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ArticleJournal of epidemiology2022

Relationship Between Risk of Hyper-Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterolemia and Evacuation After the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Hiroaki Satoh, Kanako Okazaki, Tetsuya Ohira, Akira Sakai, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Seiji Yasumura, Yukihiko Kawasaki, Koichi Hashimoto, Akira Ohtsuru, Atsushi Takahashi and 8 more

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Article in Journal of epidemiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroaki SatohDepartment of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-0353-5807
Kanako OkazakiRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Tetsuya OhiraRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.ORCID 0000-0003-4532-7165
Akira SakaiRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.ORCID 0000-0003-0128-8395
Mitsuaki HosoyaRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Seiji YasumuraRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.ORCID 0000-0002-4715-2840
Yukihiko KawasakiRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.ORCID 0000-0002-1380-7474
Koichi HashimotoRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.ORCID 0000-0001-7186-7603
Akira OhtsuruRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Atsushi TakahashiRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Kazuyuki WatanabeRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Michio ShimabukuroRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Junichiro James KazamaRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Shigeatsu HashimotoRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Gen KobashiRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Hiromasa OhiraRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Hitoshi OhtoRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Kenji KamiyaRadiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University.
Fukushima Medical University · JPHiroshima University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster forced the evacuation of residents and led to many changes in lifestyle for the evacuees. The Comprehensive Health Check was implemented to support the prevention of lifestyle-related disease and we analyzed the effect of prolonged evacuation (average of 3.0 years) on the new onset of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia.

methodsThe study participants were Japanese adults living near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Annual health checkups focusing on metabolic syndromes were conducted for persons ≥40 years by the Specific Health Checkup. Based on data from annual checkups from 2011 or 2012, we followed 18,670 participants without hyper-LDL cholesterolemia who underwent at least one other annual checkup during 2013-2015.

resultsWe found that the new onset of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia was 31% higher in evacuees than in non-evacuees. Evacuees had a significantly higher prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, and higher frequency of weight change. Furthermore, logistic regression model analysis showed that the evacuation was significantly associated with the new onset of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia after adjusting age, gender, body mass index, smoking habit, alcohol consumption, diabetes, weight change, sleep deprivation, and exercise.

conclusionThe findings of the present study suggest that prolonged evacuation after a disaster is a risk factor for the new onset of hyper-LDL cholesterolemia, and lead to an increase in cardiovascular disease. It is therefore important to follow-up evacuees and recommend lifestyle changes where necessary.

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Cholesterol, LDLEarthquakesFukushima Nuclear AccidentHypercholesterolemiaAdultDiabetes MellitusHealth SurveysHumansHypertensionJapanObesityRefugeesRisk FactorsCholesterol, LDLevacueeFukushima Health Management Surveyhyper-LDL cholesterolemialife-stylethe Great East Japan Earthquake

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PMCPMC9086304
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