Development of a Point-based Prediction Model for the Incidence of Total Stroke: Japan Public Health Center StudyHiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University, 1 98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470 1192, Japan
Stroke 44:1295-302. 2013
..We developed and validated a point-based prediction model (risk score) for stroke incidence using a Japanese cohort of general men and women...
- Body mass index and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in a relatively lean population: meta-analysis of 16 Japanese cohorts using individual data
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya, Japan
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:498-505. 2010
..The association of overweight/obesity with the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, especially stroke, has not been comprehensively examined in relatively lean populations in which stroke is more prevalent than coronary heart disease...
Retinal microvascular abnormalities and risk of lacunar stroke: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities StudyHiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA
Stroke 41:1349-55. 2010
..No study has prospectively examined retinal findings in relation to the incidence of clinical lacunar stroke in comparison with other ischemic stroke subtypes...
- Associations of obesity measures with subtypes of ischemic stroke in the ARIC Study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Epidemiol 20:347-54. 2010
..Associations between obesity and lacunar, nonlacunar thrombotic, and cardioembolic stroke are not firmly established...
- Risk of incident cardiovascular disease among users of smokeless tobacco in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Am J Epidemiol 172:600-5. 2010
..Current cigarette smokers should also be given sufficient information on safe, therapeutic methods of quitting which do not include switching to smokeless tobacco...
- Changes in C-reactive protein during weight loss and the association with changes in anthropometric variables in men and women: LIFE Study
H Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 35:684-91. 2011
..To investigate whether sex differences exist in the pattern of change in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels during weight loss, and whether the associations between weight change and CRP change differ by the types of anthropometric variables...
- Sex-specific HDL cholesterol changes with weight loss and their association with anthropometric variables: the LIFE study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:429-35. 2011
..Rapid decrease of predominantly subcutaneous fat in the femoral and gluteal area might be associated with HDLC decrease in women during initial weight loss...
- Postural changes in blood pressure and incidence of ischemic stroke subtypes: the ARIC study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Hypertension 57:167-73. 2011
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A positive association between leptin and blood pressure of normal range in Japanese menKeiko Wada
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamic, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Hypertens Res 29:485-92. 2006
..It is also likely that leptin is a physiological mediator--or at least a marker--of some degree of DBP elevation in obesity...
- Low leptin but high insulin resistance of smokers in Japanese men
Yo Hotta
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 81:358-64. 2008
..To investigate the association between smoking and leptin, and to discuss their influence on diabetes in a large-scale study of Japanese men...
- Further inflammatory information on metabolic syndrome by adiponectin evaluation
Kunihiro Matsushita
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Int J Cardiol 124:339-44. 2008
..Despite a close association of adiponectin with metabolic syndrome (MetS), its usefulness as an additional MetS factor has not been well investigated...
- Higher dietary intake of alpha-linolenic acid is associated with lower insulin resistance in middle-aged Japanese
Takashi Muramatsu
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya, Japan
Prev Med 50:272-6. 2010
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- Uric acid and left ventricular hypertrophy in Japanese men
Hirotsugu Mitsuhashi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Circ J 73:667-72. 2009
..In the present study, the relationship between serum UA levels and electrocardiographically-diagnosed LVH (ECG-LVH) was examined in Japanese men not taking medication for hypertension (HTN), which could confound the association...
- Active smoking, passive smoking, and breast cancer risk: findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk
Yingsong Lin
Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
J Epidemiol 18:77-83. 2008
..We examined the association between breast cancer incidence and active and passive smoking in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk...
- Eating fast leads to insulin resistance: findings in middle-aged Japanese men and women
Rei Otsuka
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Prev Med 46:154-9. 2008
..To examine relationships between speed of eating and insulin resistance...
- Association between low birth weight and elevated white blood cell count in adulthood within a Japanese population
Keiko Wada
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Circ J 72:757-63. 2008
..However, the precise mechanism underlying the association remains poorly understood. We investigated the association between birth weight and adult white blood cell (WBC) count in a Japanese population...
- Perceived psychological stress and serum leptin concentrations in Japanese men
Rei Otsuka
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1832-8. 2006
..To examine epidemiologically whether subjects with higher stress perception levels have higher leptin concentrations...
- BMI and all-cause mortality among Japanese older adults: findings from the Japan collaborative cohort study
Akiko Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:362-9. 2010
..The wide range of BMI between 20.0 and 29.9 in both older men and women showed the lowest all-cause mortality risk...
- Contribution of adipocytokines to low-grade inflammatory state as expressed by circulating C-reactive protein in Japanese men: comparison of leptin and adiponectin
Kaichiro Sugiura
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Int J Cardiol 130:159-64. 2008
..Although it has been known that adiponectin protects, whereas leptin accelerates, the development of atherosclerotic diseases, the comparative strength of their reciprocal effects on circulating CRP remains unclear...
- Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I, II, and binding protein 3, transforming growth factor beta-1, soluble fas ligand and superoxide dismutase activity in stomach cancer cases and their controls in the JACC Study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 15:S120-5. 2005
..New biomarkers of the disease that may contribute to establish the potential screening strategy would be of value for the early detection of individuals at high risk of the disease...
- Eating fast leads to obesity: findings based on self-administered questionnaires among middle-aged Japanese men and women
Rei Otsuka
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 16:117-24. 2006
..Additionally, both BMI at age 20 and current height were positively associated with rate of eating. CONCLUSIONS: Our results among middle-aged men and women suggest that eating fast would lead to obesity...
- High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is quite low in Japanese men at high coronary risk
Kunihiro Matsushita
Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsusumai, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Circ J 71:820-5. 2007
..Although numerous studies have demonstrated a positive association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) with the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD), little information exists regarding this issue in Japanese...
- Long-term body weight fluctuation is associated with metabolic syndrome independent of current body mass index among Japanese men
Huiming Zhang
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Circ J 69:13-8. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: Development of MS possibly explains the risk of CVD not only in overweight or obese persons, but also in normal-weight persons with large weight fluctuation...
- Comparison of circulating adiponectin and proinflammatory markers regarding their association with metabolic syndrome in Japanese men
Kunihiro Matsushita
Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 26:871-6. 2006
..63 to 1.19]; P=0.37). This result was not altered by using the other 2 criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The present results raise the possibility that decreased serum adiponectin might be fundamentally involved in the development of MetS...
- Consumption of soy foods and the risk of breast cancer: findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study
Kazuko Nishio
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Cancer Causes Control 18:801-8. 2007
..To examine whether soy foods really have protective effects against breast cancer and how their influence on breast cancer is modified according to menopausal status, we conducted a population-based, prospective cohort study in Japan...
- A prospective study of reproductive and menstrual factors and colon cancer risk in Japanese women: findings from the JACC study
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Cancer Sci 95:602-7. 2004
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- Relationship between body mass index and the risk of ovarian cancer in the Japanese population: findings from the Japanese Collaborate Cohort (JACC) study
Yoshimitsu Niwa
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 31:452-8. 2005
..Here we investigated this relation using data from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for the Evaluation of Cancer Risk, which was initiated in 1988...
- The transition to menopause reinforces adiponectin production and its contribution to improvement of insulin-resistant state
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 66:65-71. 2007
..To evaluate the influence of menopausal status on the serum adiponectin concentration and investigate whether the contribution of adiponectin to insulin resistance is modified by menopausal status...
- Association between serum leptin concentration and white blood cell count in middle-aged Japanese men and women
Tomoko Mabuchi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Diabetes Metab Res Rev 21:441-7. 2005
..Leptin's hematopoietic or proinflammatory role has been experimentally reported. We investigated whether serum leptin concentrations are associated with white blood cell (WBC) counts in humans...
- Association of white blood cell count and clustered components of metabolic syndrome in Japanese men
Nobue Nagasawa
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan
Circ J 68:892-7. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: The cluster of MS components based on insulin resistance may cause low-grade inflammation...
- Adiponectin level and left ventricular hypertrophy in Japanese men
Hirotsugu Mitsuhashi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Hypertension 49:1448-54. 2007
..Adiponectin concentration was inversely and independently associated with ECG-LVH in Japanese men...
- Lung cancer mortality and body mass index in a Japanese cohort: findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study (JACC Study)
Takaaki Kondo
Department of Medical Technology, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, 1 20 Daikominami 1 chome, Nagoya, Japan
Cancer Causes Control 18:229-34. 2007
..To determine the relationship of body mass index (BMI) and BMI changes during adulthood to lung cancer mortality in a large-sized Japanese cohort...
- Association between parental histories of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia and the clustering of these disorders in offspring
Keiko Wada
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
Prev Med 42:358-63. 2006
..CONCLUSION: We conclude that familial history, particularly maternal history, is an important aid to prevention strategy and public health practice for metabolic disorders...
- Demographic and cardiovascular risk factors modify association of fasting insulin with incident coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study)
Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Cardiol 105:1420-5. 2010
..0087). The associations of insulin with stroke were stronger in women (p-interaction = 0.037), whites (compared to blacks; p-interaction = 0.036), and those without hypertension (p-interaction = 0.0027)...
- Impact of age at smoking initiation, dosage, and time since quitting on cardiovascular disease in african americans and whites: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study
Rachel R Huxley
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:816-26. 2012
..African Americans who smoke incur a similar level of cardiovascular risk as white smokers and would derive the same benefits from quitting as whites...
