2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Useful Estimation of Fitness and Fatness for Association with Health Outcomes
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19K19437
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| Research Institution | Kagoshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
Sloan Robert 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 講師 (70765718)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Fitness equation / prediabetes / women / prediction / epidemiology |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Only the Tokyo Gas cohort has been used in Japan to produce landmark studies on laboratory-measured fitness to predict specific health outcomes in Japanese men (e.g., diabetes, cancer mortality, back pain, hypertension) for the past ~30 years. Notably, no studies have ever been conducted on Japanese women. Our new fitness estimation equation (nCRF) uses variables commonly found (e.g., resting heart rate, blood pressure, age, smoking, BMI) in health records. nCRF enables researchers to conduct investigations on fitness prediction on any health outcome by using data from any Japanese hospital or clinic electronic health record, including the Japanese National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups (NDB). The potential impact of such studies may be used to inform clinical practice and public health guidelines regarding the prevention and management of chronic conditions in Japanese.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research schedule is going as planned. The two FY22 publications provide the evidence to conduct further investigations on nCRF to predict hyperglycemia risk. I will attend the ACSM science conference this summer to present our new findings for FY23.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
For FY23, there will be one conference presentation (JUN22) and two peer-reviewed publications (JUL22 and MAR23). The next phase is applying for KAKEN in FY23 to conduct NDB(National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan)-related studies. We have already started communication with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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| Causes of Carryover |
I had to cancel my oversea trip to attend the international conference because of COVID-19. Usage plan will be submission fee, travel expense for domestic meeting and so on.
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