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| Michikazu SekineSummaryAffiliation: University of Toyama Country: Japan Publications
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Sex inequalities in physical and mental functioning of British, Finnish, and Japanese civil servants: role of job demand, control and work hoursMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Soc Sci Med 73:595-603. 2011..These results suggest that egalitarian and gender equal policies may contribute to smaller sex differences in health, through smaller differences in disadvantaged work characteristics between men and women...- Socioeconomic inequalities in physical and mental functioning of British, Finnish, and Japanese civil servants: role of job demand, control, and work hoursMichikazu Sekine
University of Toyama, Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Soc Sci Med 69:1417-25. 2009..We suggest that these differences in the pattern and magnitude of grade differences in work characteristics and health among the 3 cohorts may be attributable to the different welfare regimes among the 3 countries... 
Sex differences in physical and mental functioning of Japanese civil servants: explanations from work and family characteristicsMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Soc Sci Med 71:2091-9. 2010..Such sex differences in work- and family-related stresses may contribute to sex difference in health. Longitudinal research is necessary to clarify the causal nature of these associations...
Lifestyles and health-related quality of life in Japanese school children: a cross-sectional studyXiaoli Chen
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Prev Med 40:668-78. 2005..There is little information about relation between lifestyles and QOL in children. This study aims to examine the correlation among Japanese children...- Daytime sleepiness and associated factors in Japanese school childrenAlexandru Gaina
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
J Pediatr 151:518-22, 522.e1-4. 2007..To examine daytime sleepiness and sleepiness interrelationship with sleep-wake patterns, eating habits, physical activity, and TV/video game time... - Association of smoking behavior and socio-demographic factors, work, lifestyle and mental health of Japanese civil servantsLizhen Hu
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Toyama, Japan
J Occup Health 49:443-52. 2007..The above results suggest that socio-demographic, lifestyle and mental health characteristics are independently associated with current smoking. These factors should be considered in smoking cessation policies as program components... - Associations of sense of coherence with sickness absence and reported symptoms of illness in Japanese civil servantsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
J Occup Health 45:231-3. 2003 - Work and family characteristics as determinants of socioeconomic and sex inequalities in sleep: The Japanese Civil Servants StudyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
Sleep 29:206-16. 2006..To clarify whether socioeconomic and sex inequalities in poor sleep quality are explained by socioeconomic and sex differences in work and family characteristics... - A dose-response relationship between short sleeping hours and childhood obesity: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort StudyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama City, Japan
Child Care Health Dev 28:163-70. 2002..The aim of this study was to clarify parental and lifestyle factors, particularly sleeping habits, associated with obesity in Japanese children... - Socioeconomic inequalities in physical and mental functioning of Japanese civil servants: explanations from work and family characteristicsMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Japan
Soc Sci Med 63:430-45. 2006..The different patterns of SES inequalities in health between men and women deserve further research... - Lifestyle at 3 years of age and quality of life (QOL) in first-year junior high school students in Japan: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort StudyHongbing Wang
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Qual Life Res 17:257-65. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine whether some effects of childhood lifestyles at 3 years of age are associated with quality of life (QOL) in first-year junior high school students (JHSS)... - Lifestyle and overweight among Japanese adolescents: the Toyama Birth Cohort StudyYingchun Sun
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Research, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
J Epidemiol 19:303-10. 2009..To investigate the effects of lifestyle factors on overweight among Japanese adolescents... - Morning-evening preference: sleep pattern spectrum and lifestyle habits among Japanese junior high school pupilsAlexandru Gaina
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Chronobiol Int 23:607-21. 2006..Our results suggest the morning preference should be promoted among junior high school children to increase the likelihood of more regular sleep-wake patterns and lifestyle habits... - Spa resort use and health-related quality of life, sleep, sickness absence and hospital admission: the Japanese civil servants studyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Complement Ther Med 14:133-43. 2006..To examine whether spa resort use is associated with the health of Japanese employees... - Association of sleep quality and free time leisure activities in Japanese and British civil servantsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan
J Occup Health 47:384-90. 2005..46-0.80) and 0.71 (95%CI; 0.56-0.90) for Japanese and British subjects, respectively). Our findings suggest that engagement in social leisure activities is associated with better sleep quality and consequently better general well-being... - Explaining social inequalities in health by sleep: the Japanese civil servants studyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani Toyama 930 0194, Japan
J Public Health (Oxf) 28:63-70. 2006..Individuals of low socioeconomic status (SES) are likely to have poor sleep and poor health. This study aims to evaluate whether and how much of the socioeconomic differences in health are explained by sleep... - [Alcohol drinking patterns and sleep quality of Japanese civil servants]Shiori Takamatsu
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi 52:1-11. 2010..The purpose of this study was to clarify whether alcohol drinking patterns were associated with sleep quality... - Sib-size, birth order and risk of overweight in junior high school students in Japan: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort StudyHongbing Wang
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930 0194, Japan
