Liu, Xueqin Xu, Lanying Pei, Yanfang Li, Chunyang Sun. 2014. Association of KCNQ1 and KLF14 polymorphisms and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A global meta-analysis. Human Immunology75(4): 342-347

51.   Jiang He*, Tanika N. Kelly*, Qi Zhao*, Hongfan Li*, Jianfeng Huang, Laiyuan Wang, Cashell E. Jaquish, Yun Ju Sung, Lawrence C. Shimmin, Fanghong Lu, Jianjun Mu, Dongsheng Hu, Xu Ji, Chong Shen, Dongshuang Guo, Jixiang Ma, Renping Wang, Jinjin Shen, Shengxu Li, Jing Chen, Hao Mei, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Shufeng Chen, Jichun Chen, Jianxin Li, Jie Cao, Xiangfeng Lu, Xigui Wu, Treva K. Rice, C. Charles Gu, Karen Schwander, L. Lee Hamm, Depei Liu, Dabeeru C. Rao*, James E. Hixson*, Dongfeng Gu*. 2013. Genome-wide association study identifies 8 novel loci associated with blood pressure responses to interventions in Han Chinese. Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics6(6): 598-607

52.   Dahai Yu, Chunyang Li, Jing Xie, Guoheng Xu, Yan Li, Jiyan Liu, Bing Chen, Jingjing Pan, Minghui Shen, Liming Yang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2013. Association between three genetic variants of the perilipin gene (PLIN) and glucose metabolism: Results from a replication study among Chinese adults and a meta-analysis. Endocrine Research 38(4): 263-279

53.   Jinjin Wang, Jianfeng Zhang, Linlin Li, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Yujia Zhai, Haifei You, Dongsheng Hu*. 2013. Association of rs12255372 in the TCF7L2 gene with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research46(4): 382-393

54.   Jinjin Wang, Linlin Li, Jiatong Zhang, Jing Xie, Xinping Luo, Dahai Yu, Jingzhi Zhao, Tianping Feng, Chao Pang, Lei Yin, Fulan Hu, Jianfeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Yujia Zhai, Haifei You, Tian Zhu, Dongsheng Hu*. 2013. Association of rs7903146 (IVS3C/T) and rs290487 (IVS3C/T) polymorphisms in TCF7L2 with type 2 diabetes in 9,619 Han Chinese population. PLoS One8(3): e59053

55.   Jinjin Wang, Fulan Hu, Tianping Feng, Jingzhi Zhao, Lei Yin, Linlin Li, Yan Wang, Qian Wang, Dongsheng Hu*. 2013. Meta-analysis of associations between TCF7L2 polymorphisms and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Chinese population. BMC Medical Genetics14(8)

56.   Casey M. Rebholz, Dongfeng Gu, Jing Chen, Jian-Feng Huang, Jie Cao, Ji-Chun Chen, Jianxin Li, Fanghong Lu, Jianjun Mu, Jixiang Ma, Dongsheng Hu, Xu Ji, Lydia A. Bazzano, Depei Liu, Jiang He*. 2012. Physical activity reduces salt sensitivity of blood pressure: The genetic epidemiology network of salt sensitivity study. American Journal of Epidemiology176(Supplement.7): S106-113

57.   Qi Zhao, Lydia A. Bazzano, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Jianfeng Huang, Jing Chen, Tanika N. Kelly, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Dongsheng Hu, Jixiang Ma, Treva K. Rice, Jiang He*, Dongfeng Gu. 2012. Reproducibility of blood pressure response to the cold pressor test: The GenSalt Study. American Journal of Epidemiology176(Supplement.7): S91-98

58.   Dongfeng Gu*, Qi Zhao, Tanika N. Kelly, James E. Hixson, Dabeeru C. Rao, Jie Cao, Jing Chen, Jianxin Li, Jichun Chen, Xu Ji, Dongsheng Hu, Xushan Wang, Depei Liu, Jiang He. 2012. The role of the kallikrein-kinin system genes in the salt sensitivity of blood pressure: The GenSalt Study. American Journal of Epidemiology176(Supplement.7): S72-80

59.   Xiaojun Xiao, Aixiang Fu, Xiongjie Xie, MinxiongKang, Dongsheng Hu, Pingchang Yang, Zhigang Liu*. An investigation of airborne allergenic pollen at different heights. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology160(2): 143-151

