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A review of food frequency questionnaires developed and validated in Japan by Wakai, Kenji

“…The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) has been used throughout the world for epidemiological purposes. Because dietary habits vary greatly, the FFQ must be…”
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An Overview of Regular Dialysis Treatment in Japan (As of 31 December 2013) by Masakane, Ikuto, Nakai, Shigeru, Ogata, Satoshi, Kimata, Naoki, Hanafusa, Norio, Hamano, Takayuki, Wakai, Kenji, Wada, Atsushi, Nitta, Kosaku

“…A nationwide survey of 4325 dialysis facilities was conducted at the end of 2013, among which 4268 (98.7%) responded. The number of new dialysis patients was…”
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Childhood and Cancer Mortality in Adulthood Among Never Smokers: The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk by Teramoto, Masayuki, Iso, Hiroyasu, Wakai, Kenji, Tamakoshi, Akiko

“…Abstract We examined whether secondhand smoke exposure during childhood was associated with cancer mortality in adulthood among never smokers. In the Japan…”
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Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases by Ishigaki, Kazuyoshi, Akiyama, Masato, Kanai, Masahiro, Takahashi, Atsushi, Kawakami, Eiryo, Sugishita, Hiroki, Sakaue, Saori, Matoba, Nana, Low, Siew-Kee, Okada, Yukinori, Terao, Chikashi, Amariuta, Tiffany, Gazal, Steven, Kochi, Yuta, Horikoshi, Momoko, Suzuki, Ken, Ito, Kaoru, Koyama, Satoshi, Ozaki, Kouichi, Niida, Shumpei, Sakata, Yasushi, Sakata, Yasuhiko, Kohno, Takashi, Shiraishi, Kouya, Momozawa, Yukihide, Hirata, Makoto, Matsuda, Koichi, Ikeda, Masashi, Iwata, Nakao, Ikegawa, Shiro, Kou, Ikuyo, Tanaka, Toshihiro, Nakagawa, Hidewaki, Suzuki, Akari, Hirota, Tomomitsu, Tamari, Mayumi, Chayama, Kazuaki, Miki, Daiki, Mori, Masaki, Nagayama, Satoshi, Daigo, Yataro, Miki, Yoshio, Katagiri, Toyomasa, Ogawa, Osamu, Obara, Wataru, Ito, Hidemi, Yoshida, Teruhiko, Imoto, Issei, Takahashi, Takashi, Tanikawa, Chizu, Suzuki, Takao, Sinozaki, Nobuaki, Minami, Shiro, Yamaguchi, Hiroki, Asai, Satoshi, Takahashi, Yasuo, Yamaji, Ken, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Fujioka, Tomoaki, Takata, Ryo, Yanai, Hideki, Masumoto, Akihide, Koretsune, Yukihiro, Kutsumi, Hiromu, Higashiyama, Masahiko, Murayama, Shigeo, Minegishi, Naoko, Suzuki, Kichiya, Tanno, Kozo, Shimizu, Atsushi, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Sawada, Norie, Uemura, Hirokazu, Tanaka, Keitaro, Naito, Mariko, Sasaki, Makoto, Wakai, Kenji, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Yamamoto, Masayuki, Yamamoto, Kazuhiko, Murakami, Yoshinori, Nakamura, Yusuke, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Inazawa, Johji, Yamauchi, Toshimasa, Kadowaki, Takashi, Kubo, Michiaki, Kamatani, Yoichiro

“…The overwhelming majority of participants in current genetic studies are of European ancestry. To elucidate disease biology in the East Asian population, we…”
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Secondhand smoke exposure and risk of lung cancer in Japan: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies by Hori, Megumi, Tanaka, Hirokazu, Wakai, Kenji, Sasazuki, Shizuka, Katanoda, Kota

