Isao Saito

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Affiliation: Nara Medical University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Trends in fatal coronary heart disease among people aged 25-74 years in Oita City, Japan, from 1987-1998
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan
    J Clin Epidemiol 55:469-76. 2002
  2. ncbi Association of body mass index, body fat, and weight gain with inflammation markers among rural residents in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, Japan
    Circ J 67:323-9. 2003
  3. ncbi Impact of diabetes on health-related quality of life in a population study in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo Cho, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 73:51-7. 2006
  4. ncbi A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University
    J Occup Health 47:496-503. 2005
  5. ncbi Review of death certificate diagnosis of coronary heart disease and heart failure in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo Cho, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
    Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 51:909-16. 2004
  6. ncbi Diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease in the general Japanese population: the Japan Public Health Center-based prospective (JPHC) study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Social Medicine and Medical Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon City, Ehime 791 0295, Japan
    Atherosclerosis 216:187-91. 2011
  7. ncbi A low level of C-reactive protein in Japanese adults and its association with cardiovascular risk factors: the Japan NCVC-Collaborative Inflammation Cohort (JNIC) study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health Policy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
    Atherosclerosis 194:238-44. 2007
  8. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective (JPHC) Study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Social Medicine and Medical Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
    Circ J 73:878-84. 2009
  9. ncbi Impact of metabolic syndrome on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese
    Akiko Tsubakimoto
    Department of General Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
    Hypertens Res 29:29-37. 2006
  10. ncbi [Mortality among individuals diagnosed with glucose intolerance by the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test in rural Japanese communities]
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University
    Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 50:677-85. 2003

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  1. ncbi Trends in fatal coronary heart disease among people aged 25-74 years in Oita City, Japan, from 1987-1998
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan
    J Clin Epidemiol 55:469-76. 2002
    ..We did not find that fatal CHD rates increased in Oita men and women from 1987-1998. Rather, out-of-hospital fatal CHD tended to decline in Oita men...
  2. ncbi Association of body mass index, body fat, and weight gain with inflammation markers among rural residents in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, Japan
    Circ J 67:323-9. 2003
    ..Strong associations of CRP concentration with BMI, body fat, and weight gain were found among elderly Japanese, but not with fibrinogen, serum albumin or WBC...
  3. ncbi Impact of diabetes on health-related quality of life in a population study in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo Cho, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 73:51-7. 2006
    ..Our study showed treatment of diabetes clearly influenced HRQOL, with this influence being dependent on the duration of diabetes and primarily affecting physical rather than mental health...
  4. ncbi A cross-sectional study of alcohol drinking and health-related quality of life among male workers in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University
    J Occup Health 47:496-503. 2005
    ..Although light and moderate alcohol drinkers are likely to have better subjective health, the sub-scales for subjective health have not been well documented...
  5. ncbi Review of death certificate diagnosis of coronary heart disease and heart failure in Japan
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo Cho, Kashihara, Nara 634 8521, Japan
    Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 51:909-16. 2004
    ..Considering the Japanese features of vital statistics for CHD, further epidemiological validation studies are needed in order to confirm the accuracy of CHD death certificate diagnoses and to monitor actual CHD trends in Japan...
  6. ncbi Diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease in the general Japanese population: the Japan Public Health Center-based prospective (JPHC) study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Social Medicine and Medical Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, 454 Shitsukawa, Toon City, Ehime 791 0295, Japan
    Atherosclerosis 216:187-91. 2011
    ..Although diabetes has a great impact on coronary heart disease (CHD) in Western populations, there is limited evidence that diabetes influences CHD in the Japanese population...
  7. ncbi A low level of C-reactive protein in Japanese adults and its association with cardiovascular risk factors: the Japan NCVC-Collaborative Inflammation Cohort (JNIC) study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health Policy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
    Atherosclerosis 194:238-44. 2007
    ..Japanese adults have very low hs-CRP levels. An aggregation of metabolic risk factors is associated with elevated hs-CRP levels among overweight individuals, particularly in women...
  8. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective (JPHC) Study
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Social Medicine and Medical Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
    Circ J 73:878-84. 2009
    ..Although the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is considered to be caused primarily by visceral fat accumulation, epidemiological evidence is lacking as to whether or not obesity is an essential element in the syndrome...
