著者
Koshi Nakamura Shigekazu Ukawa Emiko Okada Makoto Hirata Akiko Nagai Zentaro Yamagata Toshiharu Ninomiya Kaori Muto Yutaka Kiyohara Koichi Matsuda Yoichiro Kamatani Michiaki Kubo Yusuke Nakamura BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Akiko Tamakoshi
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.Supplement_III, pp.S49-S57, 2017 (Released:2017-04-14)
参考文献数
20
被引用文献数
15

Background: In Japanese males and females, lung cancer is currently the second and fourth most common type of cancer, and the first and second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, respectively.Methods: Of all Japanese male and female lung cancer patients aged ≥20 years whom the BioBank Japan Project originally enrolled between 2003 and 2008, 764 males and 415 females were registered within 90 days after their diagnosis. We described the lifestyle and clinical characteristics of these patients at study entry. Furthermore, we examined the effect of these characteristics on all-cause mortality.Results: In the lung cancer patients registered within 90 days, the frequencies of occult or stage 0, stage I, II, III and IV were 0.4%, 55.8%, 10.8%, 22.0% and 11.0% for males and 0.3%, 62.4%, 9.9%, 17.1% and 10.2% for females, respectively. The proportions of histological types in males and females were 56.3% and 82.4% for adenocarcinoma, 26.9% and 8.2% for squamous cell carcinoma, 4.5% and 1.5% for large cell carcinoma, 7.7% and 4.1% for small cell carcinoma and 4.6% and 3.8% for others, respectively. Among 1120 participants who registered within 90 days, 572 participants died during 5811 person-years of follow-up. Low body mass index, ever smoker, more advanced stage, squamous cell or small cell carcinoma and high serum carcinoembryonic antigen level at study entry were crudely associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality after adjustment for age.Conclusions: This study showed the association of several lifestyle and clinical characteristics with all-cause mortality in lung cancer patients.
著者
Nakamura Koshi Okada Emiko Ukawa Shigekazu Hirata Makoto Nagai Akiko Yamagata Zentaro Kiyohara Yutaka Muto Kaori Kamatani Yoichiro Ninomiya Toshiharu Matsuda Koichi Kubo Michiaki Nakamura Yusuke BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Tamakoshi Akiko
出版者
Elsevier
雑誌
Journal of epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.3, pp.S58-S64, 2017-03
被引用文献数
24

Background: Breast cancer is currently the most common type of cancer in Japanese females. Unlike most other types of cancer, breast cancer develops more frequently in middle-aged females than in elderly females. Methods: Of all Japanese female breast cancer patients aged ≥20 years whom the BioBank Japan Project originally enrolled between 2003 and 2008, 2034 were registered within 90 days after their diagnosis. We described the lifestyle and clinical characteristics of these patients at study entry. Furthermore, we examined the effect of these characteristics on all-cause mortality. Results: In the female patients registered within 90 days after diagnosis, the frequency of stage 0 or unclassified, stage I, II, III and IV were 11.4%, 47.9%, 37.0%, 2.9% and 0.8%, respectively. The proportion of histological types was 12.9% for non-invasive carcinoma (ductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma), 81.0% for invasive carcinoma (papillotubular carcinoma, solid tubular carcinoma, scirrhous carcinoma and special types), 0.2% for Paget's diseases and 5.8% for others. Those positive for the estrogen and progesterone receptors accounted for 75.8% and 62.1% of all patients, respectively. Among 1860 female participants registered within 90 days, 218 participants died during 144,54 person-years of follow-up. More advanced stage, elevation of serum carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 15-3 levels and absence of the estrogen receptor at study entry were crudely associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality after adjustment for age. Conclusions: This study showed the association of several clinical characteristics with all-cause mortality in female breast cancer patients.
著者
Ukawa Shigekazu Nakamura Koshi Okada Emiko Hirata Makoto Nagai Akiko Yamagata Zentaro Muto Kaori Matsuda Koichi Ninomiya Toshiharu Kiyohara Yutaka Kamatani Yoichiro Kubo Michiaki Nakamura Yusuke BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Tamakoshi Akiko
出版者
Elsevier
雑誌
Journal of epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.3, pp.S65-S70, 2017-03
被引用文献数
7

