Cohort Profile: The Dongfeng–Tongji cohort study of retired workers

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To establish a cohort profile characterizing epidemiological shifts and the growing burden of chronic non-communicable diseases among retired workers.
Evaluated the impact of rapid socioeconomic changes, environment, diet, and lifestyle transitions on public health trends in China.
Profiled retired workers to track long-term chronic disease determinants and health outcomes.
Socioeconomic growth, environmental changes, and diet shifts have increased life expectancy but elevated the burden of chronic non-communicable conditions.
Stroke, coronary heart disease, cancer, and diabetes account for 80% of all deaths in China.
These four conditions are responsible for 70% of disability-adjusted life-years lost nationwide.

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Retired workers in China

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This paper profiles the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study of retired workers in China, aimed at studying the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases.

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