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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Adachi, Hisashi
• Fukumoto, Yoshihiro

Titel

History of cardiovascular epidemiology in Japan

Ist Teil von

• Journal of cardiology, 2023-02, Vol.81 (2), p.196-201

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• There are several patterns of epidemiological study in Japan. One is the international collaborative studies, such as Seven Countries Study, NI-HON-SAN Study, International Study of Salt and Blood Pressure (INTERSALT), International Study of Macro-and Micro-nutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP), and Monitoring of Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA). The next one is the several cohort studies in Japanese unique surveys, such as Hisayama Study, Osaka-Akita Study, Tanno-Sobetsu Study, Suita Study, Ohazama Study, National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Noncommunicable Disease and Its Trends in the Aged (NIPPON DATA), Japan Collaborative Cohort (JACC), and Japan Public Health Center-Based Study (JPHC). Finally, some recent special meta-analysis in Japan are Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) and Evidence for Cardio-vascular Prevention from Observational Cohorts in Japan (EPOCH-JAPAN). The aim of this review is to introduce the history of epidemiologcal study, especially, cardiovascular epidemiology from the mid-20th century to in the early 21st century by dividing three patterns. •We introduced the history of cardiovascular epidemiologic studies by three patterns.•They are international, unique Japanese cohort studies, and meta-analysis in Japan.•Most of them are an association between hypertension and cardiovascular disease.•Changes in life style and low-salt diets are needed for the eradication of hypertension.