60.   Xiangfeng Lu, Laiyuan Wang, Shufeng Chen, Lin He, Xueli Yang, Yongyong Shi, Jing Cheng, Liang Zhang, C Charles Gu, Jianfeng Huang, Tangchun Wu, Yitong Ma, Jianxin Li, Jie Cao, Jichun Chen, Dongliang Ge, Zhongjie Fan, Ying Li, Liancheng Zhao, Hongfan Li, Xiaoyang Zhou, Lanying Chen, Donghua Liu, Jingping Chen, Xiufang Duan, Yongchen Hao, Ligui Wang, Fanghong Lu, Zhendong Liu, Cailiang Yao, Chong Shen, Xiaodong Pu, Lin Yu, Xianghua Fang, Lihua Xu, Jianjun Mu, Xianping Wu, Runping Zheng, Naqiong Wu, Qi Zhao, Yun Li, Xiaoli Liu, Mengqin Wang, Dahai Yu, Dongsheng Hu, Xu Ji, Dongshuang Guo, Dongling Sun, Qianqian Wang, Ying Yang, Fangchao Liu, Qunxia Mao, Xiaohua Liang, Jingfeng Ji, Panpan Chen, Xingbo Mo, Dianjiang Li, Guoping Chai, Yida Tang, Xiangdong Li, Zhenhan Du, Xuehui Liu, Chenlong Dou, Zili Yang, Qingjie Meng, Dong Wang, Renping Wang, Jun Yang, Heribert Schunkert, Nilesh J Samani, Sekar Kathiresan, Muredach P Reilly, Jeanette Erdmann, Xiaozhong Peng, Xigui Wu, Depei Liu, Yuejin Yang, Runsheng Chen, Boqin Qiang, Dongfeng Gu*. 2012. Genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies four new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nature Genetics 44(8): 890-894

61.   Laiyuan Wang, Liping Hou, Hongfan Li, Jing Chen, Tanika N. Kelly, Cashell E. Jaquish, Dabeeru C. Rao, James E. Hixson, Dongsheng Hu, Chung-Shiuan Chen, C. Charles Gu, Shufeng Chen, Xiangfeng Lu, Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He, Fanghong Lu, Jianfeng Huang, Depei Liu, Dongfeng Gu*. 2010. Genetic variants in the renin-angiotensin system and blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test. Journal of Hypertension28(12): 2422-2428

62.   Dongsheng Hu*, Dahai Yu. Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in Asian women. 2010. Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases20(6): 394-404

63.   Jing Xie, Dongsheng Hu*, Dahai Yu, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Jiang He, Dongfeng Gu. 2010. A quick self-assessment tool to identify individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes in the Chinese general population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health64(3): 236-242

64.   Dahai Yu, Jianfeng Huang*, Dongsheng Hu, Jichun Chen, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li. 2010. Is an appropriate cutoff of hypertriglyceridemic waist designated for type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults ? Clinical Nutrition29(2): 192-198

65.   Xuli Wu, Hui Wu, Lixin Xia, Kunmei Ji*, Zhigang Liu*, Jiaji Chen, Dongsheng Hu, Chen Gao, Yan Wu. 2010. Social-technical innovations for total food chain safety during 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympics and beyond. Trends in Food Science and Technology21(1): 44-51

66.   Jing Chen*, Dongfeng Gu, Jianfeng Huang, DC Rao, Cashell E. Jaquish, James E. Hixson, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Jichun Chen, Fanghong Lu, Dongsheng Hu, Treva Rice, Tanika N. Kelly, L. Lee Hamm, Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He. 2009. Metabolic syndrome and salt sensitivity of blood pressure in non-diabetic people in China: A dietary intervention study. Lancet373(9666): 829-835

67.   Dahai Yu, Jianfeng Huang, Dongsheng Hu, Jichun Chen, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li, Dongfeng Gu*. 2009. Association between pre-hypertension and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Chinese adults. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology53(5): 388-400

68.   Tanika N. Kelly*, Treva K. Rice, Dongfeng Gu, James E. Hixson, Jing Chen, Depei Liu, Cashell E. Jaquish, Lydia A. Bazzano, Dongsheng Hu, Jixiang Ma, C. Charles Gu, Jianfeng Huang, L. Lee Hamm, Jiang He. 2009. Novel genetic variants in the ɑ-adducin and guanine nucleotide binding protein β-polypeptide 3 genes and salt sensitivity of blood pressure. American Journal of Hypertension 22(9): 985-992

69.   Dongsheng Hu*, Jing Xie, Dahai Yu, Guoheng Xu, Jie Lu, Jinxiu Yang, Chunyang Li, Yanyan Li. 2009. Perilipin gene 1237 T>C polymorphism is not associated with obesity risk in northern Chinese Han adults. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences22(5): 442-447

