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ArticleTitle | Health Practices and Survival Among Middle-aged Residents of Japan: A Ten-year Follow-up Cohort Study of 9 Towns in Gunma |
AuthorList | Tomoyuki Kawada |
Affiliation | Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School |
Language | EN |
Volume | 71 |
Issue | 4 |
Year | 2004 |
Page | 242-251 |
Received | December 24, 2003 |
Accepted | January 19, 2004 |
Keywords | health risk appraisal, cohort study, health examination, survival |
Abstract | To examine the relationship between health practice in combination with health examination data and mortality, a population-based prospective cohort study was conducted in 9 towns and villages of Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Public health nurses interviewed inhabitants about their health practices. This cohort consisting of 7,694 subjects aged 40∼60 years old at baseline in 1993 was followed. During the ten-year follow-up period, 99 males and 80 females deceased. The relative risks (RRs) of some factors were estimated by the Cox proportional hazards model. |
Correspondence to | Tomoyuki Kawada, MD, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan kawada@nms.ac.jp |
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