Association between Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection and risk of coronary heart disease for Japanese: the JPHC study.

Background: Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection is considered a risk factor for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in western countries. However, evidence of it being a risk for Japanese is very limited because of a lower risk of coronary heart disease than for western people. The aim of this study was to examine further the association between C.

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection was associated with risk of mortality from coronary heart disease in Japanese women but not men: the JACC Study.

Aim: To investigate the association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and mortality from coronary heart disease, a nested case-control study was conducted for 39,242 Japanese who participated in the JACC Study.

Methods: Immunoglobulin A and G titers of C. pneumoniae were measured in stored serum samples collected from 209 patients (113 men and 96 women) who subsequently died of coronary heart disease after 13-year follow-up; and 209 controls matched for gender, age (+/-5 years) and area of residence.

Effects of habitual alcohol intake on ambulatory blood pressure, heart rate, and its variability among Japanese men.

We sought to examine effects of habitual alcohol intake on ambulatory blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), and HR variability among Japanese men. Subjects were 539 men aged 35 to 65 years from rural and urban communities. Ambulatory BP and HR were monitored with an automated, portable, noninvasive multibiomedical recorder.

Serum total homocysteine concentrations and risk of mortality from stroke and coronary heart disease in Japanese: The JACC study.

Evidence for association between serum total homocysteine (tHcy) level and cardiovascular disease is limited in Asian populations. We conducted a nested case-control study under JACC Study. A total of 39,242 subjects aged 40-79 years provided serum samples at baseline surveys between 1988 and 1990.

Risk of transmission of imipenem-resistantPseudomonas aeruginosa through use of mobile bathing service.

Objectives: The demand for mobile bathing service (MBS) is increasing in the Japanese society. Therefore, we assessed the risk of MBS-associated infection in MBS clients and their caregivers by examining the bacterial colonization of MBS equipment and utensils.

Methods: Bacterial isolates collected by the stamp agar culture method were examined by disk diffusion assay for their susceptibility to the following drugs: imipenem, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, azutreonam, ceftazidim, meropenem, piperacillin, tobramycin, ofloxacin and cefoperazone.

Possible effects of diets on serum lipids, fatty acids and blood pressure levels in male and female Japanese university students.

Objectives: To prepare a dietary recommendation for young Japanese for the prevention of coronary heart disease, we surveyed the dietary habits, serum lipids, serum fatty acids and blood pressure levels among male and female students.

Methods: In this study, 175 male and 246 female university students were interviewed for the frequency of consumption of selected food items and the habit of skipping breakfast. Serum fatty acids were analyzed by gas chromatography.