- Leptin is associated with an increased female colorectal cancer risk: a nested case-control study in Japan
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Oncology 68:454-61. 2005
..To elucidate whether leptin is involved in the etiology of female colorectal cancer...
- Self-reported medical history was generally accurate among Japanese workplace population
Keiko Wada
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa Ku, Nagoya, Japan
J Clin Epidemiol 62:306-13. 2009
..To assess the validity of self-reported medical history of several diseases among the Japanese population, and to clarify to what extent the self-reported year of diagnosis for chronic diseases is different from the physician's reports...
- Prospective study of alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in Japanese women
Yingsong Lin
Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Int J Cancer 116:779-83. 2005
..Our cohort study demonstrated that Japanese women who consume at least a moderate amount of alcohol have an increased risk of breast cancer...
- Serum pepsinogen values and Helicobacter pylori status among control subjects of a nested case-control study in the JACC study
Shogo Kikuchi
Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 15:S126-33. 2005
..Helicobacter pylori infection and serum pepsinogen values are strongly related with stomach cancer. The aim of this study was to know what were these factors among general population...
- Pathophysiologic mechanisms of obesity and related metabolic disorders: an epidemiologic study using questionnaire and serologic biomarkers
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
J Epidemiol 17:141-6. 2007
..It is still unclear whether individuals with the same degree of obesity but different weight histories since young adulthood have different insulin concentration, prevalence of metabolic syndrome components and their clustering...
- Factors related to frequency of engaging in outside activities among elderly persons living an independent life at home
Miyuki Ishikawa
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 68:121-30. 2006
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- Smoking status and adiponectin in healthy Japanese men and women
Seiko Takefuji
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Prev Med 45:471-5. 2007
..We therefore investigated the association between cigarette smoking and adiponectin concentration in a large sample of Japanese men and women...
- Race- and sex-specific associations of obesity measures with ischemic stroke incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA
Stroke 41:417-25. 2010
..Studies have suggested differences in the association between obesity and ischemic stroke in black versus white populations. In this study, we explored ischemic stroke risk in relation to a variety of obesity measures by sex and race...
- Having more healthy practice was associated with low white blood cell counts in middle-aged Japanese male and female workers
Rei Otsuka
Department of Public Health, Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Ind Health 46:341-7. 2008
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- Cigarette smoking and the risk of ovarian cancer in the Japanese population: findings from the Japanese Collaborate Cohort study
Yoshimitsu Niwa
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
J Obstet Gynaecol Res 31:144-51. 2005
..Here we investigated this relation using data from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk, initiated in 1988...
- Psychological attitudes and risk of breast cancer in Japan: a prospective study
Kenji Wakai
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1 1 Kanokoden, Chikusa ku, Nagoya, 464 8681, Japan
Cancer Causes Control 18:259-67. 2007
..To examine the association between psychological factors and the risk of breast cancer prospectively in a non-Western population...
- Lack of an association between serum level of transforming growth factor beta -1 and stomach cancer risk in the JACC study
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi 466 8550, Japan
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 6:170-6. 2005
..In conclusion, serum TGFbeta1 levels were not associated with increased risks of subsequent stomach cancer.gene A52C polymorphism related to the metabolism of long-chain fatty acids and oxidized LDL in the etiology of colorectal cancer...
- Birth weight and adult hypertension: cross-sectional study in a Japanese workplace population
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Circ J 70:262-7. 2006
..Low birth weight has been associated with adult hypertension in several Western populations. This association needs to be evaluated in Japanese people...
- Serum phospholipid transfer protein mass as a possible protective factor for coronary heart diseases
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Circ J 68:11-6. 2004
..The phospholipid transfer activity of PLTP has been associated with various patho-physiological conditions; however, little information is available concerning the relationship between PLTP mass and disease...
- Effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk: findings of the Japan collaborative cohort study
Sadao Suzuki
Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho cho, Mizuho ku, Nagoya 467 8601, Japan
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:3396-401. 2008
..This study aimed to examine prospectively the association between physical activity and breast cancer risk in a non-Western population...
- Green tea and stomach cancer--a short review of prospective studies
Yoshiharu Hoshiyama
Department of Public Health, Showa University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan
J Epidemiol 15:S109-12. 2005
..In Japan, green tea has been drunk for a long time. Because it can be drunk casually, many people love drinking it. If such green tea has an effect to prevent stomach cancer, it will be a very convenient way to prevent the disease...
- Low birth weight is associated with reduced adiponectin concentration in adult
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Ann Epidemiol 16:669-74. 2006
..Our aim is to examine whether low birth weight is associated with adiponectin concentration in adult...
