Publications by authors named "Miho Sanefuji"
We report on an interesting case of longevity in an elderly Japanese woman whose blood pressure (BP) continued extremely high from her first recording at the age of 38 years to her first hospitalization at the age of 81. BP recordings taken by her physician indicated mostly severe or occasionally mild hypertension (HT): between 260/130 and 140/76 mmHg. No antihypertensive drugs were taken during the 25 year span between ages 56 and 80.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to determine the disease course of hypertensive male university students followed for 8 to 26 years (average, 17 years) after graduation. Subjects were classified into two groups. 1) A hypertensive group (H-group) consisting of 338 conclusively hypertensive male students followed from 1973 to 1990 at the Institute of Health Science, Kyushu University.
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- The study investigated the relationship between protein intake and blood pressure in a group of 1,299 individuals from Okinawa, Japan, focusing on dietary habits and health measurements.
- Results showed that men with lower protein intake (< 1.0 g/kg/day) had significantly higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure compared to those with higher protein intake.
- Women displayed similar trends, but the differences in blood pressure were not statistically significant; however, both genders exhibited lower urinary sodium and potassium excretion with lower protein intake.
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- The study analyzed sodium and potassium excretion in over 2,400 health screening subjects in Okinawa, Japan, to estimate daily salt intake.
- Mean sodium excretion was found to be 182 mEq/day for men and 176 mEq/day for women, indicating lower levels compared to the national average.
- Young men had higher sodium excretion while young women had lower potassium excretion, and both trends may negatively impact hypertension control.