著者
Yusuke Kabeya Atsushi Goto Masayuki Kato Yumi Matsushita Yoshihiko Takahashi Akihiro Isogawa Manami Inoue Tetsuya Mizoue Shoichiro Tsugane Takashi Kadowaki Mitsuhiko Noda
出版者
日本疫学会
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.JE20150059, (Released:2015-12-26)
参考文献数
32
被引用文献数
7

Background: The association between time spent walking and risk of diabetes was investigated in a Japanese population-based cohort.Methods: Data from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Diabetes cohort were analyzed. The surveys of diabetes were performed at baseline and at the 5-year follow-up. Time spent walking per day was assessed using a self-reported questionnaire (<30 minutes, 30 minutes to <1 hour, 1 to <2 hours, or ≥2 hours). A cross-sectional analysis was performed among 26 488 adults in the baseline survey. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between time spent walking and the presence of unrecognized diabetes. We then performed a longitudinal analysis that was restricted to 11 101 non-diabetic adults who participated in both the baseline and 5-year surveys. The association between time spent walking and the incidence of diabetes during the 5 years was examined.Results: In the cross-sectional analysis, 1058 participants had unrecognized diabetes. Those with time spent walking of <30 minutes per day had increased odds of having diabetes in relation to those with time spent walking of ≥2 hours (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.23; 95% CI, 1.02–1.48). In the longitudinal analysis, 612 participants developed diabetes during the 5 years of follow-up. However, a significant association between time spent walking and the incidence of diabetes was not observed.Conclusions: Increased risk of diabetes was implied in those with time spent walking of <30 minutes per day, although the longitudinal analysis failed to show a significant result.
著者
Yumi Matsushita Tetsuji Yokoyama Kayoko Hayakawa Nobuaki Matsunaga Hiroshi Ohtsu Sho Saito Mari Terada Setsuko Suzuki Shinichiro Morioka Satoshi Kutsuna Shinya Tsuzuki Hisao Hara Akio Kimura Norio Ohmagari
出版者
Japan Epidemiological Association
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.33, no.1, pp.38-44, 2023-01-05 (Released:2023-01-05)
参考文献数
27

Background: Prioritization for novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related health policies usually considers age and certain other characteristics, but sex is rarely included, despite the higher risk of severe disease in men. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of sex and age on the severity of COVID-19 by estimating the age difference in years for which the risk for men versus women is the same.Methods: We analyzed 23,414 Japanese COVID-19 inpatients aged 20–89 years (13,360 men and 10,054 women). We graded the severity of COVID-19 (0 to 5) according to the most intensive treatment required during hospitalization. The risk of grade 2/3/4/5 (non-invasive positive pressure ventilation/invasive mechanical ventilation/extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/death), grade 3/4/5, and separately grade 5 was analyzed using a multiple logistic regression model.Results: The odds ratio (OR) of grades 2/3/4/5, 3/4/5 (primary outcome), and 5 for men relative to women was 2.76 (95% CI, 2.44–3.12), 2.78 (95% CI, 2.42–3.19), and 2.60 (95% CI, 2.23–3.03), respectively, after adjustment for age and date of admission. These risks for men were equivalent to those for women 14.1 (95% CI, 12.3–15.8), 11.2 (95% CI, 9.7–12.8), and 7.5 (95% CI, 6.3–8.7) years older, respectively.Conclusion: The risks of worse COVID-19 prognosis (grades 3/4/5) in men were equivalent to those of women 11.2 years older. Reanalyzing data extracted from four previous studies also revealed a large impact of sex difference on the severity of COVID-19. We should pay more attention to sex differences to predict the risk of COVID-19 severity and to formulate public health policy accordingly.
著者
Yumi Matsushita Tetsuji Yokoyama Kayoko Hayakawa Nobuaki Matsunaga Hiroshi Ohtsu Sho Saito Mari Terada Setsuko Suzuki Shinichiro Morioka Satoshi Kutsuna Shinya Tsuzuki Hisao Hara Akio Kimura Norio Ohmagari
出版者
Japan Epidemiological Association
雑誌
Journal of Epidemiology (ISSN:09175040)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.JE20220056, (Released:2022-07-16)
参考文献数
27

Background: Prioritization for novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related health policies usually considers age and certain other characteristics, but sex is rarely included, despite the higher risk of severe disease in men. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of sex and age on the severity of COVID-19 by estimating the age difference in years for which the risk for men versus women is the same.Methods: We analyzed 23,414 Japanese COVID-19 inpatients aged 20–89 years (13,360 men and 10,054 women). We graded the severity of COVID-19 (0 to 5) according to the most intensive treatment required during hospitalization. The risk of grade 2/3/4/5 (non-invasive positive pressure ventilation/invasive mechanical ventilation/extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/death), grade 3/4/5, and separately grade 5 was analyzed using a multiple logistic regression model.Results: The odds ratio (OR) of grades 2/3/4/5, 3/4/5 (primary outcome), and 5 for men relative to women was 2.76 (95% CI, 2.44–3.12), 2.78 (95% CI, 2.42–3.19), and 2.60 (95% CI, 2.23–3.03), respectively, after adjustment for age and date of admission. These risks for men were equivalent to those for women 14.1 (95% CI, 12.3–15.8), 11.2 (95% CI, 9.7–12.8), and 7.5 (95% CI, 6.3–8.7) years older, respectively.Conclusion: The risks of worse COVID-19 prognosis (grades 3/4/5) in men were equivalent to those of women 11.2 years older. Reanalyzing data extracted from four previous studies also revealed a large impact of sex difference on the severity of COVID-19. We should pay more attention to sex differences to predict the risk of COVID-19 severity and to formulate public health policy accordingly.
著者
Erika Fujimoto Yumi Matsushita Toshihiro Nakajima Naoko Yagishita Tsutomu Yamasaki Tohru Nakanishi
出版者
THE SOCIETY FOR HARD TISSUE REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY
雑誌
Journal of Hard Tissue Biology (ISSN:13417649)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.25, no.4, pp.377-382, 2016 (Released:2016-10-05)
参考文献数
18
被引用文献数
1 4

Tetraspanin CD81, which is up-regulated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synoviocytes, is a molecule containing four transmembrane domains. We recently showed that small interfering RNA targeting CD81 (CD81 siRNA) ameliorated arthritis in rats. In that study, the expression of synoviolin was decreased in RA joints by CD81 siRNA. We also showed that CD81 siRNA decreased the expression of synoviolin and TNF-α in SW982 synovial sarcoma cells, suggesting that overexpression of CD81 in synovial cells induces the expression of both synoviolin and TNF-α in the same cells. Here we raised monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against CD81 by immunization of the outer membrane region of CD81 (LEL) that was overexpressed as a recombinant protein. One of these MAbs stimulated CD81 on the membrane of SW982 and up-regulated the expression of synoviolin. We also defined the region of the synoviolin gene promoter that is essential for induction of synoviolin gene expression by using reporter gene system. This system might be useful for the screening of anti-RA medicine.