Association of poor oral health with increased incidence of dysphagia and impaired improvement in nutritional status among patients with acute heart failure: a prospective cohort study.

Aims: This study aimed to clarify the association between oral health and the incidence of dysphagia as well as the recovery of nutritional status and improvement of dysphagia in hospitalized patients with acute heart failure.

Methods: Hospitalized patients with AHF were prospectively enrolled. Oral health was evaluated using the Japanese Version of the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT-J) after circulation dynamics improved (defined as baseline), and participants were classified into good and poor oral health groups (OHAT-J 0-2 and ≧ 3, respectively).

Association of resting energy expenditure-based energy intake sufficiency with functional recovery, dysphagia, and 1-year mortality following heart failure: A prospective observational study.

Aim: Evidence for the influence of resting energy expenditure (REE)-based energy intake on the outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF) is scarce. This study evaluates the relationship between REE-based energy intake sufficiency and clinical outcomes in hospitalized HF patients.

Methods: This prospective observational study included newly admitted patients with acute HF.

Role of systemic inflammation in functional recovery, dysphagia, and 1-y mortality in heart failure: A prospective cohort study.

Objectives: This study evaluated the relationship between systemic inflammation and clinical outcomes in people hospitalized with acute heart failure (AHF).

Methods: We prospectively enrolled people newly hospitalized with AHF after excluding those with concomitant infectious or inflammatory diseases. Systemic inflammation was evaluated using the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) at hospitalization, and participants were classified into low-grade and high-grade inflammation groups (mGPS 0-1 and 2, respectively).

Changes in insulin requirements during pregnancy in Japanese women with type 1 diabetes.

Aims: We investigated the changes in insulin requirements, and other relevant factors, in pregnant Japanese women with type 1 diabetes.

Methods: This retrospective observational study was conducted on 77 singleton pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, treated with multiple daily injections of insulin. We examined changes in daily insulin dose during pregnancy and defined the increased insulin doses as the ratio of maximum dose to the pre-pregnancy dose.

Association of morning fasting blood glucose variability with insulin antibodies and clinical factors in type 1 diabetes.

The fasting blood glucose concentration in type 1 diabetes may vary without being much affected by diet and exercise. This study aimed to identify association of morning fasting blood glucose concentration variability with insulin antibodies and clinical factors. The subjects in this study were 54 patients with type 1 diabetes who had high variation of fasting blood glucose.

[Evaluation of a community-based health education program for salt reduction through media campaigns].

Purpose: To provide the strategies, achievement and evaluation of a community health education program for salt reduction with media campaigns.

Methods: The intervention community was Kyowa town (A district of Chikusei city, census population in 1985 = 16,792) where we have systematically conducted a community-based blood pressure control program since 1981, and health education on reduction of salt intake since 1983 for primary prevention of hypertension. The education program was performed through media campaigns including use of banners, signboards, posters, and calendars with health catchphrases.