Background: Prostate cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Japan. We aimed to elucidate the clinical and histopathological characteristics of patients with prostate cancer in the BioBank Japan (BBJ) project. Methods: Four thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in the BBJ project were included. Clinical and histopathological data, including causes of death, were analyzed. Relative survival (RS) rates of prostate cancer were calculated. Results: Four thousand, one hundred and seventy-one prostate cancer patients with available histological data had adenocarcinoma. The mean age of the patients was 72.5 years. The proportion of patients who were non-smokers, non-drinkers, had a normal body mass index, did not exercise, had a normal prostate-specific antigen level, and had a family history of prostate cancer were 30.7%, 28.0%, 66.6%, 58.1%, 67.6%, and 6.5%, respectively. The proportion of patients with Stage II, III, and IV disease were 24.4%, 7.3%, and 4.4%, respectively. After limiting to patients with a time from the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer to entry into the study cohort of ≤90 days (n = 869), the 5- and 10-year RS rates were 96.3% and 100.5%, respectively, although we were unable to consider management strategies due to a plenty of data missing. Conclusions: We provide an overview of patients with prostate cancer in the BBJ project. Our findings, coupled with those from various high throughput “omics” technologies, will contribute to the implementation of prevention interventions and medical management of prostate cancer patients.
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Jun Hata Akiko Nagai Makoto Hirata Yoichiro Kamatani Akiko Tamakoshi Zentaro Yamagata Kaori Muto Koichi Matsuda Michiaki Kubo Yusuke Nakamura Biobank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Yutaka Kiyohara Toshiharu Ninomiya
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.Supplement_III, pp.S71-S76, 2017 (Released:2017-04-14)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
9

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in Japan. The present study aimed to develop new risk prediction models for long-term risks of all-cause and cardiovascular death in patients with chronic phase CVD.Methods: Among the subjects registered in the BioBank Japan database, 15,058 patients aged ≥40 years with chronic ischemic CVD (ischemic stroke or myocardial infarction) were divided randomly into a derivation cohort (n = 10,039) and validation cohort (n = 5019). These subjects were followed up for 8.55 years in median. Risk prediction models for all-cause and cardiovascular death were developed using the derivation cohort by Cox proportional hazards regression. Their prediction performances for 5-year risk of mortality were evaluated in the validation cohort.Results: During the follow-up, all-cause and cardiovascular death events were observed in 2962 and 962 patients from the derivation cohort and 1536 and 481 from the validation cohort, respectively. Risk prediction models for all-cause and cardiovascular death were developed from the derivation cohort using ten traditional cardiovascular risk factors, namely, age, sex, CVD subtype, hypertension, diabetes, total cholesterol, body mass index, current smoking, current drinking, and physical activity. These models demonstrated modest discrimination (c-statistics, 0.703 for all-cause death; 0.685 for cardiovascular death) and good calibration (Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2-test, P = 0.17 and 0.15, respectively) in the validation cohort.Conclusions: We developed and validated risk prediction models of all-cause and cardiovascular death for patients with chronic ischemic CVD. These models would be useful for estimating the long-term risk of mortality in chronic phase CVD.
著者
Hiroshi Yokomichi Hokuto Noda Akiko Nagai Makoto Hirata Akiko Tamakoshi Yoichiro Kamatani Yutaka Kiyohara Koichi Matsuda Kaori Muto Toshiharu Ninomiya Michiaki Kubo Yusuke Nakamura BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Zentaro Yamagata
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.Supplement_III, pp.S77-S83, 2017 (Released:2017-04-14)
参考文献数
32
被引用文献数
3

