中国成年人体质指数与主要慢性病死亡风险的前瞻性研究

目的 探讨BMI与全死因死亡和缺血性心脏病、脑血管病、恶性肿瘤、呼吸系统疾病等死因别死亡的前瞻性关联。方法 利用中国慢性病前瞻性研究队列的10个地区人群数据,剔除基线时自报患有冠心病、脑卒中、恶性肿瘤、慢性阻塞性肺病和糖尿病的个体后,纳入基线时30~79岁的研究对象共428 593人。利用Cox比例风险模型计算9组BMI人群死亡风险比值（HR）及其95%CI。结果 研究人群累计随访3 085 054人年（平均随访7.2年）。随访期间男性7 862人、女性6 315人死亡。多因素调整后,与BMI（kg/m²）为20.5~22.4的人群相比,BMI<18.5（HR=1.40,95%CI：1.31~1.50）、BMI为18.5~20.4（HR=1.11,95%CI：1.05~1.17）和BMI≥35.0（HR=2.05,95%CI：1.60~2.61）的人群全死因死亡风险升高。各疾病死亡风险相对较低的BMI（kg/m²）范围：缺血性心脏病为18.5~23.9,脑血管病为<26.0,恶性肿瘤为26.0~34.9,呼吸系统疾病为24.0~25.9。结论 低体重和肥胖人群的全死因死亡与死因别死亡风险升高。人群队列更长期的随访以及更多关于BMI与主要慢性病发病风险的评估,将有助于全面了解BMI对人群健康的影响。     

山西营养与慢性病家庭队列人群体质指数与死亡率的关系

目的 分析山西营养与慢性病家庭队列人群BMI与总死亡率的关系。方法 以"2002年中国居民营养与健康状况调查"山西省调查人群为基线建立队列，于2015年12月至2016年3月对研究对象进行随访调查，对逝者进行死因回顾调查。2002年基线信息完整的≥ 18岁研究对象7 007人，随访到5 360人，随访率为76.5%。将研究对象按BMI分为8组，计算死亡率，以死亡率最低组作为参照，采用Cox比例风险回归模型估计全人群、分性别、年龄（≥ 60岁、<60岁）的各组死亡风险比（HR）及95% CI，模型调整基线年龄、性别、吸烟、饮酒、文化程度等因素，并进行敏感性分析。结果 共随访67 129人年，平均随访12.5年，死亡615人，队列总死亡率为916/10万人年。BMI为26.0~27.9 kg/m²组死亡率最低，以该组为参照组，多因素调整后，BMI<18.5、18.5~19.9、22.0~23.9和≥ 30.0 kg/m²组的死亡风险明显升高，调整HR值（95% CI）分别为1.90（1.26~2.86）、1.68（1.15~2.45）、1.49（1.08~2.06）和1.72（1.07~2.76）。对于≥ 60岁老年人，BMI<18.5 kg/m²组的死亡风险明显升高，调整HR值（95% CI）为1.94（1.20~3.15）。结论 BMI ≤ 19.9、22.0~23.9及≥ 30.0 kg/m²均会增加全因死亡风险。除关注肥胖外，低体重营养不良造成的老年人高死亡风险应特别引起重视。     

中国成年人体质指数和腰围与主要慢性病风险的关联研究

目的 分析中国成年人BMI与主要慢性病发病及全死因死亡风险的关联。方法 本研究基于中国慢性病前瞻性研究,基线时测量研究对象的身高、体重和腰围。分析中剔除基线现患冠心病、脑卒中、恶性肿瘤、COPD和糖尿病者,纳入428 113名研究对象。使用Cox比例风险回归模型分析BMI和腰围与主要慢性病（包括心血管疾病、恶性肿瘤、COPD、2型糖尿病）发病及全死因死亡的关联。结果 在平均10年随访期间,共有131 454人发生≥ 1种上述慢性病,26 892人死亡。主要慢性病发病风险随BMI增加而升高,与正常体重（18.5 ≤ BMI<24.0 kg/m²）者相比,超重（24.0 ≤ BMI < 28.0 kg/m²）和肥胖（BMI > 28.0 kg/m²）者的风险比分别为1.26（95% CI：1.24~1.27）和1.59（95% CI：1.57~1.62）。BMI过低或过高均与全死因死亡风险升高有关。腰围与主要慢性病发病及全死因死亡风险呈正向关联。按照中国人群体重标准,将体重控制在正常范围可以减少约12%主要慢性病发病。结论 一般性肥胖和中心性肥胖是中国成年人主要慢性病发病的危险因素。     

