Life expectancy among Japanese of different smoking status in Japan: NIPPON DATA80.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We attempted to apply the model of effort-reward imbalance (ERI) to school settings in order to measure students' psychosocial stress and analyze its association with self-rated health in adolescents. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Kunming, China among 1004 Chinese students (468 boys and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Li J,Shang L,Wang T,Siegrist J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychosocial factors such as personality traits and depression may alter immune and endocrine function, with possible effects on cancer incidence and survival. Although these factors have been extensively studied as risk and prognostic factors for cancer, the associations remain unclear. The author used data from pros...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Nakaya N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urban-rural difference in cardiovascular risk factors and stroke mortality throughout Japan was examined in a cohort by using hierarchical data structure. The subjects were 9,309 men and women aged > or = 30 years who were residents of 294 areas in 211 municipalities of Japan in 1980; they were followed up until 1...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Nishi N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, the spread of immunization and the development of antibiotics and antituberculosis drugs have dramatically decreased the mortality rate from infectious diseases since World War II. Alterations in health practices, such as decreasing the intake of salty foods and strict management of hypertension, have result...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Takeshita T,Morimoto K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several epidemiologic studies have reported an inverse association between serum levels of carotenoids and cardiovascular disease risk. However, no studies have reported an association between serum carotenoids and N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in the general population. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Suzuki K,Ishii J,Kitagawa F,Kuno A,Kusuhara Y,Ochiai J,Ichino N,Osakabe K,Sugimoto K,Yamada H,Ito Y,Hamajima N,Inoue T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been few prospective studies on diet and glucose abnormalities as determined by oral glucose tolerance test. METHODS:To investigate the impact of dietary factors on the development of glucose intolerance including diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, we performed a follow-up survey of 1,075 s...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Kiyohara Y,Shinohara A,Kato I,Shirota T,Kubo M,Tanizaki Y,Fujishima M,Iida M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analysis of dietary pattern is increasingly popular in nutritional epidemiology. However, few studies have examined the validity and reproducibility of dietary patterns. We assessed the reproducibility and validity of dietary patterns identified by a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) used in the 5-year foll...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Nanri A,Shimazu T,Ishihara J,Takachi R,Mizoue T,Inoue M,Tsugane S,JPHC FFQ Validation Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japan's historically low immigration rate and monolingual culture makes it a particularly interesting setting for clarifying non-national medical care. Our study objective was to examine disease patterns and outcome differences between Japanese and non-Japanese patients in a rapidly globalizing nation. METH...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Ishii E,Nawa N,Matsui H,Otomo Y,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2020-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of obesity and its association with socioeconomic status, little is known about this condition in Korean adolescents. We examined the relationship between obesity in Korean adolescents and several socioeconomic variables and compared the association of obesity with conventional and sub...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Oh IH,Cho Y,Park SY,Oh C,Choe BK,Choi JM,Yoon TY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Longitudinal assessment of the impact of tobacco price on smoking cessation is scarce. Our objective was to investigate the effect of a price increase in October 2010 on cessation rates according to gender, age, socioeconomic status, and level of tobacco dependence in Japan. METHODS:We used longitudinal dat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Tabuchi T,Nakamura M,Nakayama T,Miyashiro I,Mori J,Tsukuma H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human population is exposed to both the ultraviolet A (UVA) and B (UVB) regions of the solar spectrum. UVB induces mainly dipyrimidine photoproducts in DNA by a direct photochemical mechanism, whereas UVA is absorbed by other cellular constituents and induces mainly oxidative damage indirectly. The proportions of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Green MH,Petit-Frère C,Clingen PH,Bentham G,Cole J,Arlett CF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study aimed to examine the association between the presence/absence of help-seeking behavior (ie, behavior aimed at obtaining assistance from others to improve a situation or problem) and psychological distress among private and public employees by age group using a nationally representative samp...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Yamauchi T,Suka M,Yanagisawa H

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between the participation rates of cervical cancer screening programme and implementation methods, concerning data management, participant convenience, promoting participation, and payment, were analyzed. The data regarding the implementation methods were obtained in a nation-wide questionnaire survey....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Hirano Y,Ojima T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary data analysis of national health surveys of the general population is a standard methodology for health metrics and evaluation; it is used to monitor trends in population health over time and benchmark the performance of health systems. In Japan, the government has established electronic databases of individ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Ikeda N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We surveyed the emergency medical system (EMS) in Taiwan to provide information to policymakers responsible for decisions regarding the redistribution of national medical resources. METHODS:A systematic sampling method was used to randomly sample a representative database from the National Health Insurance ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Yang NP,Lee YH,Lin CH,Chung YC,Chen WJ,Chou P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracellular folate hemostasis depends on the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene. Because 5,10-MTHFR 677TT homozygosity and tobacco smoking are associated with low folate status, we tested the hypothesis that smoking in mothers with 5,10-MTHFR C677T or A1298C polymorphisms would be indepe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Yila TA,Sasaki S,Miyashita C,Braimoh TS,Kashino I,Kobayashi S,Okada E,Baba T,Yoshioka E,Minakami H,Endo T,Sengoku K,Kishi R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marital transitions are associated with adverse health events, such as mortality and cardiovascular disease. Since marital transitions (e.g., becoming widowed) are unavoidable life events, it is necessary to identify modifiable intermediate outcomes. Thus, we examined the association between marital transiti...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Noguchi T,Kondo F,Nishiyama T,Otani T,Nakagawa-Senda H,Watanabe M,Imaeda N,Goto C,Hosono A,Shibata K,Kamishima H,Nogimura A,Nagaya K,Yamada T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Daily step count is the most simple measure of physical activity. However, little is known about how daily step count related to time spent in different intensities of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). METHODS:These cross-sectional data were derived from 450 older Japanese adults (56.7% me...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Amagasa S,Fukushima N,Kikuchi H,Oka K,Chastin S,Tudor-Locke C,Owen N,Inoue S