Background: Controlling serum cholesterol is critical to prevent cardiovascular disease in patients with dyslipidaemia. Guidelines emphasise the need to select treatment for dyslipidaemia based on specific patient profiles; however, there is little information about the serum cholesterol levels of patients in each profile in Japan. Therefore, we aimed to describe the serum cholesterol levels and prevalence of uncontrolled cases in Japanese patients with dyslipidaemia.Methods: We included data for patients with dyslipidaemia between 2003 and 2007 from the BioBank Japan Project (66 hospitals). Then, we reported their serum cholesterol levels by age, body mass index, glycaemic control (glycated haemoglobin A1c), blood pressure, smoking, drinking, comorbidity and medication profiles.Results: We included 22,189 male and 21,545 female patients. The mean serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), triglyceride (TG) and non-HDL-C levels in males were 117.4 mg/dL, 51.0 mg/dL, 187.6 mg/dL and 153.6 mg/dL, respectively; the corresponding levels in females were 129.5 mg/dL, 60.5 mg/dL, 144.9 mg/dL and 157.9 mg/dL, respectively. In both males and females, the LDL-C levels were the highest in the following profiles: age 19–44 years, body mass index 18.5–22 kg/m2, glycated haemoglobin A1c <6.0%, never smoker, chronic respiratory disease as a comorbidity and no medication use.Conclusions: These data provide details of serum cholesterol levels by risk-factor profile in patients with dyslipidaemia and could add evidence of treatment decisions.
著者
Hiroshi Yokomichi Akiko Nagai Makoto Hirata Yutaka Kiyohara Kaori Muto Toshiharu Ninomiya Koichi Matsuda Yoichiro Kamatani Akiko Tamakoshi Michiaki Kubo Yusuke Nakamura BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Zentaro Yamagata
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.Supplement_III, pp.S92-S97, 2017 (Released:2017-04-14)
参考文献数
28
被引用文献数
12

Background: Evidence of characteristics of Japanese patients with diabetes from a large-scale population is necessary. Few studies have compared glycaemic controls, complications and comorbidities between type 1 and 2 diabetic patients. This paper focuses on illustrating a clinical picture of Japanese diabetic patients and comparing glycaemic control and prognoses between type 1 and 2 diabetes using multi-institutional data.Methods: The BioBank Japan Project enrolled adult type 1 and 2 diabetic patients between fiscal years 2003 and 2007. We have presented characteristics, controls of serum glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure, prevalence of complications and comorbidities and survival curves. We have also shown glycaemic controls according to various individual profiles of diabetic patients.Results: A total of 558 type 1 diabetic patients and 30,834 type 2 diabetic patients participated in this study. The mean glycated haemoglobin A1c was higher in type 1 diabetes than in type 2 diabetes. In the type 1 diabetic patients, the glycated haemoglobin A1c had no consistent trend according to age and body mass index. The Kaplan–Meier estimates represented a longer survival time from baseline with type 1 diabetes than with type 2 diabetes. Compared with type 1 diabetic patients, type 2 diabetic patients had double the prevalence of macrovascular complications.Conclusions: This work has revealed detailed plasma glucose levels of type 1 and 2 diabetic patients according to age, body mass index, blood pressure, serum cholesterol levels and smoking and drinking habits. Our data have also shown that the prognosis is worse for type 2 diabetes than for type 1 diabetes in Japan.
著者
Hiroshi Yokomichi Akiko Nagai Makoto Hirata Yutaka Kiyohara Kaori Muto Toshiharu Ninomiya Koichi Matsuda Yoichiro Kamatani Akiko Tamakoshi Michiaki Kubo Yusuke Nakamura BioBank Japan Cooperative Hospital Group Zentaro Yamagata
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.27, no.Supplement_III, pp.S98-S106, 2017 (Released:2017-04-14)
参考文献数
39
被引用文献数
17

