1989 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Effects of exercise habits on physical health and mortality

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63570254
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	公衆衛生学
Research Institution	Tottori University
Principal Investigator	NOSE Takayuki Tottori University, School of Medicine Professor, 医学部, 教授 (10032195)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	IWAI Nobuo Tottori University, School of Medicine Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (80191906) KUROZAWA Youichi Tottori University, School of Medicine Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (50161790) OSHIRO Hitoshi Tottori University, School of Medicine Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (40160486) OKAMOTO Mikizo Tottori University, School of Medicine Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (40032205) MESHITSUKA Shunsuke Tottori University, School of Medicine Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (50108817)
Project Period (FY)	1988 – 1989
Keywords	Exercise habits / Mortality / health promotion
Research Abstract	Subjects were 7359 participants (2802men, 4557women) in health examination of one health promotion center in 1975-1979.509 men and 411 women had exercise habits. Mortality in all subjects from 1975 to 1985 was analyzed by person-years method. The mortality in the subjects with exercise habits was compared with that in the subjects without exercise habits. The age adjusted mortality tatio in the male subjects with exercise habits was 0.68. That in the female subjects with exercise habits was 0.45.

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