Overview
Background
Yang is currently a Honorary Research Fellow in UQ School of Public Health and a Research Fellow in Cancer Epidemiology Division of Cancer Council Victoria. He has extensive experience in analysing large-scale national and international health surveys and hospitalisaiton datasets with complex statistical models. He is interested in answering a couple of research questions in the population level (e.g. the associations between modifiable behaviors and chronic diseases; the inequalities in chronic disease risk).
Availability
- Dr Yang Peng is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, unknown
- Doctor of Philosophy of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Data linkage in medicine
The large-scaled linked surveys and hospitalisations datasets could answer quite a few key research questions in public health and clinical medicine. However, most of them are largely underused and wasted. The share and use of them are greatly appreciated.
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Lifestyle factors and chronic diseases
It is well known that lifestyle factors are associated with risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, whether the association strength between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases varied by subpopulations and what are the combined effects of lifestyle factors on chronic diseases are not well studied. They need to be investigated in large-scale population-based studies.
Research impacts
His research findings provided up-to-date information to the policy makers on the lifestyle factors status in the general Australian population, which facilitated the chronic disease prevention and management in the wide communities. His works generated evidence on closing the survival gaps for those 'disadvantaged' populations (e.g., First Nations and people with lower socioeconomic status) and improved our understanding of adverse outcomes for cardiovascular disease and cancer patients in Australia.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Long-term outcomes after hospitalization for atrial fibrillation or flutter
Ngo, Linh Thi Hai, Peng, Yang, Denman, Russell, Yang, Ian and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2024). Long-term outcomes after hospitalization for atrial fibrillation or flutter. European Heart Journal, 45 (24), 2133-2141. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae204
2023
Journal Article
Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and risk of cancer: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Peng, Yang, Bassett, Julie K., Hodge, Allison M., Melaku, Yohannes Adama, Afshar, Nina, Hopper, John L., Maclnnis, Robert J., Lynch, Brigid M., Smith-Warner, Stephanie A., Giles, Graham G., Milne, Roger L. and Jayasekara, Harindra (2023). Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and risk of cancer: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 33 (1), 43-54. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0945
2022
Journal Article
Long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalisation in Australia and New Zealand
Hariharaputhiran, Saranya, Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Ali, Anna, Hossain, Sadia, Visvanathan, Renuka, Adams, Robert, Chan, Wandy and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalisation in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal of Heart Failure, 24 (9), 1519-1528. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2595
2022
Journal Article
Long-term survival, stroke recurrence, and life expectancy after an acute stroke in Australia and New Zealand from 2008–2017: a population-wide cohort study
Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Hay, Karen, Alghamry, Alaa, Colebourne, Kathryn and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival, stroke recurrence, and life expectancy after an acute stroke in Australia and New Zealand from 2008–2017: a population-wide cohort study. Stroke, 53 (8), 2538-2548. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038155
2021
Journal Article
Survival disparities among recently diagnosed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients in Australia remain
Peng, Yang and Baade, Peter (2021). Survival disparities among recently diagnosed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients in Australia remain. Cancer Causes & Control, 32 (11), 1315-1320. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01474-6
2021
Journal Article
Effects of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on changing platelets: a prospective cohort study
Liu, Ning, Peng, Yang, Zhong, Xinguang, Ma, Zheng, He, Suiping, Li, Ying, Zhang, Wencui, Gong, Zijun and Yao, Zhenjiang (2021). Effects of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on changing platelets: a prospective cohort study. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 26 (1) 14, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12199-021-00939-z
2020
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of sarcopenia as a prognostic factor in gynecological malignancy
Allanson, Emma R., Peng, Yang, Choi, Angela, Hayes, Sandra, Janda, Monika and Obermair, Andreas (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sarcopenia as a prognostic factor in gynecological malignancy. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 30 (11), 1791-1797. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001678
2020
Journal Article
Can a symptom checklist improve the triage of patients following successful endometrial cancer treatment?
Peng, Yang, Janda, Monika and Obermair, Andreas (2020). Can a symptom checklist improve the triage of patients following successful endometrial cancer treatment?. Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 33 100604, 100604. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100604
2020
Journal Article
Do the 2017 blood pressure cut-offs improve 10-year cardiovascular disease mortality risk prediction?
