Xilin Yang
Professor, PhD
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Tianjin Medical University
22 Qixiangtai Road
Tianjin 300070
Phone: +86-22-8333-6618
Email Address: yangxilin@tmu.edu.cn
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2007
Ph.D. University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2002
Master of Engineering. Tianjin Institute of Light Industry, Tianjin, China, 1991
Diploma of Medicine. Chengde Medical College, Chengde, Hebei, China, 1983
Professional Background
2011-Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
2007-2011 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2010-2012 Research Associate, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
1997-1998 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
1991-1997 Nutritionist in Charge (since 1994), Nutrition Department, Tianjin Institute of Food Safety Control and Inspection, Tianjin, China
1985-1988 Junior Clinical Doctor, Department of Pediatrics & Department of Internal Medicine, Yuci Municipal Hospital, Yuci, Shanxi, China
1983-1985 Junior Clinical Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Xincheng County Hospital, Xincheng, Hebei, China
Other Roles
1.Member of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Epidemiology Branch
2.2. Associate Editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology Section of Aging
Publications
1.Li N, Leng J, Zhang R, Wang H, Li W, Zhang S, Qiao Y, Li J, Yu Z, Hu G, Fang Z, Yang X. Maternal serum branched-chain amino acids in early pregnancy and offspring growth patterns from 1 year to 8 years of age. Chin Med J (Engl). 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000002967.
2.Cao W, Li N, Zhang R, Li W, Gao M, Wang H, Wang L, Qiao Y, Li J, Yu Z, Hu G, Leng J, Yang X. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2023 Dec 18:e3759. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3759.
3.Li N, Li J, Wang H, Qiao Y, Li W, Gao M, Liu E, Yu Z, Hu G, Fang Z, Leng J, Yang X. Serum Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids and Risk of Maternal Gestational Diabetes and Adverse Growth Patterns in Offspring. Nutrients. 2023;15: 4089. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15184089
4.Gao M, Wang H, Li W, Wang L, Li N, Qiao Y, Zhang T, Li J, Yu Z, Hu G, Leng J, Yang X. Maternal insulin resistance and maternal β-cell function during pregnancy for offspring overweight before 2 years of age among women with gestational diabetes. Pediatr Obes. 2023 Mar;18(3):e12995. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12995.
5.Li N, Li J, Wang H, Liu J, Li W, Yang K, Huo X, Leng J, Yu Z, Hu G, Fang Z, Yang X. Branched-chain amino acids and their interactions with lipid metabolites for increased risk of gestational diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022;107(7):e3058-e3065. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac141.
6.Cao S, Li N, Zhang C, Liu J, Wang H, Leng J, Wang L, Li W, Yu Z, Hu G, Li J, Yang X. Adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated with an increased risk of postpartum prediabetes and diabetes in Chinese women with gestational diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Mar 2;186:109817. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109817.
7.Wang H, Li N, Chivese T, Werfalli M, Sun H, Yuen L, Hoegfeldt CA, Elise Powe C, Immanuel J, Karuranga S, Divakar H, Levitt N, Li C, Simmons D, Yang X. IDF Diabetes Atlas: Estimation of Global and Regional Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence for 2021 by International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group's Criteria. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Jan;183:109050. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109050.
8.Gao M, Cao S, Li N, Liu J, Lyu Y, Li J, Yang X. Risks of overweight in the offspring of women with gestational diabetes at different developmental stages: A meta-analysis with more than half a million offspring. Obes Rev. 2022 Mar;23(3):e13395. doi: 10.1111/obr.13395.
9.Wang H, Yang W, Liu J, Leng J, Li W, Yu Z, Li J, Ma RCW, Hu G, Fang Z, Wang Y, Yang X. Serum concentrations of SFAs and CDKAL1 single-nucleotide polymorphism rs7747752 are related to an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 8;114(5):1698-1707. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab225.
10.Li N, Li J, Zhang C, Liu G, Leng J, Liu J, Wang L, Li W, Yu Z, Hu G, Chan JCN, Yang X*. Usefulness of cut-off points of international criteria for prediction of post-partum diabetes and prediabetes among Chinese women with gestational diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2021 Nov;37(8):e3456. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3456.
11.Li J, Liu J, Zhang C, Liu G, Leng J, Wang L, Li W, Yu Z, Hu G, Chan JCN, Yang X. Effects of Lifestyle Intervention of Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Offspring Growth Pattern Before Two Years of Age. Diabetes Care. 2021 Mar;44(3):e42-e44. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2750.
12. Li N, Yang Y, Cui D, Li C, Ma RCW, Li J, Yang X. Effects of lifestyle intervention on long-term risk of diabetes in women with prior gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Obes Rev. 2021 Jan;22(1):e13122. doi: 10.1111/obr.13122.
13.Liu J, Li J, Yang K, Leng J, Li W, Yang W, Huo X, Yu Z, Cw Ma R, Hu G, Fang Z, Yang X. Ceramides and their interactive effects with trimethylamine-N-oxide metabolites on risk of gestational diabetes: A nested case-control study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Jan;171:108606. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108606.
14.Li N, Liu J, Zhang C, Liu G, Leng J, Wang L, Li W, Yu Z, Hu G, Chan JCN, Yang X. Effects of lifestyle intervention during pregnancy on postpartum diabetes among Chinese women with gestational diabetes. Diabetologia. 2021 Jan;64(1):255-258. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05308-z.
15.Li X, Yang S, Cao C, Yan X, Zheng L, Zheng L, Da J, Tang X, Ji L, Yang X, Zhou Z. Validation of the Swedish diabetes regrouping scheme in adult-onset diabetes in China. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Aug 18; dgaa524. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa524.
Grants
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Research Project). Title: The roles of the cross-talk between gut microbe and bile acids in the mechanism of gestational diabetes mellitus. Ref. number: 81870549; 01/01/2019-31/12/2022.
2.National Key Research and Development Program of China. Title: Current profile of risk factor prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and its risk prediction model and intervention and management technique development. Ref. number: 2018YFC1313903; 09/01/2018-31/12/2020.
3.International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Lilly’s Bringing Research In Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems (BRIDGES). Title: A randomized translational study to examine the effects of shared care versus usual care in management of gestational diabetes in a three-tier prenatal care network in Tianjin, China. Ref number: LT09-227; 01/07/2010 to 31/12/2013.