ArticleJournal of epidemiology2022
Effects of External Radiation Exposure Resulting From the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on the Health of Residents in the Evacuation Zones: the Fukushima Health Management Survey.
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- Effects of external radiation dose on pediatric peripheral blood components after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Fukushima Health Management Survey.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- 2025 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey, "Fukushima's lessons for the future: promoting health and responding to disasters."Fukushima journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Association of radiation exposure and blood lipid derived indices with hypertension risk in radiation workers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Changes in peripheral blood test results among adults in the six years following the Great East Japan Earthquake: the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2025Article
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- 2022 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey Build Back Better, Together. "Science for Society: Advancing Fukushima's Well-Being".Fukushima journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Trends in Lifestyle-related Diseases and Their Risk Factors After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Results of the Comprehensive Health Check in the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Achievements and Current Status of the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Effects of External Radiation Exposure on Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- A Special Issue on Fukushima Has Been Released a Decade After the Great East Japan Earthquake.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAssociations have been reported between lifestyle-related diseases and evacuation after the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE). However, the relationship between lifestyle-related diseases and the effective radiation dose due to external exposure (EDEE) after the GEJE remains unclear.
methodsFrom among 72,869 residents of Fukushima Prefecture (31,982 men; 40,887 women) who underwent a comprehensive health check in fiscal year (FY) 2011, the data of 54,087 residents (22,599 men; 31,488 women) aged 16 to 84 years were analyzed. The EDEE data of 25,685 residents with incomplete results from the basic survey, performed to estimate the external radiation exposure dose, were supplemented using multiple imputation. The data were classified into three groups based on EDEE (0 to <1, 1 to <2, and ≥2 mSv groups and associations between the incidence of diseases and EDEE from FY2011 to FY2017 were examined using a Cox proportional hazards model, with FY2011 as the baseline.
resultsA higher EDEE was associated with a greater incidence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia, liver dysfunction, and polycythemia from FY2011 to FY2017 in the age- and sex-adjusted model. However, after further adjustment for evacuation status and lifestyle-related factors, the significant associations disappeared. No association was found between EDEE and other lifestyle-related diseases.
conclusionEDEE was not directly associated with the incidence of lifestyle-related diseases after the GEJE. However, residents with higher external radiation doses in Fukushima Prefecture might suffer from lifestyle-related diseases related to evacuation and the resultant lifestyle changes.
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