“…Systematic evaluation of the association between secondhand smoke exposure and lung cancer in Japan has yet to be conducted. Here, we performed a systematic…”
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The Japanese food score and risk of all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study by Okada, Emiko, Nakamura, Koshi, Ukawa, Shigekazu, Wakai, Kenji, Date, Chigusa, Iso, Hiroyasu, Tamakoshi, Akiko

“…Few studies have reported the association between the Japanese diet as food score and mortality. This study aimed to investigate adherence to the Japanese food…”
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Identification of 28 new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population by Suzuki, Ken, Akiyama, Masato, Ishigaki, Kazuyoshi, Kanai, Masahiro, Hosoe, Jun, Shojima, Nobuhiro, Hozawa, Atsushi, Kadota, Aya, Kuriki, Kiyonori, Naito, Mariko, Tanno, Kozo, Ishigaki, Yasushi, Hirata, Makoto, Matsuda, Koichi, Iwata, Nakao, Ikeda, Masashi, Sawada, Norie, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Ikegawa, Shiro, Maeda, Shiro, Murakami, Yoshinori, Wakai, Kenji, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Sasaki, Makoto, Yamamoto, Masayuki, Okada, Yukinori, Kubo, Michiaki, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Horikoshi, Momoko, Yamauchi, Toshimasa, Kadowaki, Takashi

“…To understand the genetics of type 2 diabetes in people of Japanese ancestry, we conducted A meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies (GWAS;…”
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Polyglycolic acid sheet covering to prevent recurrence after surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: a meta-analysis by Kadomatsu, Yuka, Fukui, Takayuki, Mori, Shoichi, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi Fengshi, Wakai, Kenji

“…The coverage technique using absorbable mesh was first described in a European guideline published in 2015 as a preventive method for the recurrence of…”
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Associations of Total Fat and Fatty Acid Intake With the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Japanese Adults: Analysis Based on the JACC Study by Yaegashi, Akinori, Kimura, Takashi, Wakai, Kenji, Iso, Hiroyasu, Tamakoshi, Akiko

“…Background: We prospectively examined the associations of total fat and fatty acid intake with type 2 diabetes (T2D) among Japanese adults.Methods: This study…”
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Circulating miR-21, miR-29a, and miR-126 are associated with premature death risk due to cancer and cardiovascular disease: the JACC Study by Yamada, Hiroya, Suzuki, Koji, Fujii, Ryosuke, Kawado, Miyuki, Hashimoto, Shuji, Watanabe, Yoshiyuki, Iso, Hiroyasu, Fujino, Yoshihisa, Wakai, Kenji, Tamakoshi, Akiko

“…Primary prevention of premature death is a public health concern worldwide. Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have been described as potential diagnostic…”
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Characterizing rare and low-frequency height-associated variants in the Japanese population by Akiyama, Masato, Ishigaki, Kazuyoshi, Sakaue, Saori, Momozawa, Yukihide, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hirata, Makoto, Matsuda, Koichi, Ikegawa, Shiro, Takahashi, Atsushi, Kanai, Masahiro, Suzuki, Sadao, Matsui, Daisuke, Naito, Mariko, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Sawada, Norie, Tanno, Kozo, Sasaki, Makoto, Hozawa, Atsushi, Minegishi, Naoko, Wakai, Kenji, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Shimizu, Atsushi, Yamamoto, Masayuki, Okada, Yukinori, Murakami, Yoshinori, Kubo, Michiaki, Kamatani, Yoichiro

“…Human height is a representative phenotype to elucidate genetic architecture. However, the majority of large studies have been performed in European…”
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Healthy lifestyle reduces incidence of trace/positive proteinuria and rapid kidney function decline after 2 years: from the Japan Ningen Dock study by Okada, Rieko, Tsushita, Kazuyo, Wakai, Kenji, Kato, Kiminori, Wada, Takashi, Shinohara, Yukito

