标题:Anthropometric Measures, Blood Pressure and Major Laboratory Examination Results in the Health Check-up Examination among the JPHC Study Participants at Baseline Survey
摘要:Health check-up data were compared in all 11 populations included in the cohort. The collected sample size was 23, 313 in Cohort I and 24, 654 in Cohort II. Height was greater in two urban populations, and body mass index (BMI) was largest in the two populations in Okinawa prefecture. Blood pressure was higher in the populations in northeast part of Japan and Okinawa prefecture, and lower in Suita. Serum total cholesterol level was higher in Okinawa and two urban populations, and lower in the populations in northeast part of Japan, and in Arikawa and Saku. J Epidemiol , 2001 ; 11 (Suppl) : S87-S93.