Prev Med 44:45-51. 2007..To investigate whether there is a relationship between sib-size, birth order and the risk of overweight in junior high school students... - Accuracy of the estimated prevalence of childhood obesity from height and weight values reported by parents: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort studyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:9-13. 2002..2 to 1.0%. These results indicate that height and weight reported by parents provides a reliable assessment of childhood obesity... - Validation of a self-reported physical activity questionnaire for schoolchildrenXiaoli Chen
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama City, Japan
J Epidemiol 13:278-87. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Schoolchildren's self-reported physical activity is in accordance with the objective data, and could be used as a valid measure to evaluate physical activity level in school settings... - Relationship between body image and lifestyle factors in Japanese adolescent girlsKyoko Mori
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Pediatr Int 51:507-13. 2009..Certain lifestyle factors may influence an individual's body image, but current knowledge is based mainly on studies in Western populations... - Intra-individual variability of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: age-related variations over time in Japanese subjectsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
Circ J 70:559-63. 2006..The potential for hsCRP variability during the follow-up interval is of great interest, so the repeatability of measurements of hsCRP in men and women, and in different age groups, was investigated in the present study... - Validity of child sleep diary questionnaire among junior high school childrenAlexandru Gaina
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
J Epidemiol 14:1-4. 2004..Thus, children's sleep questionnaire can be applied to surveys for sleep habits screening... - Job strain does not relate to morning level vanilmandelic acid in Japanese civil servantsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:324-9. 2002.... - Gender differences in associations of C-reactive protein with atherosclerotic risk factors and psychosocial characteristics in Japanese civil servantsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan
Psychosom Med 68:58-63. 2006..We have evaluated the relationship of serum CRP and SOC and assessed the association of atherosclerotic risk factors with CRP in male and female subjects... - Differences in mortality rates due to major specific causes between Japanese male occupational groups over a recent 30-year periodSadanobu Kagamimori
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan
Ind Health 42:328-35. 2004..According to the principal component analysis of mortality rates due to major specific causes, the first main factor contributed 57.9% of the commonality in 1965, 76.5% in 1980, and 86.0% in 1995, respectively... - Associations between sense of coherence and psychological work characteristics with changes in quality of life in Japanese civil servants: a 1-year follow-up studyAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
Ind Health 41:236-41. 2003..11, p < 0.001. Higher sense of coherence and job control could result in better subjective feeling of well-being in a 1-year follow-up among Japanese civil servants... - The validity of sleeping hours of healthy young children as reported by their parentsMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:237-42. 2002.... - Validity of a questionnaire evaluating physical activity level in young childrenMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, 2630 Sugitani, 930 0194, Toyama City Toyama, Japan
Environ Health Prev Med 6:264-7. 2002..To assess the validity of a questionnaire for evaluating the physical activity of young children as reported by parents... - Explaining global job satisfaction by facets of job satisfaction: the Japanese civil servants studyTakashi Tatsuse
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930 0194, Japan
Environ Health Prev Med 16:133-7. 2011..Management of job satisfaction is of growing importance in terms of the maintenance of employees' health. This study aimed to evaluate which and to what extent facets of job satisfaction contributed to global job satisfaction... - The validity of nursery teachers' report on the physical activity of young childrenXiaoli Chen
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:367-74. 2002..The results suggest that nursery teachers' respondent for children in physical activity may be used as a valid measure to evaluate young children's physical activity levels, especially in nursery setting... - Adverse health experience in male workers during the boom economy in JapanSadanobu Kagamimori
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan
J Occup Health 45:131-2. 2003 - A study of weekly and seasonal variation of stroke onsetHongbing Wang
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930 0194 Japan
Int J Biometeorol 47:13-20. 2002..It may be speculated that younger people have more change to work outdoors, exposing themselves to the winter environment. Their lifestyle and physiological condition may be different from those of older people... - Nested case-control study on associations between lung function, smoking and mortality in Japanese populationLizhen Hu
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, 930 0194, Toyama, Japan
Environ Health Prev Med 12:265-71. 2007..In this study, we examined the associations of lung function, smoking and the results of allergy skin tests with mortality in a longitudinal study of the Japanese population... - Study of a mortality surge among transport workers in JapanSadanobu Kagamimori
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
J Occup Health 48:514-6. 2006 - Effect of moderate alcohol intake on nocturnal sleep respiratory parameters in healthy middle-aged menIchiro Izumi
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, 930 0194, Toyama City, Japan
Environ Health Prev Med 10:16-20. 2005..In this study, we investigated the influence of alcohol on OSA-associated parameters in healthy middle-aged males drinking a moderate volume of alcohol (<1 g alcohol/kg bodyweight per day)... - Association between sense of coherence and heart rate variability in healthy subjectsAli Nasermoaddeli
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, 930 0194, Toyama, Japan
Environ Health Prev Med 9:272-4. 2004.... - Parental obesity, lifestyle factors and obesity in preschool children: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort studyMichikazu Sekine
Department of Welfare Promotion and Epidemiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:33-9. 2002..Eating and exercising habits were not significantly associated with obesity. These results indicate that parental obesity and short sleeping hours are possible risk factors for obesity in preschool children...