Background: The number of patients with diabetes is increasing worldwide. Macrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic respiratory disease, cancer and smoking frequently accompany type 2 diabetes. Few data are available related to mortality of Asians with diabetes associated with these serious comorbidities. The present study aimed to quantify the excess mortality risks of type 2 diabetic patients with comorbidities.Methods: We analysed the available records of 30,834 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes from the BioBank Japan Project between 2003 and 2007. Men and women were followed up for median 8.03 and 8.30 years, respectively. We applied Cox proportional hazard model and Kaplan–Meier estimates for survival curves to evaluate mortality in diabetic patients with or without macrovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic kidney disease, cancer and smoking.Results: Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality were 1.39 (95% CI, 1.09–1.78) for male sex, 2.01 (95% CI, 1.78–2.26) per 10-year increment of age. Adjusted HRs of primary interest were 1.77 (95% CI, 1.42–2.22), macrovascular disease; 1.58 (95% CI, 1.08–2.31), chronic respiratory disease; 2.03 (95% CI, 1.67–2.47), chronic kidney disease; 1.16 (95% CI, 0.86–1.56), cancer; and 1.74 (95% CI, 1.30–2.31), current smoking.Conclusions: Diabetic patients with a past or current history of chronic kidney, macrovascular or respiratory diseases or smoking habit have exhibited the highest risk of mortality. Data were limited to those of survivors of comorbidities but we propose the need to improve comorbidities and terminate cigarette smoking for better prognosis in patients with diabetes.
著者
Koichi Hashimoto Hajime Maeda Hajime Iwasa Hyo Kyozuka Ryo Maeda Yohei Kume Takashi Ono Mina Chishiki Akiko Sato Yuka Ogata Tsuyoshi Murata Keiya Fujimori Kosei Shinoki Hidekazu Nishigori Seiji Yasumura Mitsuaki Hosoya the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
出版者
Japan Epidemiological Association
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.33, no.10, pp.489-497, 2023-10-05 (Released:2023-10-05)
参考文献数
49
被引用文献数
1

Background: Tobacco exposure during pregnancy is associated with several adverse outcomes in infants. We investigated the association between tobacco exposure during pregnancy (both active and second-hand) and various infections in infants up to 1 year.Methods: This prospective cohort study used a fixed dataset (jecs-an-20180131) from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study of registered births in Japan during 2011–2014 that included 104,065 fetal records from enrolled pregnant women. Based on the participants’ responses to the questionnaire on smoking status, mothers were first divided into “never smoked,” “quit smoking,” and “current smoker” groups and then into “no second-hand smoking (SHS)” and “SHS” groups. Infectious diseases included central nervous system infection, otitis media (OM), upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), gastroenteritis (GI), and urinary tract infection. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using logistic regression analysis and adjusted for maternal, socioeconomic, and postnatal confounding factors.Results: Among the 73,205 newborns enrolled, multivariable analysis revealed that the aOR of LRTI and GI was 1.20 (95% CI, 1.07–1.33) and 1.18 (95% CI, 1.04–1.35), respectively, for the “current smoker with/without SHS” group compared with the “never smoked without SHS” group. “Quit smoking without SHS” was not associated with the risk of LRTI. SHS was associated with an increased risk of OM, URTI, LRTI, and GI, especially with LRTI and GI.Conclusion: Exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of OM, URTI, LRTI, and GI in infants during their first year of life.
著者
Wataru Ogawa Yushi Hirota Shigeru Miyazaki Tadashi Nakamura Yoshihiro Ogawa Iichiro Shimomura Toshimasa Yamauchi Koutaro Yokote on behalf of the Creation Committee for Guidelines for the Management of Obesity Disease 2022 by Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO)
出版者
The Japan Endocrine Society
雑誌
Endocrine Journal (ISSN:09188959)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.EJ23-0593, (Released:2023-12-20)
被引用文献数
2

