Noriyuki Nakanishi

..001). Our findings indicate that clustered features of MS and insulin resistance are strongly associated with the risk for increased baPWV in Japanese men and women...

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..2 kg/m2, although the absolute risk was greater in more obese men. These results indicate that SUA level is closely associated with an increased risk for hypertension and IFG or Type II diabetes...

..To investigate the association between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and risk for development of diabetes...

..27 to 2.40), and 2.22 (95% CI, 1.52 to 3.25), respectively (p for trend < 0.001). These results suggest that clustered features of the MS are closely associated with the risk for increased aortic PWV in middle-aged Japanese men...

..1-6.9 mmol/l). These results indicate that clustering of components of the MS associated with diabetes precedes an increase in the risk of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men...

..001 for all). Our findings indicate that clustered features of the metabolic syndrome are closely associated with development of CVD and type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Japanese...

..To investigate the association between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in Japanese male office workers...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the association between daily life activity and risk of developing diabetes...

..To examine the relationship between self-assessed masticatory disability and mortality...

..Although previous studies suggest that physical activity may reduce the risk of hypertension, the role of daily life activity in the development of hypertension remains unclear...

..The gender differences in the association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and features of the metabolic syndrome (MS) need to be elucidated among Japanese...

..003). These results indicate that CRP levels increase continuously across the spectrum of fasting glucose in both sexes. This association is more pronounced in women...

..We assessed the association of lifestyle factors with white blood cell (WBC) count in 3681 Japanese male office workers aged 35-59 years...

..To investigate the association of alcohol consumption with white blood cell (WBC) count...

..Decreased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in chronic alcoholics is well known. However, the importance of light to moderate alcohol consumption is less certain...

..To investigate the association between duration of overtime and the development of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)...

..2 kg/m2 and nonsmokers than among men with a BMI 24.2 kg/m2 or more and current smokers, respectively. These results suggest that alcohol consumption is closely associated with risk for increased aortic PWV in middle-aged Japanese men...

..To investigate the association between white blood-cell (WBC) count and the development of diabetes, independent of cigarette smoking...

..To evaluate the association of long working hours with the risk for hypertension...

..011), but the risk for low-frequency hearing impairment did not (P for trend = 0.172). Our results indicate that cigarette smoking is highly associated with development of high-frequency hearing impairment in Japanese male office workers...

..To investigate the association of alcohol intake with development of hypertension...

..To investigate the association of white blood cell (WBC) count with risk of hypertension...

..To investigate the association between alcohol consumption and risk for development of diabetes...

..76 and 1.40 x10(9) cells/l, respectively, compared with the subjects without features of MS (P for trend < 0.001). These findings indicate a strong association between WBC count and clustered features of MS in middle-aged Japanese men...

..A close relationship between alcohol consumption and hypertension has been established, but the effect of light to moderate alcohol consumption on blood pressure (BP) remains unclear...

..Our findings support the conclusions that alcohol drinking, obesity, and cigarette smoking are positively associated with raised serum GGT and that coffee consumption is inversely related to raised serum GGT...

..001). These data indicate a strong association between WBC count and a number of disorders characterizing the MS independent of cigarette smoking among Japanese men...

..In order to establish a system to improve the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a well-considered strategy considering the location of arrest is necessary...

..0 (referent), 1.75, 5.14, and 6.90 for type 2 diabetes. A modified NCEP MS definition predicts ST-T abnormalities and type 2 diabetes. WBC count adds clinically important information to new-onset ST-T abnormalities and type 2 diabetes...

..Deterioration in psychosocial conditions as well as continuously poor psychosocial conditions may be an important determinant of mortality risk for elderly people...

..These results indicate that the accumulation of risk factors is highly associated with the increased risk of hypertension in Japanese men...

..CONCLUSION: These results suggest a possible role of subclinical inflammation in insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in Japanese, but it only partly explains the link between obesity and impaired glucose homeostasis...

..It is important for the prevention of the MS not only to quit smoking but also to prevent weight gain after smoking cessation...

..9), 2.2 (CI=1.5-3.3), and 6.0 (CI=3.2-11.5). Our results suggest a threshold effect of triglyceride levels considered as normal on enhanced cardiovascular risk in young Japanese adults, especially in those with low HDL cholesterol levels...

..Our results indicate that a variety of features of the MS are associated with WBC count and that these tendencies are more pronounced in younger individuals in both non-smokers and current smokers...

..To determine effective interventional targets for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by analyzing the distribution characteristics of arrest patients according to age and sex with special emphasis on ventricular fibrillation (VF)...

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..To improve the utilization of health notebooks, municipalities should increase the number of public health nurses...

..CONCLUSION: Follow-up services after medical examinations by municipal governments showed a significant relationship with maintenance of a continuous data set of medical examinations and the number of public health nurses...