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    Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study

    Previous study has shown that height loss (defined as the highest quartile of height loss per year) was inversely associated with serum albumin levels. Furthermore, comparatively healthy hyponutrition has been...

    Yuji Shimizu, Eiko Honda, Nagisa Sasaki in Journal of Physiological Anthropology (2024)

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    Association between serum albumin levels and height loss in Japanese workers: a retrospective study

    Height loss starting in middle age was previously shown to be associated with high cardiovascular mortality in later life. However, the factors associated with height loss remain unknown. Since low serum album...

    Yuji Shimizu, Hidenobu Hayakawa, Eiko Honda in Journal of Physiological Anthropology (2023)

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    Association between anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody and thyroid stimulating hormone: a cross-sectional study

    To maintain normal level of thyroid hormone, especially for free thyroxine (FT4), individuals with latent thyroid gland damage might have required higher thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) than those without la...

    Yuji Shimizu, Mutsumi Matsuyama, Yuko Noguchi, Midori Takada in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Problem drinkers and high risk-taking behaviors under the stay-at-home policy of the COVID-19 emergency declaration

    To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine whether problem drinkers have had high risk-taking behaviors during the stay-at-home policy (e.g., dining out at a bar) under the COVID...

    Mami Wakabayashi, Midori Takada, Aya Kinjo, Yoshifumi Sugiyama in BMC Public Health (2022)

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    Green tea consumption and risk of hematologic neoplasms: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk (JACC Study)

    Experimental studies suggested that green tea may have an anticancer effect on hematologic neoplasms. However, few prospective studies have been conducted.

    Midori Takada, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Hiroyasu Iso, Akiko Tamakoshi in Cancer Causes & Control (2019)