70.   Dongsheng Hu, Liang Sun, Pengyu Fu, Jing Xie, Jie Lu, Jing Zhou, Dahai Yu, Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He, Dongfeng Gu*. 2009. Prevalence and risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Chinese adult population: The InterASIA Study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice84(3): 288-295

71.   Dahai Yu, Jianfeng Huang, Dongsheng Hu, Jichun Chen, Jie Cao, Jianxin Li, Dongfeng Gu*. 2008. Prevalence and risk factors of pre-hypertension among Chinese adults. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology52(4): 363-368

72.   Zhenfeng Pan*, Dongsheng Hu. 2008. Hierarchical linear modelling of smoking prevalence and frequency in China between 1991 and 2004. Health Policy Plan23(2): 118-124

73.   Zhenfeng Pan*, Dongsheng Hu. 2008. Multilevel analysis of individual and community predictors of smoking prevalence and frequency in China: 1991-2004. Journal of Public Health Policy29(1): 72-85

74.   Dongsheng Hu, Pengyu Fu, Jing Xie, Chung-Shiuan Chen, Dahai Yu, Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He, Dongfeng Gu*. 2008. Increasing prevalence and low awareness, treatment and control of diabetes mellitus among Chinese adults: The InterASIA Study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 81(2): 250-257

75.   Qi Zhao, Zhongjie Fan, Jiang He, Shufeng Chen, Hongfan Li, Penghua Zhang, Laiyuan Wang, Dongsheng Hu, Jianfeng Huang, Boqin Qiang, Dongfeng Gu*. 2007. Renalase gene is a novel susceptibility gene for essential hypertension: a two-stage association study in northern Han Chinese population. Journal of Molecular Medicine85(8): 877-885

76.   Dongsheng Hu, Jing Xie, Pengyu Fu, Jing Zhou, Dongfeng Gu*. 2007. Central rather than overall obesity is related to diabetes in the Chinese population: The InterASIA Study. Obesity 15(11): 2809-2816

77.   Weidong Zhang, Dongsheng Hu, Yuanli Xi, Meixi Zhang, Guangcai Duan*. 2006. Spread of HIV in one village in central China with a high prevalence rate of blood-borne AIDS. International Journal of Infectious Diseases10(6): 475-480

78.   Zengli Yu*, Dongsheng Hu, Yin Li. 2004. Effects of zearalenone on mRNA expression and activity of cytochrome P450 1A1 and 1B1 in MCF-7 cell. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety58(2): 187-193

79.   Jay M. Sosenko*, DongshengHu, T. Welty, B.V. Howard, E. Lee, D.C. Robbins. 2002. Albuminuria in recent-onset type 2 diabetes: The Strong Heart Study. Diabetes Care 25(6): 1078-1084

80.   Wenyu Wang*, Dongsheng Hu, Elisa T. Lee, Barbara V. Howard. Richard R. Fabsitz, Thomas K. Welty, David C. Robbins. Lipoprotein (a) in American Indians is low and not independently associated with cardiovascular disease: The Strong Heart Study. Annals of Epidemiology12(2): 107-114

81.   Dongsheng Hu, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Yvonne H. Sparling, David C. Robbins, Thomas K. Welty, Elisa T. Lee, Barbara V. Howard*. 2002. Accuracy of lipoprotein lipids and apoproteins in predicting coronary heart disease in diabetic American Indians: The Strong Heart Study. Annals of Epidemiology12(2): 79-85

82.   Dongsheng Hu, Kathleen A. Joblonski, Thomas K. Welty, Elisa T. Lee, Barbara V. Howard*. 2000. The effects of obesity and body fat distribution on lipids and lipoproteins in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study. Obesity Research 8(6): 411

83.   Jay M. Sosenko, Yvonne H. Sparling, Dongsheng Hu, Tomas K. Welty, Barbara V. Howard, Elisa T. Lee, David C. Robbins*. 1999. Use of the Semmes-Weinstei monofilament in the Strong Heart Study: Risk factors for clinical neuropathy. Diabetes Care22(10): 1715-1721

84.   Dongsheng Hu*, Barbara V. Howard, Jeffrey Henderson, Thomas K. Welty, Elisa T. Lee, Kathleen A. Jablonski. 1999. Glycemic control in diabetic American Indians: Longitudinal data from the Strong Heart Study. Diabetes Care22(11): 1802-1807