Publications by authors named "S Tokioka"
Background: The primary prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF), which increases mortality through complications including stroke and heart failure, is important. Excessive salt intake and low potassium intake are risk factors for cardiovascular disease; however, their association with AF remains inconclusive. This study investigated the association between sodium- and potassium-related urinary markers and AF prevalence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) contributes to decreased life expectancy. We examined the association between leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), non-leisure-time physical activity (non-LTPA) and kidney function.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including 32 162 community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 20 years from the Tohoku Medical MegaBank community-based cohort study.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to explore how genetic risk, healthy lifestyle habits, and susceptibility to hyperuricaemia (high uric acid levels) are interconnected in a group of over 7,200 participants aged 20 and above.
- - Results showed that 3% of participants developed hyperuricaemia over 3.5 years, with those having both high genetic risk and poor lifestyle choices significantly more likely to develop the condition (odds ratio: 5.34).
- - The findings suggest that maintaining a healthy lifestyle can lower the risk of hyperuricaemia despite genetic predispositions, indicating that both genetic and lifestyle factors are important for identifying individuals at risk.
Depression is comorbid with somatic diseases; however, the relationship between depressive symptoms and hypertension (HT), a risk factor for cardiovascular events, remains unclear. Home blood pressure (BP) is more reproducible and accurately predictive of cardiovascular diseases than office BP. Therefore, we focused on home BP and investigated whether depressive symptoms contributed to the future onset of home HT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To evaluate the association between housing and psychological damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and modifiable risk factors (MRFs) of dementia for general population of older adults.
Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 29 039 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 69.1 ± 2.