To identify those who might benefit from weight reduction within a large population of obese individuals, Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO) advocated the concept of “obesity disease.” Here we summarize the definition, criteria, and core concepts for the management of obesity disease based on JASSO’s latest guideline. JASSO defines obesity as excessive fat storage in adipose tissue associated with a BMI of ≥25 kg/m2. The threshold BMI of obesity is low as compared to Western countries given that Japanese individuals tend to develop obesity-related health disorders at lower BMI. Obesity with a BMI of ≥35 kg/m2 is referred to as “high-degree obesity” as treatment strategies vary based on the degree of obesity. Obesity is diagnosed as “obesity disease” if accompanied by any of the 11 specific obesity-related health disorders that weight reduction can prevent or alleviate, or if it meets the criteria for visceral fat obesity with a visceral fat area of ≥100 cm2. The initial weight reduction goals for high-degree obesity disease range from 5% to 10% of their current body weight, depending on the associated health disorders. That for those with obesity disease who do not qualify as high-degree is 3% or more. If these initial goals are not achieved, intensifying dietary therapy or introducing drug therapy (or both) may be necessary. While surgical treatment is primarily indicated for high-degree obesity disease, it might be appropriate for cases of obesity disease with a BMI <35 kg/m2, depending on the accompanying health disorders. Enhancing the quality of life for individuals with obesity or obesity disease necessitates a broader societal approach, emphasizing the resolution of related stigma.
著者
Reiji Kojima Ryoji Shinohara Megumi Kushima Hideki Yui Sanae Otawa Sayaka Horiuchi Kunio Miyake Hiroshi Yokomichi Yuka Akiyama Tadao Ooka Zentaro Yamagata the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
出版者
Japan Epidemiological Association
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.JE20230210, (Released:2023-11-04)
参考文献数
33
被引用文献数
1

Background: In regions with a high prevalence of peanut allergy (PA), there is a consensus that the introduction of peanuts in early infancy is preventive against the development of PA. However, few studies have investigated whether the introduction of peanuts to infants is associated with PA in regions with a low prevalence of PA, including Japan.Methods: We used data from 74,240 mother–child pairs who participated in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, a prospective birth cohort recruited between January 2011 and March 2014. A logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between infantile peanut introduction and PA at the age of 4 years with non-infantile peanut introduction as the reference group, adjusted for potential confounders.Results: The percentage of infantile peanut introduction was 4.9% (n=3294) and 286 (0.4%) participants had allergic symptoms to peanuts at 4 years of age. Of all participants, 129 (0.2%) had PA at 4 years of age, which was defined as allergic symptoms and sensitization to peanuts. Those with infantile peanut introduction had a lower prevalence of PA than those without infantile peanut introduction, although this did not reach statistical significance (adjusted odds ratio: 0.53, 95% confidence interval, 0.17–1.68). Sensitivity analysis using IgE-mediated symptoms caused by peanuts as the outcome showed a similar result in relation to infantile peanut introduction.Conclusions: In countries with a low prevalence of PA, the effect of infantile peanut introduction on PA prevention was unclear.
著者
Kazutaka UCHIDA Nobuyuki SAKAI Hiroshi YAMAGAMI Kohei UEMURA Hirotoshi IMAMURA Masataka TAKEUCHI Manabu SHIRAKAWA Fumihiro SAKAKIBARA Koichi HARAGUCHI Naoto KIMURA Kentaro SUZUKI Junichi AYABE Daisuke YAMAMOTO Seigo SHINDO Atsushi KIMOTO Kenichi MORITA Yoshinori AKIYAMA Hidesato TAKEZAWA Shingo TOYOTA Kanta TANAKA Shigen KASAKURA Eisuke TSUKAGOSHI Toshihiro UEDA Shinichi YOSHIMURA Japan Trevo Registry Investigators
出版者
The Japan Neurosurgical Society
雑誌
Neurologia medico-chirurgica (ISSN:04708105)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.2023-0069, (Released:2023-10-18)
参考文献数
18
被引用文献数
2

