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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
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Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men
This cohort study investigated the association between sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) and diet soda consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men.
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Profile of Payao (Floating Artificial Reef or Fish Attracting Device) Fisheries of the Philippines
This paper presents the profile of different fisheries that depend on payao (floating artificial reef) in the Philippines. In 2006, payao fisheries production was estimated at about 630,000 Mt, and large tuna ...
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Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and the risk of cardiovascular events in middle-aged non-diabetic Japanese men
Little is known about the relationship between the HOMA of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and the risk of cardiovascular events in Asian populations, which have lower levels of HOMA-IR than Western populations. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of Computer-Aided Diagnostic System for Peritoneal Dialysis: NAVI LightTM
Peritoneal dialysis, which is well-known as the renal replacement therapy, has been widely prescribed for the end stage renal disease in the world. With peritoneal dialysis, most of the patients that have pres...
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Alcohol and cigarette consumption, renal function and blood pressure in middle-aged healthy men
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Combination of the C1429T polymorphism in the G-protein beta-3 subunit gene and the A1330V polymorphism in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 gene is a risk factor for hypercholesterolaemia
The present study examined the relationship between genetic combinations of the C1429T polymorphism in the G-protein beta-3 subunit (GNB3) gene and the A1330V polymorphism in the low-density lipoprotein recept...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Availability of a Novel Criterion for Peritoneal Diffusive Selectivity on Peritoneal Dialysis
In the peritoneal dialysis, it is well-known that the peritoneal permeability increases gradually over the duration of treatment. The enhancement of the peritoneal permeability causes an under-dialysis and ult...
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Body fat accumulation and postoperative morbidity in colorectal-cancer surgery
BACKGROUND: Obesity is reported to increase the risk of colorectal cancer. We investigated whether it was associated with mortality or morbidity after colorectal-cancer surgery. METHODS: 70 colorectal-cancer p...
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40th EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Alcohol consumption, homeostasis model assessment indices and blood pressure in middle-aged healthy men
A total of 1595 middle-aged healthy men consuming alcohol up to 120 ml per day and 538 without alcohol consumption were recruited from an occupational population, and their insulin resistance (IR) and beta-cel...
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A cross-sectional study on association of calcium intake with blood pressure in Japanese population
To investigate the association of calcium intake independently of other nutrients already known as predictors of hypertension, a cross-sectional study was carried out on the same population in Japan as used fo...
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Trends in blood pressure and urinary sodium and potassium excretion in Japan: reinvestigation in the 8th year after the Intersalt Study
Using the identical protocol of an Intersalt Study previously conducted, we undertook a new study (Intersalt-2) 8 years later. We measured changes in various factors affecting blood pressure (BP) including uri...
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Open AccessExpression of MAGE-1 and -3 genes and gene products in human hepatocellular carcinoma
MAGE gene family encodes peptides recognized by autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class-I restricted fashion. In the present study, we have performed reverse-transc...
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Open AccessExpression of membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD46) in human liver diseases
Membrane cofactor protein (MCP, CD46) is one of the complement regulatory proteins, and is widely distributed in human organs and protects cells from complement-mediated cytotoxicity. We analysed the distribut...
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Optimizing collagen antigen unmasking in paraffin-embedded tissues
In order to optimize collagen antigen unmasking in paraffin-embedded tissue sections, the effects of various fixatives and duration of fixation in relation to enzyme pretreatment and microwave irradiation for ...
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Tubular dilatation in the repair process of ischaemic tubular necrosis
To elucidate the mechanisms of renal tubular dilatation in acute tubular necrosis (ATN), morphological findings after 60 min ischaemia were studied in rats. The characteristics of the tubular basement membrane...