“…Abstract Background Lifestyle modification is recommended for subjects with trace proteinuria during health checkups. However, whether overall healthy…”
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Genome-wide association study identifies seven novel susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma by Shiga, Yukihiro, Akiyama, Masato, Nishiguchi, Koji M, Sato, Kota, Shimozawa, Nobuhiro, Takahashi, Atsushi, Momozawa, Yukihide, Hirata, Makoto, Matsuda, Koichi, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Oze, Isao, Mikami, Haruo, Naito, Mariko, Wakai, Kenji, Yoshikawa, Munemitsu, Miyake, Masahiro, Yamashiro, Kenji, Kashiwagi, Kenji, Iwata, Takeshi, Mabuchi, Fumihiko, Takamoto, Mitsuko, Ozaki, Mineo, Kawase, Kazuhide, Aihara, Makoto, Araie, Makoto, Yamamoto, Tetsuya, Kiuchi, Yoshiaki, Nakamura, Makoto, Ikeda, Yasuhiro, Sonoda, Koh-Hei, Ishibashi, Tatsuro, Nitta, Koji, Iwase, Aiko, Shirato, Shiroaki, Oka, Yoshitaka, Satoh, Mamoru, Sasaki, Makoto, Fuse, Nobuo, Suzuki, Yoichi, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Khor, Chiea Chuen, Baskaran, Mani, Perera, Shamira, Aung, Tin, Vithana, Eranga N, Cooke Bailey, Jessica N, Kang, Jae H, Pasquale, Louis R, Haines, Jonathan L, Wiggs, Janey L, Burdon, Kathryn P, Gharahkhani, Puya, Hewitt, Alex W, Mackey, David A, MacGregor, Stuart, Craig, Jamie E, Allingham, R Rand, Hauser, Micheal, Ashaye, Adeyinka, Budenz, Donald L, Akafo, Stephan, Williams, Susan E I, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Nakazawa, Toru, Kubo, Michiaki

“…Abstract Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide for which 15 disease-associated loci had been discovered…”
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Diabetes mellitus and cancer risk: Pooled analysis of eight cohort studies in Japan by Sasazuki, Shizuka, Charvat, Hadrien, Hara, Azusa, Wakai, Kenji, Nagata, Chisato, Nakamura, Kozue, Tsuji, Ichiro, Sugawara, Yumi, Tamakoshi, Akiko, Matsuo, Keitaro, Oze, Isao, Mizoue, Tetsuya, Tanaka, Keitaro, Inoue, Manami, Tsugane, Shoichiro

“…Although a growing body of evidence suggests a link between diabetes and cancer, it is not clear whether diabetes independently increases the risk of cancer…”
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Association between the number of existing teeth and maintenance dialysis therapy: A cross-sectional study of adult male dentists by Kondo, Minami, Ishigami, Marin, Omoda, Maho, Takeshita, Moeno, Arimoto, Nishiki, Nishimura, Rumi, Maehara, Tomoko, Naito, Toru, Kojima, Masaaki, Umemura, Osami, Yokota, Makoto, Hanada, Nobuhiro, Wakai, Kenji, Naito, Mariko

“…Dental caries and periodontal disease are typical oral diseases frequently observed in patients with renal diseases. Tooth loss is an outcome of dental caries…”
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Body-Mass Index and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Population-Based Cohort Studies With More Than 340,000 Japanese Subjects by Koyanagi, Yuriko N., Matsuo, Keitaro, Ito, Hidemi, Tamakoshi, Akiko, Sugawara, Yumi, Hidaka, Akihisa, Wada, Keiko, Oze, Isao, Kitamura, Yuri, Liu, Rong, Mizoue, Tetsuya, Sawada, Norie, Nagata, Chisato, Wakai, Kenji, Nakayama, Tomio, Sadakane, Atsuko, Tanaka, Keitaro, Inoue, Manami, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Sasazuki, Shizuka