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2020). Do the 2017 blood pressure cut-offs improve 10-year cardiovascular disease mortality risk prediction?. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 30 (11), 2008-2016. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.06.017
2020
Journal Article
Prevalence of three lifestyle factors among Australian adults from 2004 to 2018: an age–period–cohort analysis
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2020). Prevalence of three lifestyle factors among Australian adults from 2004 to 2018: an age–period–cohort analysis. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (4), 827-832. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz243
2020
Journal Article
The impact of 2017 ACC/AHA guideline on the prevalence of hypertension in Australia
Peng, Yang (2020). The impact of 2017 ACC/AHA guideline on the prevalence of hypertension in Australia. Journal of Human Hypertension, 35 (1), 104-106. doi: 10.1038/s41371-020-0390-9
2019
Other Outputs
Cardiovascular health status and its associations with cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease prevalence in Australian adults
Peng, Yang (2019). Cardiovascular health status and its associations with cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease prevalence in Australian adults. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.539
2018
Journal Article
Could cardiovascular health metrics account for age and sex disparities in self-reported ischemic heart disease prevalence?
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2018). Could cardiovascular health metrics account for age and sex disparities in self-reported ischemic heart disease prevalence?. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7 (10) 369, 369. doi: 10.3390/jcm7100369
2018
Journal Article
Prevalence of the cardiovascular health status in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Peng, Y., Cao, S., Yao, Z. and Wang, Z. (2018). Prevalence of the cardiovascular health status in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 28 (12), 1197-1207. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.08.002
2018
Journal Article
Joint association between body fat and its distribution with all-cause mortality: a data linkage cohort study based on NHANES (1988-2011)
Dong, Bin, Peng, Yang, Wang, Zhiqiang, Adegbija, Odewumi, Hu, Jie, Ma, Jun and Ma, Ying-Hua (2018). Joint association between body fat and its distribution with all-cause mortality: a data linkage cohort study based on NHANES (1988-2011). PLoS One, 13 (2) e0193368, e0193368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193368
2018
Journal Article
Cardiovascular health status among Australian adults
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2018). Cardiovascular health status among Australian adults. Clinical Epidemiology, 10, 167-178. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S155783
2017
Journal Article
Prevalence, Influencing Factors, Antibiotic Resistance, Toxin and Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA Nasal Carriage among Diabetic Population in the United States, 2001-2004
Lin, Jialing, Peng, Yang, Bai, Chan, Zhang, Ting, Zheng, Haoqu, Wang, Xiaojie, Ye, Jiaping, Ye, Xiaohua, Li, Ying and Yao, Zhenjiang (2017). Prevalence, Influencing Factors, Antibiotic Resistance, Toxin and Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA Nasal Carriage among Diabetic Population in the United States, 2001-2004. Polish Journal of Microbiology, 66 (4), 439-448. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.7038
2017
Journal Article
Age variation in the association between obesity and mortality in adults
Wang, Zhiqiang, Peng, Yang and Liu, Meina (2017). Age variation in the association between obesity and mortality in adults. Obesity, 25 (12), 2137-2141. doi: 10.1002/oby.21976
2017
Journal Article
Life’s Simple 7 and ischemic heart disease in the general Australian population
Peng, Yang, Wang, Zhiqiang, Dong, Bin, Cao, Sifan, Hu, Jie and Odewumi Adegbija (2017). Life’s Simple 7 and ischemic heart disease in the general Australian population. PLoS One, 12 (10) e0187020, e0187020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187020
2017
Journal Article
Association of Life's Simple 7 and presence of cardiovascular disease in general Australians
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2017). Association of Life's Simple 7 and presence of cardiovascular disease in general Australians. Open Heart, 4 (2) e000622, e000622. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000622
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Yang Peng is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Lifestyle factors and chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults
Although unhealthy lifestyle factors are known to be associated with increased chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults, a number of questions on the topic are still to be answered (e.g., do the magnitude of associations changed over time and varied by demographaphic or socioeconomic factors?) Join our team and work them out with large national and international cohorts.
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Inequalities in chronic disease risk
The burden of chronic diseases is more obvious in some 'disadvantaged' population (e.g., First Nations and socioeconomically disadvantaged people). However, the contributors of the inequalities are not well documented and they need to be answered to close the gap in chronic disease risk.
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