| Project/Area Number |
05454229
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUTATUKA Makoto Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (80040195)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAGANO Megumi Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (10136723)
INAOKA Tsukasa Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (60176386)
KITANO Takao Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (50214804)
若宮 純司 国立水俣病研究センター, 臨床部, 室長
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| Project Period (FY) |
1993 – 1994
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥7,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
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| Keywords | Methyl mercury / Aging / Health Effect / Epidemiology / Multivariate Analysis |
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| Research Abstract |
We conducted an epidemiological survey on an estimation of biological aging, based on the subjects of mass health examination in 1,352 population living in methyl-mercury polluted area at the northern part of Minamata, Japan. The hypothesis that methyl-mercury digestion may accelerates natural aging on man have never been provided suggestive support. Five measures (FEV1, serum total cholesterol and LDH,fundus photography and audiogram H (6kH_Z+8kH_Z) /2) were represented by polynomials of whatever degree maximized the correlation with age, and the calaulated values for each individual were combined into a lineal estimate in relation to chronological age.
Biological age calculated by the multiple regression analysis based on five measures are that these data also may fail to suggest any relationship between methyl mercury dose and the indicator of age.
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