Chihua Li

Biographic Data

ID6168065
NAMEChihua Li
GIVEN NAMESChihua
FAMILY NAMELi
SIGNATURELI C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Macau
ORCID0000-0002-0933-8425
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Effect of Old Age Subsidy on the Mental Health of Older Chinese

    Peiyi Lu, Chihua LiARTICLEJournal of Aging & Social Policy2026

    China’s rapidly growing oldest-old population (aged ≥80) faces significant challenges in financial security. This study sought to quantitatively evaluate the effect of old age subsidy on the mental health of older Chinese. Data were from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2020, including 27,940 respondents residing in the provinces with a universal old age subsidy policy. Eligibility was restricted to individuals aged ≥80. Fuzzy …

  • Multigenerational social mobility and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese

    Open AccessYi Huang, Chihua Li et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2026References: 13

    This study underscores the disadvantaged status of individuals with rural hukou and slow multigenerational upward mobility, calling for more targeted mental health support for them

  • Sex differences in employment history and old age cognition

    Peiyi Lu, Hongyu Yin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Women & Aging2025

    Prior research on employment history and old age health has focused on the US and Europe, leaving studies of developing countries underexplored. This study characterizes the employment history of Chinese men and women and examines their associations with cognition. Individuals (aged 60+) enrolled in the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were included (Nmen=2,733, Nwomen=2,363) and followed up in 2013 and 2015. Cognition was meas…

  • Famine mortality and contributions to later-life type 2 diabetes at the population level

    Open AccessChihua Li, Cormac Ó Gráda et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    Since the 1970s, influential literature has been using famines as natural experiments to examine the long-term health impact of prenatal famine exposure at the individual level. Although studies based on various famines have consistently shown that prenatal famine exposure is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), no studies have yet quantified the contribution of famines to later-life T2D at the population level. We, therefo…

  • Education, urbanicity of residence, and cardiometabolic biomarkers among middle-aged and older populations in the US, Mexico, China, and India

    Open AccessChihua Li, Y S Zhang et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2024

    There is a complex relationship between education and cardiometabolic biomarkers across countries and by urbanicity of residence. This complexity underscores the importance of accounting for contextual factors when devising strategies to enhance cardiometabolic health in various settings

  • How to conduct methodologically rigorous epidemiological studies of the Chinese Famine of 1959–1961

    Chunyu Liu, Zi Lian et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2024References: 5

  • Impact of disease screening on awareness and management of hypertension and diabetes between 2011 and 2015

    Open AccessChihua Li, L H LumeyARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Disease screening in CHARLS did not lead to significant improvements in awareness of hypertension and diabetes. Improvements should be made by the systematic feedback of screening results to survey participants and the monitoring of disease awareness over time. This will be essential to improve disease recognition and facilitate optimal management