体质指数动态变化与2型糖尿病发病关系的前瞻性研究

目的 探讨BMI动态变化对队列人群2型糖尿病（T2DM）发病的影响。方法 以2006年开展的浙江省德清县农村社区成年人群健康队列为基础,随机抽取3 043名基线未患T2DM对象构建亚队列,于2015年7-11月进行随访,共1 867名调查对象纳入研究,进行问卷调查、体格检查和实验室检测。以中国标准对基线BMI（kg/m²）分类：<24.0为正常,24.0～27.9为超重,≥28.0为肥胖;BMI每年变化<0.05 kg/m²表示基本无变化。用Cox回归模型分析基线BMI及其变化与T2DM发生的关系。结果 随访人时为（8.68±1.25）年,新发T2DM为213例,其中女性125例,发病密度为13.14/1 000人年。Cox回归模型分析显示,在调整其他可能影响因素后,与基线BMI<24.0 kg/m²人群相比,基线BMI≥28.0 kg/m²的人群发生T2DM的风险较高（aHR=2.12,95% CI：1.22～3.68）;在基线BMI<24.0 kg/m²的人群中,与BMI基本无变化的人群相比,BMI增加的人群发生T2DM的风险较高（aHR=2.21,95% CI：1.17～4.17）。结论 基线BMI和BMI改变均可增加T2DM的发病风险,尤其是基线BMI正常的人群,其BMI改变对T2DM的发生影响较大。     

体质指数与非吸烟男性肺癌发病关系的前瞻性队列研究

目的 利用前瞻性队列研究,探讨BMI与非吸烟男性肺癌发病的关系。方法 利用始建于2006年5月的开滦集团动态人群队列,收集基线调查时社会人口学资料,吸烟、饮酒等生活方式和身高、体重等测量指标及肺癌发病结局信息。采用多因素Cox比例风险回归模型分析非吸烟男性基线BMI与其肺癌发病的风险比（HR）及其95% CI。结果 截止2011年12月31日在纳入的48 799名非吸烟男性中,共计随访214 620.18人年,平均随访4.40年,共收集肺癌新发病例198例。以BMI（kg/m²）正常组（18.5≤BMI < 24.0）为参比组,调整年龄、教育程度、饮酒情况、体育锻炼、工作环境和糖尿病史后,低体重组（BMI<18.5）、超重组（24.0≤BMI<28.0）和肥胖组（BMI≥28）的HR值及其95% CI分别为1.14（0.53～2.45）、0.57（0.41～0.78）和0.61（0.38～0.97）,趋势检验差异有统计学意义（P<0.001）。将BMI作为连续性变量,调整年龄、教育程度、饮酒、体育锻炼、工作环境和糖尿病史后,BMI每增加5 kg/m²,肺癌的发病风险降低22%（HR=0.78,95% CI：0.64～0.95）。在年龄≥50岁组、锻炼频率<4次/周组、不饮酒组以及井上作业组中,BMI每增加5 kg/m²,其肺癌的发病风险分别降低26%（HR=0.74,95% CI：0.60～0.92）,24%（HR=0.76,95% CI：0.62～0.95）,20%（HR=0.80,95% CI：0.65～1.00）和23%（HR=0.77,95% CI：0.61～0.97）,剔除随访1年内新发肿瘤患者及其贡献的人年数后,结果无明显变化。结论 该队列人群中非吸烟男性的BMI与肺癌发病相关,且发病风险随BMI增加呈下降趋势。     

