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Cancer Screening Beliefs and Reactions to an Innovative Colorectal Cancer Screening Kit among Chinese Worksite Population

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the relationships between cancer screening beliefs (perceived pros, cons, and susceptibility) and reactions (acceptance, selfefficacy, intention to purchase) to an innovative home-administered kit (HAK) for fecal occult blood test (FOBT) among Chinese worksite population. METHODS: A total of 450 Chinese people aged 40 and older were recruited from ten worksites in Taiwan (2002), with response rate of 83% (375/450). RESULTS: All the belief scales of cancer screening in general showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alphas >0.70)...

Keywords: Colorectal neoplasm, screening, occult blood, self efficacy, Chinese

Apolipoprotein B gene 3?VNTR polymorphism: association with plasma lipids and coronary heart disease in Han Chinese

Background: Studies that considered polymorphisms within the apolipoprotein B (APOB) gene as risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) have reported conflicting results.

Methods: The phenotypic effects of the 3?VNTR polymorphism of the APOB gene on the susceptibility to CHD were investigated in 120 unrelated healthy individuals and 137 CHD patients...

Keywords: apolipoprotein B, Chinese, coronary heart disease, genotype, Polymorphism