Tracking Pattern of Total Cholesterol Levels from Childhood to Adolescence in Japan.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the tracking pattern of serum total cholesterol (TC) levels among Japanese children using data collected continuously for 9 years and examine the relationship between childhood and adulthood TC levels.

Methods: TC levels of 2,608 first grade primary school children enrolled during 1981-2014 from two Japanese towns were measured during annual health check-ups. Nine-year trajectories of estimated TC levels stratified by TC quartiles in the first grade were analyzed using a mixed effects model.

Increased childhood BMI is associated with young adult serum uric acid levels: a linkage study from Japan.

Background: Growth pattern in early life is one of the most important factors affecting the pathogenesis of metabolic-associated diseases. The associations between serum uric acid (SUA) and hypertension, kidney disease, and coronary heart disease have been recognized. We investigated the association between increased BMI during childhood and adult SUA levels in Japan.

Steeper increases in body mass index during childhood correlate with blood pressure elevation in adolescence: a long-term follow-up study in a Japanese community.

The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between long-term changes in body mass index (BMI) during childhood and adolescent blood-pressure levels in a general Japanese population. We used health report data from 900 Japanese children between 1983 and 2007. After adjusting for baseline BMI and other confounding factors multivariate linear regression analyses were performed to examine the relationship between changes in BMI (ΔBMI) over a 6-year period (6-12 years) and blood pressure once children reached ages 14 or 15.

Trends in paraquat poisoning in Japan - viewed from surveys on clinical cases.

Objective: Paraquat poisoning occurs worldwide, and both the fatality rate and the number of deaths are out of the ordinary. Japan is one of the few countries in the world that have replaced 24% products with 5% products. This report is an attempt to introduce information about paraquat poisoning in Japan.

Impact of smoking cessation on incidence of diabetes mellitus among overweight or normal-weight Japanese men.

Aims: To assess the impact of smoking cessation on incidence of diabetes among overweight or normal-weight Japanese men.

Methods: This 9.2-year cohort study included 2070 men aged 40-69 years without diabetes.

Risk of smoking and body mass index for incidence of diabetes mellitus in a rural Japanese population.

Objective: To assess the risk of smoking, body mass index (BMI), and both for incidence of diabetes in a rural Japanese population.

Method: This study was a 10.1-year cohort study of 2070 men and 3802 women aged 40-69 years without diabetes at baseline who underwent a health check-up at one central hospital in Nagano Prefecture.