更新日期：2020-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking and oral contraceptive (OC) use have been associated with cervical neoplasia, and the combination of smoking and OC use could influence cervical carcinogenesis. We aimed to assess the joint effect of smoking and OC use on the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). METHODS:From a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Oh HY,Kim MK,Seo SS,Lee JK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the physical growth of twins in childhood and to present growth charts of Japanese twins. METHODS:The subjects consisted of 2029 pairs of normally developed Japanese twins. Growth data were obtained by mailed or hand-distributed questionnaires....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Ooki S,Yokoyama Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory gene polymorphisms are potentially associated with atherosclerosis risk, but their age-related effects are unclear. To investigate the age-related effects of inflammatory gene polymorphisms on arterial stiffness, we conducted cross-sectional and 5-year follow-up studies using the cardio-ankle va...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Kheradmand M,Niimura H,Kuwabara K,Nakahata N,Nakamura A,Ogawa S,Mantjoro EM,Shimatani K,Nerome Y,Owaki T,Kusano K,Takezaki T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of school absence with air pollution from suspended particulate matter (SPM) and nitrogen dioxide was analyzed in areas around arterial roads for five years, from 1993 to 1997. The prevalence of absence was calculated using the data for school absence in two schools around arterial roads, one of which is n...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Makino K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The method for estimating incidence of infectious diseases from sentinel surveillance data has been proposed. In Japan, although the annual incidence rates of influenza and pediatric diseases estimated using the method were reported, their weekly incidence rates have not. METHODS:The weekly sex- and age-spe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Kawado M,Hashimoto S,Murakami Y,Izumida M,Ohta A,Tada Y,Shigematsu M,Yasui Y,Taniguchi K,Nagai M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper primarily aimed to overview the rationale for initiating the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk Sponsored by Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan) (JACC Study), by comparing socio-demographic and nutritional changes that were witnessed between 196...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Ohno Y,Tamakoshi A,JACC Study Group.

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of colorectal cancer in relation to smoking habits has been examined mostly in Caucasians, and evidence for other ethnic groups is still scarce. METHODS:Our data came from the Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC) Study. From 1988 through 1990, 25,260 men and 34,619 women aged 40-79 years completed a q...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Wakai K,Hayakawa N,Kojima M,Tamakoshi K,Watanabe Y,Suzuki K,Hashimoto S,Tokudome S,Toyoshima H,Ito Y,Tamakoshi A,JACC Study Group.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The different profiles of e-cigarette users in different age groups have seldom been investigated, particularly in populations facing a high prevalence of cigarette smoking. This study aims to examine the prevalence and correlates of e-cigarette use separately for adolescents and adults in nationally represe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen YL,Wu SC,Chen YT,Hsiao PC,Yu YH,Ting TT,Chen CY,Tu YK,Huang JH,Yang HJ,Li CY,Strong C,Yen CF,Yen CF,Chen WJ

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) is associated with serious health and economic outcomes. However, few studies have estimated the incidence and health outcomes of PPU using a nationally representative sample in Asia. We estimated age- and sex-specific incidence and short-term mortality from PPU among Koreans an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Bae S,Shim KN,Kim N,Kang JM,Kim DS,Kim KM,Cho YK,Jung SW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the relationships among household income, other SES indicators, and macronutrient intake in a cross-sectional study of a representative Japanese population. METHODS:In 2010, we established a cohort of participants in the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHNS) from 300 randomly selec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Sakurai M,Nakagawa H,Kadota A,Yoshita K,Nakamura Y,Okuda N,Nishi N,Miyamoto Y,Arima H,Ohkubo T,Okamura T,Ueshima H,Okayama A,Miura K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Japan Multi-institutional Collaborative Cohort (J-MICC) study was launched in 2005 to examine gene-environment interactions in lifestyle-related diseases, including cancers, among the Japanese. This report describes the study design and baseline profile of the study participants. METHODS:The participant...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Takeuchi K,Naito M,Kawai S,Tsukamoto M,Kadomatsu Y,Kubo Y,Okada R,Nagayoshi M,Tamura T,Hishida A,Nakatochi M,Sasakabe T,Hashimoto S,Eguchi H,Momozawa Y,Ikezaki H,Murata M,Furusyo N,Tanaka K,Hara M,Nishida Y,Mats

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although sleep is one of the most important health-related factors, the relationship between sleep duration and the incidence of cardiovascular events has not been fully described. METHODS:The present study comprised the 11,367 study subjects (4413 men and 6954 women) of the Jichi Medical School Cohort Stud...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology

authors： Amagai Y,Ishikawa S,Gotoh T,Kayaba K,Nakamura Y,Kajii E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00