农村男性人群体质指数与心血管疾病死亡关系的前瞻性随访研究

目的 探究农村男性人群体质指数和心血管疾病死亡风险的关系。方法 以唐河、凤凰县农村地区纳入“影响成年人死亡相关危险因素的前瞻性研究”项目的22 282名≥40岁的男性人群为研究对象,应用Cox比例风险回归模型计算基线不同BMI分组的人群在随访期间的心血管疾病（CVD）死亡的风险（HR）值。结果 研究对象人群随访年限为（19.1±8.7）年,随访期间共死亡10 828人,死亡比例为48.6%,有4 504例死亡归因于心血管疾病。其中1 279例死于缺血性心脏病（IHD）,1 201例死于缺血性卒中（IS）,1 317例死于出血性卒中（HS）,707例死于其他心血管疾病。用Cox比例风险回归模型（调整地区、年龄、民族、文化程度、职业、吸烟、饮酒、血压等因素）进行多因素分析显示,以BMI<18 kg/m²为参照,当20 kg/m²≤BMI<22 kg/m²时患CVD的死亡风险最低,HR=0.95（95% CI：0.83~1.09）,但从统计学分析,各组BMI的死亡风险差异均无统计学意义（P>0.05）;当20 kg/m²≤BMI<22 kg/m²时人群患IHD的死亡风险最低,HR=0.64（95% CI：0.52~0.80）（P<0.05）,当BMI≥24 kg/m²时人群IHD死亡风险与BMI<18 kg/m²人群的风险之间差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）;IS死亡风险与人群BMI变化无显著性差异（P>0.05）;当18 kg/m²≤BMI<24 kg/m²时人群患HS的死亡风险高于BMI<18 kg/m²组人群（P<0.05）,其中26 kg/m²≤BMI<28 kg/m²时人群患HS死亡风险最高,HR=1.88（95% CI：1.18~2.99）。结论 偏瘦或正常体重人群的CVD、IHD的死亡风险最低,超重人群的HS死亡风险较高,保持合理体重可降低心血管疾病患者的死亡风险。     

基线BMI水平对急性胰腺炎发病风险影响的前瞻性队列研究

目的 探讨不同BMI水平对新发急性胰腺炎（AP）发病风险的影响。方法 观察人群来自开滦研究队列,按基线BMI水平分为：正常体重组（BMI<24 kg/m²）,超重组（BMI 24~28 kg/m²）和肥胖组（BMI ≥ 28 kg/m²）,观察不同BMI组人群新发AP发病密度。经Kaplan-Meier法绘制生存曲线,计算累积发病率,以log-rank法进行检验,并采用多因素Cox比例风险回归模型分析基线BMI水平对新发AP事件的影响。结果 共纳入统计分析者123 841人,随访（11.94±2.13）年,共发生AP 395例,总人群AP发病密度为2.67例/万人年,正常体重组、超重组和肥胖组AP发病密度分别为2.20、2.72和3.58例/万人年,累积发病率分别为0.32%、0.40%和0.49%。经log-rank检验,累积发病率的组间比较差异有统计学意义（χ²=13.17,P<0.01）。校正多因素Cox比例风险回归模型分析显示,与正常体重组比较,肥胖组AP发病风险增加,HR=1.45（95%CI：1.10~1.92）。对年龄及性别进行分层,年龄<60岁时,肥胖组发生AP的HR=1.58（95%CI：1.14~2.19）;男性肥胖组发生AP的HR=1.40（95%CI：1.03~1.90）。排除随访2年内发生的AP病例,肥胖组发生AP的HR=1.60（95%CI：1.18~2.15）。结论 肥胖是新发AP的危险因素,中青年男性肥胖人群发病风险更高。     

基线体质指数与男性胃癌发病关系的前瞻性队列研究

目的 研究基线BMI与男性胃癌发病风险之间的关联。方法 基于开滦队列（2006-2015年）男性人群,收集身高、体重等流行病学信息。每两年随访1次,收集胃癌发病结局资料;检索开滦附属医院医疗信息系统、开滦集团保险系统、唐山市医疗保险系统,补充收集随访过程中可能遗漏的胃癌新发病例。以体重正常（18.5 kg/m² ≤ BMI<24.0 kg/m²）人群为参照组,利用Cox风险比例模型分析基线BMI与男性胃癌发病风险的关联,计算发病风险比（HR）及其95% CI。结果 共纳入109 600名男性,共随访860 399.79人年,中位随访时间8.8年,收集胃癌新发病例272例。和正常体重人群相比,调整年龄、文化程度、吸烟状态、饮酒频率、粉尘暴露、食盐习惯、饮茶习惯等潜在的混杂因素后,体重过轻人群（BMI<18.5 kg/m²）胃癌发病风险升高（HR=2.11,95% CI：1.23~3.62）,超重/肥胖与胃癌发病风险无统计学关联。按照年龄、文化程度、吸烟、饮酒、饮茶、粉尘暴露等进行分层分析,结果显示,高年龄组、高文化程度、不吸烟、不饮酒、不饮茶、有粉尘暴露人群中,低体重与胃癌发病关联依然有统计学意义。结论 体重过轻可能增加男性胃癌发病风险,且该关联受年龄、文化程度、吸烟、饮酒、饮茶、粉尘暴露等因素影响。     

