Risk factors and protect factors for eye diseases in the Hisayama Study

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26462640
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Ophthalmology
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Yasuda Miho (宮崎美穂) 九州大学, 大学病院, 特別教員 (00336033)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: コホート研究 / 危険因子 / 発症率 / 有病率

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The town of Hisayama is a suburb of Fukuoka city in Japan. The population-increasing rate of Japan from 1960 to 2010 is similar to those of Hisayama town. Age distribution was almost same across age categories in both 1960 and 2010 compared to all of Japan. Moreover, distribution of labor population for industry was also similar between Japan and Hisayama town. Therefore, we can say that Hisayama population is a good sample for Japan.The Hisayama Study is an ongoing, long-term cohort study on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in the town of Hisayama. As a part of the overall study, an　epidemiologic study of eye disease among residents of the town has been under way since 1998.The purpose of our group is to clarify the prevalence, incidence and risk factors for common ocular disease, which cause visual impairment and vision loss, in a general Japanese population.

Free Research Field

眼科疫学研究