Endovascular therapy (EVT) for real-world patients after extended time frames is associated with concerns about its efficacy and safety. We conducted a prospective registry at 77 centers between November 2019 and October 2020. The registry criteria included patients treated with Trevo Retriever alone or in combined therapy with an aspiration catheter. The primary outcome was effective reperfusion (thrombolysis in cerebral infarction grade ≥ 2b), the secondary outcome was a modified Rankin scale 0-2 at 90 days, and the safety outcomes were worsening of neurologic symptoms within 24 h postoperatively, intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) within 24 h after EVT and mortality. We also exlpored the difference between patients whose last known well time (LKWT) to a puncture was less than 6 h (0-6 h) and those whose LKWT was 6 h or more but less than 24 h (6-24 h). Among the 1041 patients registered, 1025 patients were analyzed. The mean age was 76.9 years, and 53.6% of the participants were males. The 6-24 h group was 206/998 (20.6%), the median National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score at admission was 18, and the median Alberta Stroke Program Early CT score was 8. Combined technique as the first pass was used on 817 (79.7%) patients. The primary outcome was 934 (91.1%). The secondary outcome was 433/1021 (42.4%). Symptomatic ICH, any ICH, and mortality were 10/1019 (1.0%), 311/1019 (30.5%), and 75 (7.3%). In the subanalysis, the 6-24 h group was lower in NIHSS (median;18 vs 16), and the secondary outcome was not significantly different in the <6 h group. Even after treatment time expansion, this result was comparable to other Trevo-based trials and nationwide registries.
著者
Reiji Kojima Ryoji Shinohara Megumi Kushima Sayaka Horiuchi Sanae Otawa Kunio Miyake Hiroshi Yokomichi Yuka Akiyama Tadao Ooka Zentaro Yamagata the Japan Environment and Children's Study Group
出版者
Japanese Society of Allergology
雑誌
Allergology International (ISSN:13238930)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.72, no.3, pp.411-417, 2023 (Released:2023-07-07)
参考文献数
36
被引用文献数
1

Background: The relationship between the season of birth, allergen sensitization, and allergic rhinitis have been inconsistent, and there are no studies that simultaneously consider vitamin D and allergen exposure. This study aimed to determine the associations between the season of birth, house dust mite (HDM) and Japanese cedar pollen (JCP) sensitization, and allergic rhinitis and pollinosis, while taking vitamin D levels and allergen exposure into account.Methods: This study included 4323 participants in the Sub-Cohort Study of the Japan Environment and Children's Study. A logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between the season of birth and sensitization to JCP or HDM (judged by specific immunoglobulin E) at age 2 and allergic rhinitis or pollinosis at age 3, adjusted for HDM or JCP exposure and vitamin D levels with potential confounders.Results: Participants born in spring or summer were more likely to have pollinosis than were those born in winter (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.08, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13-3.82 for spring; aOR: 1.89, 95% CI: 1.03-3.47 for summer). Participants born in summer were more likely to have HDM sensitization than were those born in winter (Der p 1, aOR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.10-2.15; Der f 1, aOR: 1.44, 95% CI: 1.03-2.01). Exposure to JCP and HDM were associated with pollinosis and HDM sensitization, respectively.Conclusions: Spring and summer births were associated with the development of pollinosis, and summer birth was associated with HDM sensitization, even when vitamin D and allergen exposure were considered. Further studies on mechanisms other than vitamin D and allergen exposure are required.
著者
Naho Morisaki Aurélie Piedvache Seiichi Morokuma Kazushige Nakahara Masanobu Ogawa Kiyoko Kato Masafumi Sanefuji Eiji Shibata Mayumi Tsuji Masayuki Shimono Toshihiro Kawamoto Shouichi Ohga Koichi Kusuhara the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group
出版者
Japan Epidemiological Association
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.33, no.5, pp.217-226, 2023-05-05 (Released:2023-05-05)
参考文献数
16
被引用文献数
5 15