我国成年人体质指数和腰围与缺血性卒中发病风险的前瞻性研究

目的 分析我国成年人BMI和腰围与缺血性卒中发病风险的关联。方法 从2010年中国慢性病监测项目选取60个监测点人群（城市监测点25个、农村监测点35个）作为本次研究对象,共计36 632人。将2010年中国慢性病监测项目数据作为基线数据。2016-2017年对该60个监测点人群进行随访,实际完成者27 762人。采用Cox比例风险回归模型分析不同人群BMI和腰围与缺血性卒中发病风险比,敏感性分析将死亡者和高胆固醇血症者剔除。结果 共纳入26 907人进入分析,随访期间观察到缺血性卒中事件1 128例（男性491例,女性637例）。调整相关混杂因素后,以BMI正常/腰围正常者为参照,全人群和男性具有CVD危险因素人群,BMI正常/腹型肥胖组、超重/腹型肥胖组和肥胖/腹型肥胖组缺血性卒中发病风险分别增加50%（HR=1.50,95% CI：1.07~2.08）、51%（HR=1.51,95% CI：1.20~1.91）、46%（HR=1.46,95% CI：1.09~1.96）和63%（HR=1.63,95% CI：1.12~2.38）、56%（HR=1.56,95% CI：1.20~2.03）、45%（HR=1.45,95% CI：1.05~2.01）,超重/腰围正常组未见发病风险增加;女性全人群和女性CVD危险因素人群,超重/腹型肥胖组和肥胖/腹型肥胖组发病风险分别增加40%（HR=1.40,95% CI：1.15~1.72）、46%（HR=1.46,95% CI：1.16~1.83）和35%（HR=1.35,95% CI：1.08~1.69）、30%（HR=1.30,95% CI：1.01~1.67）,超重/腰围正常组和BMI正常/腹型肥胖组未见发病风险增加。敏感性分析结果未见变化。结论 在男性人群中,超重/肥胖且腹型肥胖或单纯腹型肥胖缺血性卒中发病风险增加;在女性人群中,超重/肥胖且腹型肥胖发病风险增加;提示在控制体重预防缺血性卒中,应将BMI和腰围进行结合来评价人群肥胖情况。     

2型糖尿病患者肥胖状态与全因死亡风险的关联研究

目的 分析不同肥胖状态与2型糖尿病（T2DM）患者全因死亡风险的关联。方法 研究对象来自浙江农村社区T2DM队列,该队列2016年完成基线调查,本研究使用的随访数据截至 2021年12月31日,剔除随访期间失访或资料不全者,共纳入10 310例研究对象。根据BMI和腰围将研究对象分为低体重、正常体型、单纯中心性肥胖、单纯全身肥胖、复合超重和复合肥胖6种状态,采用Cox比例风险回归模型分析不同肥胖状态T2DM患者的全因死亡风险比（HR）值及其95%CI。结果 研究对象累计随访57 049.47人年,随访（5.53±0.89）人年,随访期间共死亡971例,死亡密度为1 702.03/10万人年。以正常体型患者为对照,调整混杂因素后低体重患者全因死亡风险增加104%（HR=2.04,95%CI：1.42~2.92）,单纯全身肥胖、复合超重、复合肥胖患者的全因死亡风险分别下降34%（HR=0.66,95%CI：0.53~0.82）、22%（HR=0.78,95%CI：0.66~0.92）、38%（HR=0.62,95%CI：0.49~0.78）,单纯中心性肥胖患者全因死亡风险差异无统计学意义。亚组分析显示,不同性别和不同年龄组低体重T2DM患者全因死亡风险增加,女性复合肥胖患者全因死亡风险较正常体型患者下降50%,而男性该肥胖状态患者全因死亡风险差异无统计学意义;≥65岁老年患者中,单纯全身肥胖、复合超重、复合肥胖患者的全因死亡风险均明显低于正常体型组（HR=0.61,95%CI：0.48~0.78;HR=0.76,95%CI：0.63~0.91;HR=0.56,95%CI：0.42~0.73）,而<65岁的各种肥胖状态患者全因死亡风险差异无统计学意义。敏感性分析结果未见明显变化。结论 T2DM患者全因死亡风险存在“肥胖悖论”现象,低体重患者的全因死亡风险明显高于正常体型者,全身型或复合型超重/肥胖患者的死亡风险明显降低。     

