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Investigating age and regional effects on the relation between the incidence of heat-related ambulance transport and daily maximum temperature or WBGT
ConclusionsAge and regional differences affected the incidence of HAT. Thus, it is recommended that public prevention measures for heat-related disorders take into consideration age and regional variability.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - December 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Influence of height on endothelial maintenance activity: a narrative review
AbstractRecent studies have revealed an inverse association between height and cardiovascular disease. However, the background mechanism of this association has not yet been clarified. Height has also been reported to be positively associated with cancer. Therefore, well-known cardiovascular risk factors, such as increased oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, are not the best explanations for this inverse association because these risk factors are also related to cancer. However, impaired blood flow is the main pathological problem in cardiovascular disease, while glowing feeding vessels (angiogenesis) are the main c...
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - February 6, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and hospital admission, incidence, and mortality of stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 23 million participants
ConclusionsExposure to air pollution was positively associated with an increased risk of stroke hospital admission (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO, and O3), incidence (PM2.5, SO2, and NO2), and mortality (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, and NO2). Our study would provide a more comprehensive evidence of air pollution and stroke, especially SO2 and NO2.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 26, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study
ConclusionsThe findings from this study may contribute to a better understanding of slow walking speed as a factor related to LTC, which might be a criterion for disability prevention and could serve as an outcome measure for physical function in older people.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - August 31, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between incidence of fatal intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke and fine particulate air pollution
ConclusionsFatal ICH incidence was associated with PM2.5 exposure. Our results also suggested that diabetes may increase the risk for ICH incidence in relation to PM2.5.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - May 31, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Hemoglobin A1c and 10-year information processing speed in Japanese community dwellers
ConclusionsHigher baseline HbA1c was associated with greater subsequent decline in information processing ability in Japanese community dwellers, even with the pre-clinical HbA1c level (6.0 to<  6.5%) in women. The results suggest that good glycemic control or prevention of hyperglycemia may contribute to maintaining information processing ability.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - April 22, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

The joint impact of habitual exercise and glycemic control on the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in middle-aged and older males
ConclusionsThese results suggest that the habitual exercise and good glycemic control and their combination were associated with the incidence of CKD.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - November 6, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors among middle-aged and older farmers in western China
ConclusionsFamily history is the strongest stroke risk factor in middle-aged and older farmers of western China.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - March 14, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Importance of detoxifying enzymes in differentiating fibrotic development between SHRSP5/Dmcr and SHRSP rats
Conclusions The greater progression of fibrosis in SHRSP5/Dmcr induced by HFC may be due to greater suppression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity detoxifying toxicants, such as hydrophobic BAs.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - May 20, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Bodily pain, social support, depression symptoms and stroke history are independently associated with sleep disturbance among the elderly: a cross-sectional analysis of the Fujiwara-kyo study
Conclusions The present study indicates that sleeping disturbances among the elderly are closely associated with social support from a spouse and family. They are also associated with pain, even at stages in which subjective bodily pain is very mild.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - April 11, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

The relationship between widespread changes in gravity and cerebral blood flow
Conclusion The present study demonstrated stepwise gravity-induced changes in steady-state CBFV from 0.5 to 2.0 Gz despite unchanged steady-state MAPHeart. The combined effects of reduced MAPMCA and ETCO2 likely led to stepwise decreases in CBFV. We caution that a mild increase in gravity from 0 to 2.0 Gz reduces CBF, even if arterial blood pressure at the heart level is maintained.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - February 9, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

The accumulation of healthy lifestyle behaviors prevents the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in middle-aged and older males
Conclusions These results suggest that the accumulation of healthy lifestyle behaviors, especially those related to habitual moderate exercise and no bedtime snacking, is considered to be important to reduce the risk of CKD.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 21, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

A new horizon of moyamoya disease and associated health risks explored through RNF213
Abstract The cerebrovascular disorder moyamoya disease (MMD) was first described in 1957 in Japan, and is typically considered to be an Asian-specific disease. However, it is globally recognized as one of the major causes of childhood stroke. Although several monogenic diseases are known to be complicated by Moyamoya angiopathy, the ring finger protein 213 gene (RNF213) was identified as a susceptibility gene for MMD. RNF213 is unusual, because (1) it induces MMD with no other recognizable phenotypes, (2) the RNF213 p.R4810K variant is an Asian founder mutation common to Japanese, Korean and Chinese with carri...
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - December 10, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research