  9. ncbi Impact of metabolic syndrome on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in Japanese
    Akiko Tsubakimoto
    Department of General Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
    Hypertens Res 29:29-37. 2006
    ..An increase in the number of risk factors for metabolic syndrome was highly correlated with an increased baPWV, probably due to insulin resistance...
  10. ncbi [Mortality among individuals diagnosed with glucose intolerance by the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test in rural Japanese communities]
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University
    Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 50:677-85. 2003
    ..11-2.75). CONCLUSION: During follow-up, mortality rates among screened IGT and diabetes were not significantly higher than those in general. Nonetheless, we found that diabetes elevated the risk of death in our cohort, primarily in men...
  11. ncbi [Prevalence of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among rural Japanese]
    Isao Saito
    Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 51:197-204. 2004
  12. ncbi Biological monitoring of pyrethroid exposure of pest control workers in Japan
    Dong Wang
    Department of Radiological and Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
    J Occup Health 49:509-14. 2007
    ..Further research should be accumulated to establish an occupational reference value in Japan...
  13. ncbi Dental arch widths and mandibular-maxillary base widths in Class III malocclusions from ages 10 to 14
    Fengshan Chen
    Vice professor, Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
    Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 133:65-9. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to analyze the development of the dental arches and the skeletal mandibular-maxillary bases in untreated subjects with Class III malocclusions...
  14. ncbi Dietary calcium intake and risks of stroke, its subtypes, and coronary heart disease in Japanese: the JPHC Study Cohort I
    Mitsumasa Umesawa
    Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, 5 1 1 Tsukiji, Chuo Ku, Tokyo 104 0045, Japan
    Stroke 39:2449-56. 2008
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  15. ncbi Development of a solid-phase extraction method for determination of pheophorbide a and pyropheophorbide a in health foods by liquid chromatography
    Harumi Oshima
    Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Tsuji machi, Kita ku, Nagoya, Japan
    J AOAC Int 87:937-42. 2004
    ..The SPE method is considered to be useful for the screening of Phor a and Pyro a in health foods...
  16. ncbi [The metabolic syndrome and risk of stroke in a rural community in Japan]
    Isao Saito
    Department of Public Health, Social Medicine and Medical Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine
    Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 54:677-83. 2007
    ..To clarify the association between the metabolic syndrome (MS) and stroke incidence with a prospective cohort study in a rural community...
  17. ncbi [The viewpoint and approach for regulation of Japanese positive list system for agricultural chemical residues in foods as one cooperative federation]
    Isao Saito
    Tokai Coop Federation, Food Safety and Quality Research Center, 1-178 Sagamine, Yazako, Nagakute-cho, Aichi 480-1103, Japan
    Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi 48:J291-5. 2007
  18. ncbi Prostatic volume and volume-adjusted prostate-specific antigen as predictive parameters for T1c prostate cancer
    Nobumichi Tanaka
    Department of Urology, Nara Medical University
    Hinyokika Kiyo 53:459-65. 2007
    ..However, the multivariate analysis showed that PSATZD had the strongest predictive value in all patients and in those with intermediate PSA levels...
  19. ncbi Longitudinal intermaxillary relationships in class III malocclusions with low and high mandibular plane angles
    Fengshan Chen
    Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
    Angle Orthod 77:397-403. 2007
    ..To analyze the sagittal, vertical, and transverse relationships of the maxilla and mandible in Japanese girls with Class III malocclusions with different inclination of mandibular plane...
  20. ncbi Longitudinal evaluation of the intermaxillary relationship in Class III malocclusions
    Fengshan Chen
    Niigata University, Department of Orthodontics, Niigata, Japan
    Angle Orthod 76:955-61. 2006
    ..To analyze the sagittal, vertical, and transverse relationship of the maxilla and mandible in Japanese girls with Class III malocclusions...
  21. ncbi A survey of semen indices in insecticide sprayers
    Michihiro Kamijima
    Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
    J Occup Health 46:109-18. 2004
    ..Despite possible inherent differences between the groups, the above season-dependent differences suggested that the observed lower semen quality in the sprayers was associated with pesticide spraying work...
  22. ncbi Dental arch widths and mandibular-maxillary base width in Class III malocclusions with low, average and high MP-SN angles
    Fengshan Chen
    Niigata University, Department of Orthodontics, Niigata, Japan
    Angle Orthod 77:36-41. 2007
    ..To analyze the development of the dental arches and skeletal mandibular-maxillary bases in untreated Class III malocclusions with low averages and high mandibular plane angles in subjects aged 10 to 14...