“…Background: A high body mass index (BMI) has been proposed as an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer. However, this association of BMI with pancreatic…”
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies GP2 gene risk variants for pancreatic cancer by Lin, Yingsong, Nakatochi, Masahiro, Hosono, Yasuyuki, Ito, Hidemi, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Inoko, Akihito, Sakamoto, Hiromi, Kinoshita, Fumie, Kobayashi, Yumiko, Ishii, Hiroshi, Ozaka, Masato, Sasaki, Takashi, Matsuyama, Masato, Sasahira, Naoki, Morimoto, Manabu, Kobayashi, Satoshi, Fukushima, Taito, Ueno, Makoto, Ohkawa, Shinichi, Egawa, Naoto, Kuruma, Sawako, Mori, Mitsuru, Nakao, Haruhisa, Adachi, Yasushi, Okuda, Masumi, Osaki, Takako, Kamiya, Shigeru, Wang, Chaochen, Hara, Kazuo, Shimizu, Yasuhiro, Miyamoto, Tatsuo, Hayashi, Yuko, Ebi, Hiromichi, Kohmoto, Tomohiro, Imoto, Issei, Kasugai, Yumiko, Murakami, Yoshinori, Akiyama, Masato, Ishigaki, Kazuyoshi, Matsuda, Koichi, Hirata, Makoto, Shimada, Kazuaki, Okusaka, Takuji, Kawaguchi, Takahisa, Takahashi, Meiko, Watanabe, Yoshiyuki, Kuriki, Kiyonori, Kadota, Aya, Okada, Rieko, Mikami, Haruo, Takezaki, Toshiro, Suzuki, Sadao, Yamaji, Taiki, Iwasaki, Motoki, Sawada, Norie, Goto, Atsushi, Kinoshita, Kengo, Fuse, Nobuo, Katsuoka, Fumiki, Shimizu, Atsushi, Nishizuka, Satoshi S., Tanno, Kozo, Suzuki, Ken, Okada, Yukinori, Horikoshi, Momoko, Yamauchi, Toshimasa, Kadowaki, Takashi, Yu, Herbert, Zhong, Jun, Amundadottir, Laufey T., Doki, Yuichiro, Ishii, Hideshi, Eguchi, Hidetoshi, Bogumil, David, Haiman, Christopher A., Le Marchand, Loic, Mori, Masaki, Risch, Harvey, Setiawan, Veronica W., Tsugane, Shoichiro, Wakai, Kenji, Yoshida, Teruhiko, Matsuda, Fumihiko, Kubo, Michiaki, Kikuchi, Shogo, Matsuo, Keitaro

“…Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Japan. To identify risk loci, we perform a meta-analysis of three genome-wide…”
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Dietary Antioxidant Micronutrients and All-Cause Mortality: The Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk by Ma, Enbo, Iso, Hiroyasu, Yamagishi, Kazumasa, Ando, Masahiko, Wakai, Kenji, Tamakoshi, Akiko

“…Background: Oxidative stress, the imbalance between pro- and antioxidants, has been implicated in the etiology and pathophysiology of the incidence and…”
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Elevated level of urinary tellurium is a potential risk for increase of blood pressure in humans and mice by Misawa, Tomoko, Kagawa, Takumi, Ohgami, Nobutaka, Tazaki, Akira, Ohnuma, Shoko, Naito, Hisao, Chen, Dijie, Gu, Yishuo, Tamura, Takashi, Wakai, Kenji, Nishiwaki, Kimitoshi, Kato, Masashi

“…[Display omitted] •The associations of urinary Te level (uTeL) with blood pressure (BP) was analyzed.•A positive association of uTeL with BP was found in…”
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Tooth loss and pneumonia mortality: A cohort study of Japanese dentists by Suma, Shino, Naito, Mariko, Wakai, Kenji, Naito, Toru, Kojima, Masaaki, Umemura, Osami, Yokota, Makoto, Hanada, Nobuhiro, Kawamura, Takashi

“…Although associations between oral health and pneumonia have been reported in previous studies, particularly in the institutionalized elderly, few prospective…”
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