Department of Hygiene

Members（As of April 2024）

Activities

Conceived in disease prevention and health promotion, the Department of Hygiene, a discipline of social medicine, is interested in a variety of research areas including environmental health, occupational health, mental health, school health, community health and care welfare, mainly via field works. Especially, the Department has been participating in special health examinations for hand-arm vibration syndrome among vibrating tool operators in forestry for more than 30 years. Based on these activities, the Department has been continuously engaged in the research of hand-arm vibration syndrome.

Research interests

1. Epidemiological study on determinants of lifestyle-related diseases including atherosclerotic diseases
2. Cognitive decline/Dementia and their relationship with cardiovascular diseases
3. Influences of cigarette/tobacco smoking (including new types of tobacco products) upon human health and society
4. Determinants of longevity and successful aging (utilizing secondary data)
5. Elucidation of pathology in hand-arm vibration syndrome and establishment of its novel diagnostic system
6. Fundamental studies to assess the usefulness of novel vibration perception meters developed on the ISO standard
7. Epidemiological studies for risk factors and comorbidities of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children

2014- April 2021

Original Papers and Miscellaneous

1. Fujiyoshi A. "Progression" of a risk factor on cardiovascular outcome: A valuable point, a questionable interpretation (invited commentary). Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020 Feb;27(3):231-233.
2. Khan MMH, Fujiyoshi A, Shiino A, Hisamatsu T. et al. The Association Between Coronary Artery Calcification and Subclinical Cerebrovascular Diseases in Men: An Observational Study. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2020 Jan 22. doi: 10.5551/jat.51284. [Epub ahead of print]
3. Siddiquee AT, Kadota A, Fujiyoshi A, Miyagawa N, Saito Y, Suzuki H, Kondo K, Yamauchi H, Ito T, Segawa H, Tooyama I, Miura K, Ueshima H; SESSA Research Group. Alcohol consumption and cognitive function in elderly Japanese men. Alcohol. 2020 Jan 7. pii: S0741-8329(19)30223-X. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2020.01.001. [Epub ahead of print]
4. Fuse K, Kadota A, Kondo K, Morino K, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T. et al. Liver fat accumulation assessed by computed tomography is an independent risk factor for diabetes mellitus in a population-based study: SESSA (Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis). Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 160 108002.
5. Liu Z, Zaid M, Hisamatsu T, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Elevated fasting blood glucose levels are associated with lower cognitive function, with a threshold in non-diabetic individuals: a population-based study. J Epidemiol. 2020 Mar 5;30(3):121-127
6. Miyazawa I, Miura K, Miyagawa N, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Relationship between carbohydrate and dietary fibre intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese: 24-year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2020; 74:67-76.
7. Mehmet Eskin, Ulrich S. Tran, Mauro Giovanni Carta, Senel Poyrazli, Chris Flood, Anwar Mechri, Amira Shaheen, Mohsen Janghorbani, Yousef Khader,Kouichi Yoshimasu et al., Is Individualism Suicidogenic? Findings From a Multinational Study of Young Adults From 12 Countries. Front. Psychiatry 11:259.
8. Fujiyoshi A, Miura K, Ohkubo T. et al. Proteinuria and Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate are Independently Associated with Lower Cognitive Abilities in Apparently Healthy Community-Dwelling Elderly Men in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study. J Epidemiol. 2019 May 25. (doi:10.2188/jea.JE20180258)
9. Fujiyoshi A. Eczema and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Heightened Awareness Needed (invited commentary). J Atheroscler Thromb. 2019 Sep 1;26(9):760-761.
10. Shitara S, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T. et al. Intracranial Artery Stenosis and Its Association With Conventional Risk Factors in a General Population of Japanese Men. Stroke. 2019 Oct;50(10):2967-2969.
11. Kondo K, Miura K, Tanaka-Mizuno S, Fujiyoshi A, et al. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Chart by Dietary Factors in Japan- NIPPON DATA80. Circ J. 2019;83(6):1254-1260.
12. Kunimura A, Himuro N, Fujiyoshi A, Segawa H, Ohnishi H, Saitoh S. The effects of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on mortality, cardiovascular events, and renal events in hypertensive patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Hypertens Res. 2019;42(5):669-680.