- Changes in activities of daily living, physical fitness, and depressive symptoms after six-month periodic well-rounded exercise programs for older adults living in nursing homes or special nursing facilities
Pei OuYang
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 71:115-26. 2009
..2 sec to 25.3 sec (p = 0.01, paired t-test). These findings suggest that such a program could be effective in improving the ADL and physical fitness of the elderly...
- Associations of protein, fat, and carbohydrate intakes with insomnia symptoms among middle-aged Japanese workers
Eizaburo Tanaka
Department of Public Health and Health Systems, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
J Epidemiol 23:132-8. 2013
..Diet is a modifiable factor that may affect sleep, but the associations of macronutrient intakes with insomnia are inconsistent. We investigated the associations of protein, fat, and carbohydrate intakes with insomnia symptoms...
- Incidence of young onset insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus among 18- to 30-year-olds in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1994-2003)
Saika Nizam
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 74:149-56. 2012
..01). The incidence of young onset IRDM is increasing in the Dhaka City population among females, which is attributed to the increase in overweight/obese female cases...
- Aggregation of stomach cancer history in parents and offspring in comparison with other sites
Takaaki Kondo
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Int J Epidemiol 32:579-83. 2003
..The aim of this study is to evaluate the magnitude of the aggregation of a stomach cancer history in parents and their offspring in comparison with that of a history at other sites...
- Impact of menstrual and reproductive factors on breast cancer risk in Japan: results of the JACC study
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550
Cancer Sci 96:57-62. 2005
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- Inverse association between adiponectin and C-reactive protein in substantially healthy Japanese men
Kunihiro Matsushita
Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Atherosclerosis 188:184-9. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: An inverse and strong association between adiponectin and CRP in substantially healthy subjects implies that decreased serum adiponectin might be fundamentally associated with the early stage of low-grade inflammation...
- Plasma fibrinogen levels and cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese schoolchildren
Chie Fujii
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 16:64-70. 2006
..The present study aimed to clarify the association between plasma fibrinogen levels and cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese children...
- Development and validity of the Japanese version of body shape silhouette: relationship between self-rating silhouette and measured body mass index
Ken Nagasaka
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 70:89-96. 2008
..8 for obesity and thinness in both genders. These findings suggest that our scale is a promising tool for examining body size and image among Japanese adults...
- Effects of social relationships on mortality among the elderly in a Japanese rural area: an 88-month follow-up study
Chiyoe Murata
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 15:78-84. 2005
..This suggests the importance of considering family relationships in terms of quality in areas where multi-generation households prevail...
- Community prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health, by the American Heart Association definition, and relationship with cardiovascular disease incidence
Aaron R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 57:1690-6. 2011
..The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health and its relationship with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
- Short- and long-term reliability of information on previous illness and family history as compared with that on smoking and drinking habits in questionnaire surveys
Shankuan Zhu
Department of Public Health/Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 12:120-5. 2002
..The reliability of a family history on cancer was slightly poorer than that of individual's previous cancer or other illnesses and that of smoking and drinking even for a short interval...
- Risk factors for first acute myocardial infarction attack assessed by cardiovascular disease registry data in Aichi Prefecture
Yoshinobu Kondo
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 69:139-47. 2007
..It was suggested that persons with disease histories should be carefully treated irrespective of the presence or absence of obesity...
- A prospective study on the possible association between having children and colon cancer risk: findings from the JACC Study
Koji Tamakoshi
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai Cho, Showa Ku, Nagoya 466 8550, Japan
Cancer Sci 95:243-7. 2004
..From these prospective data, having children may reduce risk of colon cancer among women, but not among men, suggesting that modifications of hormone profiles secondary to pregnancies may influence female colon cancer risk...
- Multilevel analyses of effects of variation in body mass index on serum lipid concentrations in middle-aged Japanese men
Takaaki Kondo
Program in Radiological and Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 1 1 20 Daiko Minami, Higashi ku, Nagoya 461 8673, Japan
Nagoya J Med Sci 71:19-28. 2009
..This result supports the public health significance of intervention into weight control to prevent the development of atherogenic risks among a healthy workplace population...
- Reproducibility and validity of a simple checklist-type questionnaire for food intake and dietary behavior
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
J Epidemiol 13:235-45. 2003
..CONCLUSIONS: This simple food checklist was useful in collecting data on egg, milk, and fruit consumption. Assessing intake frequency of vegetables, meat or fish with the FBC may be useful in screening high- or low-intake individuals...
- Family history and the risk of stomach cancer death in Japan: differences by age and gender
Hiroshi Yatsuya
Department of Public Health Health Information Dynamics, Field of Social Life Science, Program in Health and Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Int J Cancer 97:688-94. 2002
..Any preventive strategy should take into account the degree of individual susceptibility...
