2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A longitudinal study of the relationship between the background of health checkup examinees and results related to lifestyle-related diseases.
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19K02178
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
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| Research Institution | Kurume University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 人間ドック |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases by analyzing the data of medical checkups (Ningen dock). 620,000 total cases of medical checkups were analyzed from fiscal years 1998 to 2017. The number of examinees and the ratio of multiple examinations (repeater) were higher for males. The number of examinees rose until 2007, but declined sharply in 2008 and has remained unchanged since then. The prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases increased, especially among males. Despite the fact that the age at first medical examination has been decreasing over time, the prevalence rate has been increasing, suggesting the existence of a large number of people with pre-existing (subclinical) lifestyle-related diseases. Therefore, follow-up after medical checkups is considered to be important for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.
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| Free Research Field |
公衆衛生学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究では20年分の人間ドックデータを解析し、繰り返し受診する人と一回のみの受診で終わる人の特徴の違いについて検討した。その結果、最初に受診した時の平均年齢は、最近になるにつれて低下しているのに対して、特に男性において、生活習慣病やその予備軍に該当する受診者は増加していることが明らかとなった。この結果から、生活習慣病の早期治療や重症化の予防のためには、人間ドック健診を受診後の、受診者に対するフォローアップが重要であることが示唆された。このことは人間ドック健診後の有所見者を受診につなげる方策に改善の余地があることを示す根拠として有用であると考える。
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