Calcium intake in the elderly: validation of a dietary questionnaire

Epidemiological studies of calcium and osteoporosis have been hampered by the lack of a suitable tool for assessing calcium intake. This report describes a new frequency and amount questionnaire for measuring present and past calcium intake in the elderly. The validity of the questionnaire was tested against two commonly used standards of dietary assessment, five-day duplicate diets and seven-day weighed dietary inventories. The resulting correlation coefficients were, respectively, r = 0.76 and r = 0.69, while that for repeatability was r = 0.84. Furthermore, the questionnaire categorized subjects into thirds of the distribution of intake with almost no gross misclassification. It is suggested that the present findings may be extended to the majority of normal, healthy elderly subjects, implying wide application for the questionnaire in the assessment of calcium intake in the elderly.     

The human drama of genetics: 'hard' and 'soft' media representations of inherited breast cancer

This paper examines media coverage of 'breast cancer genetics', and explores its implications for public understanding. We present a content analysis of coverage in British newspapers and look at a variety of popular forms, including women's magazines, television soap opera and radio drama. Genetic/inherited risk receives a great deal of coverage across a wide range of media formats and outlets. Much of this attention has focused on individuals from 'high risk families' and dilemmas around prophylactic mastectomies. Through examining media coverage, combined with interviews with media personnel and their sources, we show why this story proved so attractive to the media and highlight the different production values which influence coverage. Finally, we introduce preliminary findings from focus group discussions to demonstrate how such 'human interest' framing has engaged audience attention and influenced public understandings. The paper concludes by highlighting the implications for analysing, predicting, and engaging with, media representations of science.     

The occurrence of antimicrobial substances in toilet,sink and shower drainpipes of clinical units: A neglected source of antibiotic residues

Antibiotics represent one of the most important drug groups used in the management of bacterial infections in humans and animals. Due to the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance, assurance of the antibacterial effectiveness of these substances has moved into the focus of public health. The reduction in antibiotic residues in wastewater and the environment may play a decisive role in the development of increasing rates of antibiotic resistance. The present study examines the wastewater of 31 patient rooms of various German clinics for possible residues of antibiotics, as well as the wastewater of five private households as a reference.To the best of our knowledge, this study shows for the first time that in hospitals with high antibiotic consumption rates, residues of these drugs can be regularly detected in toilets, sink siphons and shower drains at concentrations ranging from 0.02?μg·L^?1 to a maximum of 79?mg·L^?1. After complete flushing of the wastewater siphons, antibiotics are no longer detectable, but after temporal stagnation, the concentration of the active substances in the water phases of respective siphons increases again, suggesting that antibiotics persist through the washing process in biofilms. This study demonstrates that clinical wastewater systems offer further possibilities for the optimization of antibiotic resistance surveillance.     

Worker education in the primary prevention of occupational dermatoses

This paper reports the evaluation of a skin care education programmeconducted on a fine chemicals manufacturing site where over1,000 employees are located. Approximately 60% are involvedin chemical manufacture. Over a 12 month period production staffreceived training in prevention of occupational dermatoses linkedto a site-wide poster initiative. The incidence of new casesof occupational dermatoses fell from 0.055 (70 cases in 1,277employees) to 0.021 (27 cases in 1,277 employees) before andafter the intervention respectively (p<0.0001). After otherfactors such as chemicals handled, observer bias and changesin reporting related to socioeconomic climate were taken intoaccount it is concluded that this study demonstrates the importanceof worker education as a tool for primary prevention of disease.Training materials such as video and poster presentations maybe effectively used in the chemical manufacturing industry asan adjunct to prevention and control of exposure to substanceshazardous to the skin. Such methods may also be used in otherindustries where there are significant risks of dermatoses.     

