27 Result(s)

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Fruit and vegetable intake and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Japan: a 24-year follow-up of the NIPPON DATA80 Study

There have been few studies on the association of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Asian populations where both dietary habits and disease structure are different from ...

N Okuda, K Miura, A Okayama, T Okamura… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2015)

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Ectopic cardiovascular fat in middle-aged men: effects of race/ethnicity, overall and central adiposity. The ERA JUMP study

Higher volumes of ectopic cardiovascular fat (ECF) are associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Identifying factors that are associated with ECF volumes may lead to new preventive efforts ...

S R El Khoudary, C Shin, K Masaki, K Miura, M Budoff… in International Journal of Obesity (2015)

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The relationship of brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity to future cardiovascular disease events in the general Japanese population: the Takashima Study

Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is a non-invasive measure of arterial stiffness obtained using an automated system. Although baPWVs have been widely used as a non-invasive marker for evaluation of a...

N Takashima, T C Turin, K Matsui, N Rumana, Y Nakamura… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2014)

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Particle numbers of lipoprotein subclasses and arterial stiffness among middle-aged men from the ERA JUMP study

We examined the association between serum lipoprotein subclasses and the three measures of arterial stiffness, that is, (i) carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), which is a gold standard measure of central...

A Vishnu, J Choo, K H Masaki, R H Mackey… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2014)

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Significant inverse association of marine n-3 fatty acids with plasma fibrinogen levels in Japanese in Japan but not in whites or Japanese Americans

Numerous studies reported beneficial effects of marine n-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors. However, the association of marine n-3 FAs with plasma fibrinogen, a risk ...

L J Hassen, H Ueshima, J D Curb, J Choo, S Lee… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2012)

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High blood pressure in middle age is associated with a future decline in activities of daily living. NIPPON DATA80

Although several studies have reported on the relation between high blood pressure (BP) and impaired activities of daily living (ADL), only a few studies have reported on the relation of high BP in middle-aged...

A Hozawa, T Okamura, Y Murakami, T Kadowaki, N Okuda… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2009)

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Dietary intake and urinary excretion of selenium in the Japanese adult population: the INTERMAP Study Japan

This study is to examine the relationship between dietary selenium intake and 24-h urinary selenium excretion in Japanese population samples participating in the INTERMAP Study.

S Yoneyama, K Miura, K Itai, K Yoshita… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2008)

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Both angiotensinogen M235T and α-adducin G460W polymorphisms are associated with hypertension in the Japanese population

Y Nakamura, Y Tabara, T Miki, S Tamaki, Y Kita, T Okamura… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2007)

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Japanese men have larger areas of visceral adipose tissue than Caucasian men in the same levels of waist circumference in a population-based study

Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is an independent risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. There has been no study that demonstrated different abdominal fat distribution between Asian and Caucasia...

T Kadowaki, A Sekikawa, K Murata, H Maegawa, T Takamiya… in International Journal of Obesity (2006)

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Different effects of blood pressure on mortality from stroke subtypes depending on BMI levels: a 19-year cohort study in the Japanese general population—NIPPON DATA80

To evaluate the relationship between blood pressure and cerebrovascular death depending on body mass index (BMI) levels, we analysed a database of 9338 subjects from the National Integrated Project for Prospec...

N Miyamatsu, T Kadowaki, T Okamura, T Hayakawa, Y Kita… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2005)

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What factors are associated with high plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels in a general Japanese population?

There are few community-based epidemiologic studies that have dealt with risk factors for heart failure in non-Western populations. It has been reported that the measurement of plasma B-type natriuretic peptid...

H Kanda, Y Kita, T Okamura, T Kadowaki, Y Yoshida… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2005)

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The High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) study: study design and cardiovascular risk factors at the baseline survey

In order to establish the methodology of a population strategy for improving cardiovascular risk factors, we have planned the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion Study (HIPOP-OH...

T Okamura, T Tanaka, A Babazono, K Yoshita, N Chiba… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2004)

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Specific alcoholic beverage and blood pressure in a middle-aged Japanese population: the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) Study

The purpose of this study was to clarify the effects of popular Japanese alcoholic beverages on blood pressure. We performed a cross-sectional study on 4335 Japanese male workers using baseline data from an in...

T Okamura, T Tanaka, K Yoshita, N Chiba, T Takebayashi… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2004)

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Differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors between Japanese in Japan and Japanese-Americans in Hawaii: the INTERLIPID study

Despite increase in serum total cholesterol, high smoking rate, and frequency of adverse blood pressure levels in Japan, coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and mortality apparently remain substantially low...

H Ueshima, A Okayama, S Saitoh, H Nakagawa, B Rodriguez… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2003)

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Higher blood pressure in middle-aged American adults with less education—role of multiple dietary factors: The INTERMAP Study

Extensive evidence exists that an inverse relation between education and blood pressure prevails in many adult populations, but little research has been carried out on reasons for this finding. A prior goal of...

J Stamler, P Elliott, L Appel, Q Chan, M Buzzard, B Dennis… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2003)

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INTERMAP: background, aims, design, methods, and descriptive statistics (nondietary)

Blood pressure (BP) above optimal (⩽120/⩽80 mmHg) is established as a major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Prevalence of adverse BP is high in most adult populations; until recently research has bee...

J Stamler, P Elliott, B Dennis, AR Dyer, H Kesteloot… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2003)

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Dietary intake in male and female smokers, ex-smokers, and never smokers: The INTERMAP Study

This report examines dietary intakes in smokers, ex-smokers, and never smokers in INTERMAP. The 4680 participants aged 40–59 years—from 17 population samples in four countries (China, Japan, UK, USA)—provided ...

AR Dyer, P Elliott, J Stamler, Q Chan, H Ueshima, BF Zhou in Journal of Human Hypertension (2003)