Publications by authors named "Kuniaki Suwa"
Objectives: To clarify the association between glucose intolerance and high altitudes (2900-4800 m) in a hypoxic environment in Tibetan highlanders and to verify the hypothesis that high altitude dwelling increases vulnerability to diabetes mellitus (DM) accelerated by lifestyle change or ageing.
Design: Cross-sectional epidemiological study on Tibetan highlanders.
Participants: We enrolled 1258 participants aged 40-87 years.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted on 2,800 Ladakhi individuals in Northern India to investigate the prevalence of hypertension and how factors like altitude, lifestyle changes, and urbanization affect it.
- Results showed that hypertension affected 37.0% of participants, with the highest rates found in urban migrants (48.3%), while rural nomads at high altitudes had lower rates (27.7%).
- Key factors associated with higher hypertension rates included aging, obesity, urban living, and modern occupations, indicating that both lifestyle changes and high-altitude living independently contribute to hypertension.
We report on a 25-year-old female heart transplant patient who presented with recurrent episodes of cellular rejection due to decreased adherence to immunosuppressive therapy. She received a heart transplantation in 1994 when she was 10 years old. In order to improve her adherence to immunosuppressive therapy, switching to the once-daily extended-release formulation of tacrolimus was performed in a step-wise fashion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Heavy rainfall in northern India in August 2010 caused flash floods, seriously damaging homes and infrastructure. There have been no major disasters in the history of Ladakh, and no surveys on post-disaster psychiatric disorders have been conducted in this area.
Aims And Methods: To examine the impact of this disaster in Ladakh one month post-disaster, we visited Choglamsar, located near the town of Leh, where the flood had the most severe impact.