Cihang Gu

ORCID: 0000-0002-8101-4687
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Research Areas
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Urticaria and Related Conditions
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Stoma care and complications
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2024

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2023

Vanderbilt University
2021-2022

Johns Hopkins Medicine
2017-2021

Johns Hopkins University
2017-2021

INTRODUCTION: This is the first randomized controlled diet intervention trial to investigate both amount and type of carbohydrate on symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS: Ninety-eight veterans with GERD were randomly assigned high total/high simple, total/low low or simple for 9 weeks. The primary outcomes esophageal acid exposure time (AET) total number episodes derived from 24-hour ambulatory pH monitoring. Secondary symptoms rated using Gastroesophageal Reflux...

10.14309/ajg.0000000000001889 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2022-06-21

<title>Abstract</title> Introduction: Patient reported outcomes (PRO) including patient disease activity scores, quality of life, and depressive symptoms are increasingly being used for clinical care in patients with inflammatory bowel (IBD). However, little is known about performance PROs over time a real-world setting. Methods: were collected from tertiary IBD center the electronic medical records (EMR) 2018–2020. Quality life was measured Simple Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-5423345/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-12-16

Background: Rising prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in US Veterans is concurrent with increasing excess body weight. Objective: The objective this cross-sectional study to examine relationships between dietary macronutrients, gastrointestinal hormones, and GERD status. Methods: Ninety-eight veterans overweight/obesity empiric proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment were enrolled from the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Subjects had esophageal manometry 24-h pH...

10.1177/17562848221101289 article EN cc-by-nc Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology 2022-01-01

Summary Neuroimaging studies demonstrate associations of brain structure and function with children's eating behaviour body weight, the feasibility integrating measures into obesity risk assessment intervention is growing. However, little known about lay perceptions how influences obesity. We investigated parent contributions to in three separate studies: 1) a study mothers adolescents recruited for neuroimaging research ( n = 88), 2) ethnically Chinese parents 5–13 year olds participating...

10.1111/ijpo.12881 article EN Pediatric Obesity 2021-12-22

Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) including patient (pt) disease activity scores, quality of life, and depressive symptoms are increasingly being used for clinical care in pts with inflammatory bowel (IBD). However, little is known about PRO over time a real-world setting. Methods: PROs were collected as part from tertiary IBD center on an automated basis the electronic medical record (EMR) 2018-2020 (COVID pandemic affected further collection). Quality life was measured by Short...

10.14309/01.ajg.0000996168.70055.84 article EN The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2023-12-01
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