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Reliability and validity of a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitude and practice regarding âoil, salt and sugarâ among canteen staff
Abstract Excessive intake of oil, salt and sugar is closely associated with the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Canteen staffâs knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about oil, salt and sugar directly affect the content in dishes and the consumersâ intake. However, no valid questionnaire is used to assess KAP among canteen staff about the âoil, salt and sugarâ. Therefore, the present study aimed to establish and validate a questionnaire to evaluate the KAP of canteen staff about the âoil, salt and sugarâ. This cross-sectional study was conducted among canteen staff randomly selected from three college canteens. Participants completed the questionnaire and retested it two weeks later. Internal and testâretest reliability were assessed using Cronbachâs α and Pearson correlation coefficients, respectively. Validity was assessed using the exploratory factor analysis. 100 participants finished the questionnaire, of which 66% were females with a mean age of 40.3â±â10.5 years. The Cronbachâs α coefficients of the total questionnaire and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice dimensions were 0.822, 0.830, 0.752 and 0.700, respectively. The testâretest reliability coefficient was 0.968. In exploratory factor analysis, nine common factors were extracted, with 26 items, and the cumulative contribution rate was 70.9%. The questionnaire had a satisfactory property for measuring the KAP of the âoil, salt and sugarâ among canteen staff in China
Genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies four new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease
We performed a meta-analysis of 2 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery disease comprising 1,515 cases with coronary artery disease and 5,019 controls, followed by de novo replication studies in 15,460 cases and 11,472 controls, all of Chinese Han descent. We successfully identified four new loci for coronary artery disease reaching genome-wide significance (P < 5 Ă 10(â8)), which mapped in or near TTC32-WDR35, GUCY1A3, C6orf10-BTNL2 and ATP2B1. We also replicated four loci previously identified in European populations (PHACTR1, TCF21, CDKN2A/B and C12orf51). These findings provide new insights into biological pathways for the susceptibility of coronary artery disease in Chinese Han population