... Abstract We have found 26 multiple sclerosis patients between Oct. 1974 and July 1, 1981.The prevalence rates for multiple sclerosis in Naha city (population 293,000) and Okinawa prefecture (population 1,073,000) were 2.0 and 1.77 respectively in 1978.The patients consist of 19 females and 7...

... While the average life expectancy is known to be exceptionally long in Japan, it is less well known that there is a kind of North to South gradient in longevity over the Japanese islands, with the longest life expectancy apparently being those who inhabit Okinawa prefecture, the southernmost...

...-based screening participants in Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa was one of the longevity areas in the world; however, the incidence and prevalence of ESRD increased. In Japan, the incidence of ESRD is 2 times higher in men compared to that in women. Such gender difference in ESRD incidence may be explained...

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... in Okinawa,Japan. For this purpose, we used a general screening registry (1983, 1993, and 2003), theESRD patient registry (1971-2000), a hospital-based cardiovascular disease registry(1988-1990), and a hospital-based screening registry (2003). Results: The prevalence ofobesity, based on a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2...

..., Kameda Y. Concentration of organic sun-blocking agents in seawater of beaches and coral reefs of Okinawa Island. Japan Mar Pollut Bull 2013;77(1–2):333–40. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.013 7. Bratkovics S, Wirth E, Sapozhnikova Y, Pennington P, Sanger D. Baseline monitoring of organic sunscreen...

... controversial. J Adv Res 2017;8:555-560. 9. Nagahama K, Inoue T, Kohagura K, Kinjo K, Ohya Y: Associations between serum uric acid levels and the incidence of hypertension and metabolic syndrome: a 4-year follow-up study of a large screened cohort in Okinawa, Japan. Hypertens Res 2015;38:213-218. 10...

... in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Land warfare was fought on the island of Guadalcanal and other “stepping stone islands,” and the prefecture of Okinawa in the South Sea Islands, the keystone in Japan's defense strategy, and the local population was seriously and adversely impacted...

...: Associations between serum uric acid levels and the incidence of hypertension and metabolic syndrome: a 4-year follow-up study of a large screened cohort in Okinawa, Japan. Hypertens Res 2015;38:213-218. 10. Rymarz A, Bartoszewicz Z, Szamotulska K, Niemczyk S: The associations between body cell mass...