Background: Tracking gestational weight gain (GWG) during pregnancy makes it possible to optimize pregnancy outcomes, and GWG growth curves are well suitable for this purpose. The GWG guidelines for Japanese were revised in 2021. However, currently, there are no GWG growth curves to guide women on how to gain weight to meet these guidelines.Methods: Using data on 96,631 live births from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS), we created descriptive GWG percentile curves estimating the trajectory of GWG required to meet the GWG guidelines stratified by pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI). For both analyses, Bayesian mixed models with restricted cubic splines adjusted for maternal characteristics were used.Results: GWG curves substantially differed by pre-pregnancy BMI and were higher among multiparas and those with lower maternal age and with no previous disease. We estimated that underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese women who gain 8.4 to 11.1 kg, 6.4 to 9.1 kg, 3.8 to 6.5 kg, and <1.9 kg at 30 weeks of gestation are on the trajectory to reach the new guidelines at 40 weeks of gestation.Conclusion: We provide GWG percentiles curves for Japanese women, as well as GWG trajectory curves to meet the new GWG recommendations. These results may help pregnant women monitor weight during pregnancy.
著者
宇宙航空研究開発機構 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構
雑誌
宇宙航空研究開発機構特別資料 = JAXA Special Publication (ISSN:1349113X)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.JAXA-SP-05-004, 2006-03-01

宇宙開発でこれまでに開発された技術は、単に宇宙開発だけで終わらずに、私たちの生活の、さまざまな場面で役立てられています。これがスピンオフ(SPIN OFF=技術移転)とよばれるものです。たとえば医療機器や照明装置などで使われるレーザー技術は、アポロ計画のとき、地球と月の距離を正確に測定するために生まれた技術でした。スペースシャトルの宇宙服の技術の応用からは、足への衝撃が少なく、ジャンプ力の高いバスケットボール・シューズが開発されています。さらに、コンピュータの高性能化、小型化は宇宙開発で生まれたIC(集積回路)のおかげです。このように、宇宙開発の過程で生みだされた新技術は、私たちの日常に数多く見ることができます。我が国においても、宇宙航空研究開発機構(JAXA)における研究開発の成果が、人々の暮らしや安全の確保、環境問題や医療・福祉、産業などに貢献している事例を見ることが出来ます。宇宙開発が今後、情報社会の進展などと共に一層高度化し、様々な分野に裾野が拡大していくことが考えられますが、それに伴って宇宙開発の成果も様々な形で人々のくらしや社会にますます貢献していくことが期待されます。この資料は、JAXAの宇宙航空に関する研究開発成果のスピンオフ事例だけでなく、国内の宇宙関連企業などによるスピンオフの代表的な事例や今後貢献が期待される研究開発の事例などを紹介するものです。
著者
Kasumi TSUNODA Kei HAMAZAKI Kenta MATSUMURA Haruka KASAMATSU Akiko TSUCHIDA Hidekuni INADERA The Japan Environment  and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
出版者
Center for Academic Publications Japan
雑誌
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology (ISSN:03014800)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.69, no.1, pp.14-20, 2023-02-28 (Released:2023-02-28)
参考文献数
31
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Many recent clinical and epidemiological studies have demonstrated the effects of vitamin D on health, yet few studies have examined the association of dietary intake of vitamin D during pregnancy with postpartum depressive symptoms. This study examined this association in a large cohort of 74,840 pregnant women who are enrolled in the longitudinal Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Dietary vitamin D intake during pregnancy (specifically after learning of the pregnancy to mid-late pregnancy) was determined using the Food Frequency Questionnaire. Postpartum depressive symptoms 1 mo after delivery were assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Logistic regression analysis showed a reduced risk of postpartum depressive symptoms for all except the first quintile of vitamin D intake: second quintile (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.88 [0.82–0.94]), third (0.83 [0.78–0.89]), fourth (0.87 [0.81–0.93]), and fifth (0.90 [0.83–0.97]). Post-adjustment trend tests revealed a significant association between dietary vitamin D intake and postpartum depressive symptoms (p for trend=0.004). Our results revealed a higher vitamin D intake during pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of postpartum depressive symptoms 1 mo after delivery, suggesting the potential applicability of vitamin D in reducing postpartum depression.