Risk factors for @entity1779 and XXXX in a Japanese rural community.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity167 @entity854 @entity1779 @entity165 @entity385
A ten-year follow-up study of @entity64 among residents 40 years and older in a rural community located on Shikoku Island, Japan, was completed in 1977. The response rate for the initial examinations was 85% of 920 males and 90% of 1,012 females. Seven hundred and seventy-two males and 901 females who were initially free of @entity64 were followed from July 1967 through June 1977. The incidence of all @entity64 was 10.47 per thousand @entity1 -years for males and 6.41 per thousand @entity1 -years for females. The statistically significant risk factors for @entity64 were age, male sex, elevated blood pressure, ECG abnormalities, and @entity854 . Elevated blood pressure was the strongest risk factor and mean arterial pressure was the best predictive measure. Twice as high a proportion of @entity64 were subclassified as @entity1779 (26%) in this study as have been reported in comparable studies in the United States (12-15%). An inverse relationship between serum @entity165 levels and @entity1779 incidence, but not @entity385 , was observed. High @entity167 intake was a risk factor for @entity1779 but not for @entity385 . No relationship between @entity64 and weight was observed despite the relationship of @entity64 to blood pressure and of weight to blood pressure.