Regional Variation in Travel-related Illness acquired in Africa,March 1997–May 2011

To understand geographic variation in travel-related illness acquired in distinct African regions, we used the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network database to analyze records for 16,893 ill travelers returning from Africa over a 14-year period. Travelers to northern Africa most commonly reported gastrointestinal illnesses and dog bites. Febrile illnesses were more common in travelers returning from sub-Saharan countries. Eleven travelers died, 9 of malaria; these deaths occurred mainly among male business travelers to sub-Saharan Africa. The profile of illness varied substantially by region: malaria predominated in travelers returning from Central and Western Africa; schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, and dengue from Eastern and Western Africa; and loaisis from Central Africa. There were few reports of vaccine-preventable infections, HIV infection, and tuberculosis. Geographic profiling of illness acquired during travel to Africa guides targeted pretravel advice, expedites diagnosis in ill returning travelers, and may influence destination choices in tourism.     

Self-reported health problems among Swedish miners one year after unemployment

Unemployment is considered to be a public health concern sincedeterioration in the health of the unemployed is often anticipated.However, for some groups, such as miners, unemployment mightimprove health due to a cessation of potentially harmful occupationalexposures. This study evaluates the health of 79 miners in oneSwedish iron-ore mine, and 226 age-matched controls from thegeneral population, during one year after the closure of themine. The participants received a questionnaire regarding medicalhistory and subjective symptoms at the beginning of the studyperiod, and after one year. Statistically significant negativeeffects on self-reported health attributable to unemploymentwere not found, although neuropsychiatric symptoms were morecommon among the unemployed miners. The miners reported a statisticallysignificant improvement in grip force (p=0.031). They had asignificantly higher prevalence of symptoms associated withmining related exposures when compared with the population controls;pain in the upper extremities [relative risk (RR)=2.27, 95%confidence interval (Cl)=1.44–3.59), back pain (RR=1.84;Cl=1.237–2.75), vasospastic disease of the fingers (RR=2.05;Cl=1.18–3.57) and obstructive respiratory symptoms (attacksof dyspnea and wheezing: RR=3.67; Cl=1.167–11.6).     

Excès de cas humains et animaux de tularémie en France au cours de l’hiver 2007–2008 : émergence ou phénomène isolé ?

Context

Tularemia is a zoonosis affecting humans and hares in France. We describe the results of surveillance in both species, in 2007 and 2008.

Methods

Human tularemia cases are mandatorily notifiable in France since 2003. In hares, surveillance relies on volunteer hunter associations in all districts of the country. Data from mandatory reports and volunteer surveillance in 2007/2008 were analyzed and compared with previous results.

Results

In 2007/2008, 144 cases were reported in humans and 117 cases in hares. This was a 100% increase compared to previous years. Human cases differed from those of previous years only by the frequency of contact with breeding animals. Human cases without any documented risk exposure were also more frequent.

Conclusion

An increase of tularemia cases occurred in 2007/2008 in both species. Complementary studies are needed to identify the species reservoir in France to understand the causes of this peak of cases.     

深圳公立医院管理体制改革制度设计

深圳公立医院管理体制改革实行政事分开、管办分开,在理事会架构下按法定机构模式组建市医管中心,落实公立医院运营管理自主权.作者从当前公立医院管理体制的弊端入手,介绍了深圳市进行公立医院管理体制改革的基本思路及改革方案设计的主要举措,深入剖析了的改革方案的特点,并对改革效果进行了预测.     

Effects of nitrogen dioxide on red blood cells of rats: Changes in components of red cell membranes during in vivo exposure to NO2

Red cell membranes, prepared from red blood cells of rats exposed to 4, 10, or 20 ppm nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) for 1 to 10 days, were examined for evidence of changes in membrane components. Appreciable changes were not found in contents of phospholipid and cholesterol during exposure to 10 ppm NO₂. By contrast, protein content altered with the time of exposure. Moreover, changes in protein composition were observed by employing sodium dodecyl sulfate — polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Twenty-four-hour exposure to NO₂ at the concentration above 10 ppm resulted in a marked increase in the percentage of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LysoPE) to the total phospholipids. The prolonged exposure to 10 ppm NO₂ gave rise to a further increase in LysoPE, whereas the percentage of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) showed a gradual decrease. A 1-day exposure to 4.0 ppm NO₂ also caused an increase in sialic acid content and decreases in those of PE and hexose. In addition to contents of these components the percentage of LysoPE increased 5 days after exposure and the elevated values were maintained up to the end of exposure period. These results demonstrate that red blood cells in circulation exhibit different membrane properties in terms of lipid and carbohydrate composition during 10 days of exposure to 4.0 ppm NO₂.