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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2004-3-15
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Areas of Japan are known worldwide for the longevity of their residents. Okinawa has the highest longevity in Japan and a low rate of death due to cardiovascular disease. We investigated carotid atherosclerotic (CA) risk factors in islands of I city in Okinawa prefecture and compared them with K town, a suburban area of Fukuoka prefecture in Kyushu, to determine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and carotid atherosclerosis. We investigated conventional cardiovascular risk factors in 1078 I city residents (375 men, mean age 63.7 and 703 women, mean age 60.0) in 2000 and 2364 K town residents (676 men, mean age 57.1 and 1688 women, mean age 53.0) in 1999. Carotid atherosclerosis was assessed by mean intima-media thickness (IMT) by B-mode ultrasound. The mean IMT was significantly lower in the residents of I city than in those of K town (P < 0.05). Total cholesterol (TC) and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and smoking rate were also lower in I city than in K town. Body mass index (BMI) and triglyceride (TG) level were higher in I city than in K town. In I city, multiple regression analysis found independent relationships between carotid atherosclerosis and age, sex (male), hypertension, LDL cholesterol, high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and diabetes. The lower mean IMT is probably related to a lower lifetime burden of atherosclerotic risk factors, which may in turn be related to the longevity of Okinawa residents. BMI was not a cardiovascular risk factor, although LDL cholesterol was a common important risk factor.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Feb
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-9150
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
172
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
337-43
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Body Mass Index,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Cardiovascular Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Carotid Arteries,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Carotid Artery Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Cholesterol,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Cholesterol, LDL,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Diabetes Complications,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Hypertension,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Intracranial Arteriosclerosis,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Japan,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Longevity,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Rural Population,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Sex Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Smoking,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Triglycerides,
pubmed-meshheading:15019544-Urban Population
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| pubmed:year |
2004
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk factors: a comparison of residents of a rural area of Okinawa with residents of a typical suburban area of Fukuoka, Japan.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of General Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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