December 1, 1975American Journal of Epidemiology133 citations
Epidemiologic Studies of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Japanese Men Living in Japan, Hawaii and California: Introduction1
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Key Result
Geographic location among 11,900 Japanese men was studied to investigate the observed gradient in coronary heart disease mortality increasing from Japan to Hawaii to California.
Study Design
Type
Observational (n=11,900)
Multicenter
Yes
Structured PICO
Does geographic location (Japan vs Hawaii vs California) affect coronary heart disease and stroke mortality and prevalence among Japanese men?
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Population
11,900 Japanese men in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, and the San Francisco Bay Area of California
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Outcome
Mortality comparisons, biochemical and blood pressure distributions, and heart disease prevalencehard clinical
This paper introduces a large epidemiologic study investigating the environmental and geographic factors contributing to the gradient in CHD mortality among Japanese men across Japan, Hawaii, and California.
Abstract
Syme. S. L. (School of Public Health. U. of California. Berkeley. CA 94720). M. G. Marmot. A. Kagan, H. Kato and G. Rhoads. Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California: Introduction. Am J Epidemiol 102:477–480, 1975. It has been observed that among men of Japanese ancestry, there is a gradient in CHD mortality increasing from Japan to Hawaii to California. A study of 11,900 Japanese men inHiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, and the San Francisco Bay Area of California has been conducted to investigate this disease difference. This paper describes the selection of the study populations and their age distributions, and outlines the study methods. This paper also introduces and briefly summarizes four papers that give the results for mortality comparisons, biochemical and blood pressure distributions and results forheart disease prevalence among the three cohorts.
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Syme et al. (1975) conducted an observational in Coronary heart disease and stroke (n=11,900). Geographic location was evaluated. Geographic location among 11,900 Japanese men was studied to investigate the observed gradient in coronary heart disease mortality increasing from Japan to Hawaii to California.