ArticleThe EPMA journal2011
Adiposity and risk of cardiovascular diseases in Japan: secular trend, individual level associations and causal pathway - implications for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in societies with rapid economic development.
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- Secular trends of the impact of overweight and obesity on hypertension in Japan, 1980-2010.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2015Article
- Cross-sectional comparison of coronary artery calcium scores between Caucasian men in the United States and Japanese men in Japan: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and the Shiga epidemiological study of subclinical atherosclerosis.American journal of epidemiology · 2014Article
- Seasonal differences in melatonin concentrations and heart rates during sleep in obese subjects in Japan.International journal of biometeorology · 2013Article
- A Japanese health success story: trends in cardiovascular diseases, their risk factors, and the contribution of public health and personalized approaches.The EPMA journal · 2011Article
- Promoting predictive, preventive and personalized medicine in treatment of cardiovascular diseases.The EPMA journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
In Japan, overweight/obesity in adults defined as a body mass index of 25 kg/m(2) or over has roughly doubled among middle-aged men over the past few decades. In parallel with a population rightward shift in the degree of obesity, the proportion of hypertension attributed to overweight has increased. There is an indication that the incidence of ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease remains stable or has been increasing among men. These facts indicate that the relative importance of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors may have changed. Although it was confirmed at an individual level that the degree of obesity was positively associated with CVD incidence, there is a sizeable proportion of individuals who are at an increased CVD risk state without being overweight/obese in today's Japan. Thus, further implementation and promotion of activities are needed to bring about meaningful changes in the obesity trend in communities that are harmonized with other domains of CVD prevention activities.
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