13. Kurihara A, Okamura T, Sugiyama D, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Vegetable Protein Intake was Inversely Associated with Cardiovascular Mortality in a 15-Year Follow-Up Study of the General Japanese Population. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2019;26(2):198-206.
14. Liu L, Miura K, Kadota A, Fujiyoshi A. et al. The impact of sex on risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in adults with or without diabetes mellitus: A comparison between the U.S. and Japan. J Diabetes Complications. 2019;33(6):417-423.
15. Liu Y, Fujiyoshi A, Arima H, et al. Anthropometric Obesity Indices were Stronger than CT-Based Indices in Associations with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Japanese Men. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2019 Dec 1;26(12):1102-1114
16. Mahajan H, Choo J, Masaki K, Fujiyoshi A,et al. Serum long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and aortic calcification in middle-aged men: The population-based cross-sectional ERA-JUMP study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Aug;29(8):837-846.
17. Mahajan H, Zaid M. Mackey R, Kadota A, Vishnu A, Fujiyoshi A, Sekikawa A. et al. Lipoprotein Particle Distributions and Coronary Artery Calcification in US White and Japanese Men Aged 40-49 Years. Open Heart 2019; 6: e001119.(doi:10.1136/openhrt-2019-001119)
18. Hisamatsu T, Liu K, Chan C, Krefman AE, Fujiyoshi A, Budoff MJ, Miura K, Lloyd-Jones DM, Ueshima H. Coronary Artery Calcium Progression Among the US and Japanese Men. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 12(2) e008104
19. Okuda N, Kadota A, Nishi N, Fujiyoshi A, et al. Association of Work Situation With Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk Among Working-Age Japanese Men- A 20-Year Follow-up of NIPPON DATA90. Circ J. 2019;83(7):1506-1513.
20. Satoh A, Arima H, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A. et al. The association of home and accurately measured office blood pressure with coronary artery calcification among general Japanese men. J Hypertens. 2019;37(8):1676-1681.
21. Sekikawa A, Mahajan H, Kadowaki S, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Association of blood levels of marine omega-3 fatty acids with coronary calcification and calcium density in Japanese men. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2019;73(5):783-792.
22. Shibata Y, Ojima T, Nakamura M, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Associations of Overweight, Obesity, and Underweight With High Serum Total Cholesterol Level Over 30 Years Among the Japanese Elderly: NIPPON DATA 80, 90, and 2010. J Epidemiol. 2019;29(4):133-138.
23. Sumi M, Hisamatsu T, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Association of Alcohol Consumption With Fat Deposition in a Community-Based Sample of Japanese Men: The Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA). J Epidemiol. 2019;29(6):205-212.
24. Thi Minh Nguyen T, Miura K, Tanaka-Mizuno S, Fujiyoshi A. et al. Association of blood pressure with estimates of 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretion from repeated single-spot urine samples. Hypertens Res. 2019;42(3):411-418.
25. Eskin M, Poyrazli S, Janghorbani M, Bakhshi S, Carta MG, Moro MF, Tran US, Voracek M, Mechri A, Aidoudi K, Hamdan M, Nawafleh H, Sun JM, Flood C, Phillips L, Yoshimasu K, Tsuno K, Kujan O, Harlak H, Khader Y, Shaheen A, Taifour S. The Role of Religion in Suicidal Behavior, Attitudes and Psychological Distress Among University Students: A Multinational Study. Transcult Psychiatry. 2019 Oct;56(5):853-877.
26. Ito Y, Ueyama J, Nakayama SF, Isobe T, Oya N, Sato H, Ebara T, Yoshimasu K, Tsuno K, Tatsuta N, Nakai K, Kamijima M. Within-individual and interlaboratory variability analyses of urinary metabolites measurements of organophosphorus insecticides. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 6. [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-019-0124-7]
27. Promtes K, Kaewboonchoo O, Kawai T, Miyashita K, Panyapinyopol B, Kwonpongsagoon S, Takemura S. Human Exposure to Phthalates From House Dust in Bangkok, Thailand. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2019;54 (13):1269-1276.
28. Yoshimasu K, Miyauchi N, Sato A, Yaegashi N, Nakai K, Hattori H, Arima T; Japan Environment and Children's Study Group. Assisted reproductive technologies are slightly associated with maternal lack of affection toward the newborn: The Japan Environment and Children's Study. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2020 Mar;46(3):434-444.
29. Suzuki H, Kadota A, Okuda N et al. Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with depressive tendencies in general Japanese men and women:NIPPON DATA2010. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (2019) 24:37
30. Shima A, Miyamatsu N, Miura K, Miyagawa N, Okuda N, Yoshita K, Kadota A, Suzuki H et al. Relationship of household salt intake level with long-term all-cause and cardiovascu