Low muscle mass in patients with stroke on admission reduces walking ability at discharge.

Background & Aims: Reduced skeletal muscle mass may negatively influence postural retention and walking function. This study aimed to examine the influence of the skeletal muscle mass index on walking function in patients with stroke.

Methods: This study included patients with cerebral infarction aged ≥65 years.

A questionnaire survey to assess lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with chronic stroke.

Objectives: In this study, we evaluated the prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and the associated clinical features in patients with chronic stroke.

Methods: Patients with stroke who had been regularly followed up at general medical hospitals in Okinawa, Japan were enrolled in the study. The patients were asked to complete a self-reported questionnaire regarding their physical activity, medical history, and the core lower urinary tract symptom score (CLSS) questionnaire, with anonymity.

Effects of blood pressure levels on case fatality after acute stroke.

Objective: We evaluated the relationship between admission blood pressure (BP) and early prognosis in patients with acute stroke in a single cohort.

Design: The subjects comprised 1004 cases of brain infarction and 1097 cases of brain hemorrhage, who were admitted to hospitals on the day of stroke onset. Death within 30 days after onset was evaluated in relation to admission BP levels.

Evidence for high incidence of end-stage renal disease in patients after stroke and acute myocardial infarction at age 60 or younger.

The impact of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is unknown. Two community-based registries, one of patients with stroke or AMI and another of patients with ESRD who undergo dialysis, are available in Okinawa, Japan. Whether survivors after stroke and AMI who were registered from April 1988 through March 1991 entered an ESRD dialysis program by the end of December 1999 was determined.

[Copper supplement with cocoa for copper deficiency in patients with long-term enteral nutrition].

Copper deficiency (normal serum copper level: 78-136 micrograms/dl) has been reported in patients with long-term enteral nutrition, caused by a copper deficit in enteral nutrition. Occasionally, this leads to anemia and leukopenia. We used Hershey's pure cocoa that is rich in copper (content 3.

Comparison of the effect of blood pressure on the development of stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and end-stage renal disease.

Hypertension is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but few epidemiological studies have examined simultaneously the effect of baseline blood pressure on the development of stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In 1983, a large, community-based mass screening covered about 14% of the adult population in Okinawa, Japan. The total number of people screened was 107,192 (51,122 men, 56,070 women).

Incidence and long-term prognosis of initial stroke and acute myocardial infarction in Okinawa, Japan.

We performed a cross-sectional survey of the incidence of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Okinawa, Japan, with a census population of about 1.2 million. A total of 3,644 cases of first-ever stroke and 898 cases of initial AMI were detected.

Low serum cholesterol as a risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke in men: a community-based mass screening in Okinawa, Japan.

The relation between the level of total serum cholesterol and stroke is controversial. The relation between serum total cholesterol and subtypes of stroke was examined in the participants of a community-based mass screening program in Okinawa, Japan. A total of 38,053 subjects, whose serum level of cholesterol had been determined during a mass screening carried out in 1983, were examined to see whether they had experienced stroke during a 3-year period from 1988 to 1991.

Relationship between serum cholesterol and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in a screened cohort in Okinawa, Japan.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is rare in Japanese subjects and serum cholesterol levels are low. However, no data have been published relating the effect of serum cholesterol levels to the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Japan. Data from a large community-based mass screening registry are available for the geographically isolated island of Okinawa, Japan (1980 census, 1.