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Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study

Objective: Engaging in agriculture greatly affects workers’ lifestyles, particularly related to physical activity. This study aimed to clarify the prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among workers engaging and not engaging in agriculture in rural areas of Japan. Methods: A total of 4,66...

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Autores principales: Yamasaki, Masayuki, Yano, Shozo, Takeda, Miwako, Abe, Takafumi, Isomura, Minoru, Hamano, Tsuyoshi, Nabika, Toru, Shiwaku, Kuninori
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6983452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32015775
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2019-008
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author Yamasaki, Masayuki
Yano, Shozo
Takeda, Miwako
Abe, Takafumi
Isomura, Minoru
Hamano, Tsuyoshi
Nabika, Toru
Shiwaku, Kuninori
author_facet Yamasaki, Masayuki
Yano, Shozo
Takeda, Miwako
Abe, Takafumi
Isomura, Minoru
Hamano, Tsuyoshi
Nabika, Toru
Shiwaku, Kuninori
author_sort Yamasaki, Masayuki
collection PubMed
description Objective: Engaging in agriculture greatly affects workers’ lifestyles, particularly related to physical activity. This study aimed to clarify the prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among workers engaging and not engaging in agriculture in rural areas of Japan. Methods: A total of 4,666 consecutive participants aged ≥40 years (1,929 men and 2,737 women) were recruited during health examinations conducted from 2006 to 2014. For analysis, the participants were divided by sex and age into those engaging in agriculture and those not engaging in agriculture. Results: Engaging in agriculture may be contributing with a low prevalence of dyslipidemia, a constitutive factor of metabolic syndrome, in both sexes between the ages of 40 and 64 years. In the elderly aged ≥65 years, engaging in agriculture may influence the low prevalence of hypertension in men. Hypertension, a strong risk factor for stroke and cardiovascular disease, is very frequent among the Japanese elderly and, therefore, engaging in agriculture may have a significant impact on its prevention and control. Conclusion: In rural areas of Japan, engaging in agriculture may contribute to the control of lipid metabolism in middle-aged individuals and blood pressure in the elderly.
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spelling pubmed-69834522020-02-03 Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study Yamasaki, Masayuki Yano, Shozo Takeda, Miwako Abe, Takafumi Isomura, Minoru Hamano, Tsuyoshi Nabika, Toru Shiwaku, Kuninori J Rural Med Original Article Objective: Engaging in agriculture greatly affects workers’ lifestyles, particularly related to physical activity. This study aimed to clarify the prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among workers engaging and not engaging in agriculture in rural areas of Japan. Methods: A total of 4,666 consecutive participants aged ≥40 years (1,929 men and 2,737 women) were recruited during health examinations conducted from 2006 to 2014. For analysis, the participants were divided by sex and age into those engaging in agriculture and those not engaging in agriculture. Results: Engaging in agriculture may be contributing with a low prevalence of dyslipidemia, a constitutive factor of metabolic syndrome, in both sexes between the ages of 40 and 64 years. In the elderly aged ≥65 years, engaging in agriculture may influence the low prevalence of hypertension in men. Hypertension, a strong risk factor for stroke and cardiovascular disease, is very frequent among the Japanese elderly and, therefore, engaging in agriculture may have a significant impact on its prevention and control. Conclusion: In rural areas of Japan, engaging in agriculture may contribute to the control of lipid metabolism in middle-aged individuals and blood pressure in the elderly. The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2020-01-23 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6983452/ /pubmed/32015775 http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2019-008 Text en ©2020 The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Yamasaki, Masayuki
Yano, Shozo
Takeda, Miwako
Abe, Takafumi
Isomura, Minoru
Hamano, Tsuyoshi
Nabika, Toru
Shiwaku, Kuninori
Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title_full Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title_fullStr Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title_short Prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of Japan: the Shimane CoHRE study
title_sort prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases among agricultural and non-agricultural workers in ruralareas of japan: the shimane cohre study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6983452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32015775
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2019-008
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