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The Guangdong Pharmaceutical University Occupational Health Cohort in Xishan Coal Electricity Group (GDPU-OHC) is an ambispective occupational cohort established to characterize NCD burden, identify high-risk occupational groups, support future longitudinal analyses, and inform occupational health management in China.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      GDPU-OHC was conducted in Shanxi Province, China, with a retrospective component covering 2009\u20132022 and a prospective component initiated in May 2023. Among 36,577 workers with routine health examination records in 2023, 25,597 eligible employees (median age: 41.00\u202fyears, IQR: 35.00\u201350.00; 89.19% male) were recruited into the prospective cohort. All baseline participants were asked to provide fasting blood and urine samples. The main cohort is scheduled for follow-up every 3\u20135\u202fyears. Planned sub-studies include occupational protection improvement (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f200), work pattern optimization (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f600), dietary optimization (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f600), and a gut microbiota modulation pilot study (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f50).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings to date<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among baseline participants, the crude prevalence of obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, hyperuricemia, and hyperlipidemia was 22.64, 23.18, 13.89, 27.87, and 47.93%, respectively. Occupational hazards, including dust, noise, toxic gasses, and shift work, and lifestyle factors, including high oil\/salt intake, smoking, and alcohol consumption, were common in this cohort and will serve as key exposures for future longitudinal analyses of NCD risks. These findings are descriptive; temporal trends and exposure-outcome associations were not assessed in the present cohort profile.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Future plans<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The GDPU-OHC will continue prospective follow-up to capture long-term NCD outcomes and repeated occupational health information. Future studies will evaluate longitudinal associations between occupational\/lifestyle exposures and NCD risks, develop planned sub-studies, and conduct mechanistic analyses involving oxidative stress, inflammatory markers, metabolomics, and gene\u2013environment interactions. 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