Risk Factors and the Incidence of Coronary Artery Disease in Young Middleaged Japanese Men: Results from a 10Year Cohort Study

Abstract

Objective

Associations Between Metabolic Syndrome and Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease in Japanese General Population, Findings on Overweight and Non-Overweight Individuals Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study

“…Although elevated BP was strongly associated with mortality from hemorrhagic stroke, 20,21 elevated glucose level was associated with mortality from coronary heart disease 22,23 in both sexes. In men, reduced HDL 24,25 and being overweight 26 were also associated with mortality from coronary heart disease.…”

Diagnostic Criteria for Dyslipidemia

“…In the NIPPON DATA90, the HDL-C level was found to be significantly inversely correlated with overall mortality and stroke mortality during the 9.6-year observation period 36) . Community and worksite-based cohort studies have shown that an HDL-C level ＜40 mg/dL is associated with an increased risk of CAD 11, [37][38][39] . In the J-LIT, a cohort study, simvastatin-treated primary prevention patients 12) and secondary prevention patients 13) with an HDL-C level ＜40 mg/dL were found to have a intervention significantly decreases the incidence of CAD.…”

Reduction in Ambulance Transports during a Public Awareness Campaign for Appropriate Ambulance Use

“…The incidence of coronary artery diseases is much lower in Japan than in western countries, 9,10 but the number of individuals transported is affected not only by disease incidence but also by residents' decisions to call or not call an ambulance. Thus, it is reasonable to believe that the decrease in ambulance calls by individuals diagnosed as having such diseases was due to the campaign.…”