| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FURUKAWA Akira Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Chukyo University, 社会学部, 助教授
IMAI Ichiro Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University, 人文学部, 助教授 (50160023)
TAKAI Masanaru Special Researcher, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 霊長研, 特別研究員
YONEMOTO Shohei Director, Mistubishi Kasei Life Science Institute, 室長
KAWAI Akinobu Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 農学部, 講師 (90195024)
HIKAMI Koji Special Researcher, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 霊長研, 特別研究員
KAN Norimichi Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 医学部, 助手 (50186160)
MASUDA Atsuko Lecturer, College of Medical Technology, Shinshu University, 医短, 講師 (70165710)
SAKAKIBARA Yoshikazu Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University, 医学部, 講師 (50092060)
スン 乗庸 中国第三軍医大学, 教授
ENDO Katsuaki Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 医学部, 助手 (30025613)
KIMURA Hiroshi Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University, 医学部, 助手 (20195374)
SETO Shiro Lecturer, Shimane Medical School, 医学部, 講師 (00196974)
MATSUBAYASHI Kozo Lecturer, Kochi Medical School, 医学部, 講師 (70190494)
MASUYAMA Shigeru Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University, 医学部, 助手 (00219354)
MATSUZAWA Tetsuro Associate Professor, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 霊長研, 助教授 (60111986)
FUKUDA Koichiro Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University, 医学部, 助教授 (10009649)
TOBE Takayoshi Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chida University, 医学部, 教授 (70025641)
KURIYAMA Takayuki Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chida University, 医学部, 教授 (20009723)
HONDA Yoshiyuki Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chida University, 医学部, 教授 (30019525)
T.M. アマッチャ トリブバン大学, 医学部, 助教授
TARA Man Amatya Associate Professor, Inst. of Medicine & Teaching Hospital, Tribhuvan University
CHENG Yong Shun Professor, The Third Military Medical School of China
|
|---|
| Research Abstract |
Geriatric functional assessment and socio-cultural survey in Hunza in Pakistan were investigated. The scores in neurobehavioral functions in the older elderly (over 75 year-old)in Hunza were higher than the older elderly in Japan. Al though the female elderly were healthier than the male one in Japan, the male elderly were healthier than the female one in Hunza. The scores in subjective happiness evaluated by visual analogue scale was significantly lower in the female elderly in Hunza than in the male elderly in Hunza or Japan elderly population. The correlation between age and systolic blood pressure was different among the villages in Hunza area.
Geriatric functional assessment and socio-cultural survey was investigated also in Vilcabamba in Equador which was known to be the area of long-living people, as well as Hunza. The scores in each index of neurobehavioral functions were significantly correlated with age in Vilcabamba as well as in Hunza and in Japan, indicating that each indices we adopted was suitable to the method to assess the geriatric functions. The scores in neurobehavioral functions in the older elderly in Vilcabamba were not higher than those in Japan. The scores in subjective healthiness, economical condition and happiness were lower in the elderly in Vilcabamba than in ones in Japan.
As well as geriatric functional assessment, development milestone and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in children in Andean area were also investigated.
Both biological aging and development were suggested to be influenced by not only genetic factors but also socio-cultural life style.
|
