Kazunori Kayaba

..However, little is known about the long-term stability of this scale with exposure of workers to job. We investigated the 5-year intraindividual variation in job characteristics scores among healthy community workers...

..50, 95% confidence interval=1.24, 1.81)...

..The purpose of this study was to access the present situation regarding implementation of dental health promotion activities of Health Japan 21 in municipalities...

..The number of patients is steadily increasing despite the decrease of children. The seasonal variation, geographical distribution, and age-specific distribution support the infection theory for the etiology of Kawasaki disease...

..Whether the incidence of cerebrovascular stroke increased after the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (EQ) in Japan and whether seismic intensity affected stroke risk dose-dependently was examined...

..However, this association has not been fully investigated by population-based studies in Japan. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between hamster ownership and respiratory symptoms by using a questionnaire...

..Although adverse psychosocial job characteristics are suspected predictors of suicide death, prospective studies based on established stress instruments are limited...

..A psychologically demanding job may be associated with an unfavorable lipid profile, but the impact of job strain on atherogenic lipids is negligible...

..The last nationwide survey of Kawasaki disease in Japan was conducted in 2003; the epidemiologic features of the disease in Japan since then are unknown...

..Relationships between consumption of dairy products and death from various types of cancer are largely unknown...

..In conclusion, cardiovascular risk factors were higher in hypertensives with or without treatment than in normotensives in a general population in Japan...

..2-4.1), and 3.1 (CI, 1.7-5.6), respectively. Systolic BP and diastolic BP were related to stroke incidence linearly in the general Japanese population. Systolic BP was slightly more predictive of the risk of stroke than diastolic BP...

..The findings appear to imply a mechanism through which adverse psychosocial job characteristics lead to cardiovascular diseases in men...

..The aim of this study was to clarify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its effects to mortality in a population-based cohort study...

..The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between dietary patterns derived from factor analysis and the levels of blood pressure and serum lipids in a Japanese population...

..However, few population-based studies on the incidence rates of stroke and MI have been conducted in Japan...

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..We have been following the eligible subjects, and are preparing to show some prospective data regarding cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risks in the near future...

..Further investigation is necessary to identify the influences of the characteristics and environments of communities upon the elderly perception of living areas...

..A few unexpected findings prevent complete support to one of the hypothetical pathways that the job characteristics lead to cardiovascular disease through behaviors...

..6) in males, and 0.7 (0.2-2.3) and 1.5 (1.0-2.4) in females, respectively, relative to those with 7-7.9 hours sleep. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that males with short sleep and females with long sleep were at an elevated risk of death...

..High priority should be given to assisting public health officials and other key personnel in recognizing the importance of implementing smoking control measures for attaining better health...

..The goal of this analysis is to investigate the relationship between smoking status and all-cause mortality, and to evaluate the effect of smoking in the Japanese...

..Investigating of the effect of psychosocial job characteristics on cancer might therefore provide valuable insights into the health of workers...

..The goal of this analysis is to investigate the relationship between age at menopause and all-cause mortality among the Japanese...

..34, 95% CI: 0.14-0.82). Educational level and employment status may affect mortality for Japanese women and men...

..In recent years some studies have shown that metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with inflammation, indicated by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), but there have been few population-based studies, especially in Japan...

..0-24.9 kg/m2) had an increased risk of pre-HT in a Japanese population, and the level of BMI associated with pre-HT was lower than that in Western countries. Additionally, there were gender differences in the determinants of pre-HT...