研究業績目録

2024

• Genetic architecture of alcohol consumption identified by a genotype-stratified GWAS and impact on esophageal cancer risk in Japanese people.
  Koyanagi YN, Nakatochi M, Namba S, Oze I, Charvat H, Narita A, Kawaguchi T, Ikezaki H, Hishida A, Hara M, Takezaki T, Koyama T, Nakamura Y, Suzuki S, Katsuura-Kamano S, Kuriki K, Nakamura Y, Takeuchi K, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Sutoh Y, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Ito H, Kasugai Y, Kawakatsu Y, Taniyama Y, Tajika M, Shimizu Y, Suzuki E, Hosono Y, Imoto I, Tabara Y, Takahashi M, Setoh K; BioBank Japan Project; Matsuda K, Nakano S, Goto A, Katagiri R, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Tsugane S, Wakai K, Yamamoto M, Sasaki M, Matsuda F, Okada Y, Iwasaki M, Brennan P, Matsuo K.
  Sci Adv.2024 Jan 26;10(4):eade2780.doi:10.1126/sciadv.ade2780.
• Study Profile of the Tsuruoka Metabolomics Cohort Study (TMCS)
  Harada S, Iida M, Miyagawa N, Hirata A, Kuwabara K, Matsumoto M, Okamura T, Edagawa S, Kawada Y, Miyake A, Toki R, Akiyama M, Kawai A, Sugiyama D, Sato Y, Takemura R, Fukai K, Ishibashi Y, Kato S, Kurihara A, Sata M, Shibuki T, Takeuchi A, Kohsaka S, Sawano M, Shoji S, Izawa Y, Katsumata M, Oki K, Takahashi S, Takizawa T, Maruya H, Nishiwaki Y, Kawasaki R, Hirayama A, Ishikawa T, Saito R, Sato A, Soga T, Sugimoto M, Tomita M, Komaki S, Ohmomo H, Ono K, Otsuka-Yamasaki Y, Shimizu A, Sutoh Y, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Koshiba S, Kumada K, Ogishima S, Sakurai-Yageta M, Tamiya G, Takebayashi T.
  J Epidemiol.2024 Jan 6.doi:10.2188/jea.JE20230192.
• Association of parity with the prevalence of hypertension in Japan: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based cohort study.
  Wang H, Iwama N, Yuwaki K, Nakamichi Y, Hamada H, Tomita H, Tagami K, Kudo R, Kumagai N, Metoki H, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Yaegashi N, Saito M.
  J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich).2024 Jan 8.doi:10.1111/jch.14756.
• Differential patterns of reproductive and lifestyle risk factors for breast cancer according to birth cohorts among women in China, Japan and Korea.
  Nabila S, Choi JY, Abe SK, Islam MR, Rahman MS, Saito E, Shin A, Merritt MA, Katagiri R, Shu XO, Sawada N, Tamakoshi A, Sakata R, Hozawa A, Kim J, Nagata C, Park SK, Kweon SS, Cai H, Tsugane S, Kimura T, Kanemura S, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Shin MH, Ahsan H, Boffetta P, Chia KS, Matsuo K, Qiao YL, Rothman N, Zheng W, Inoue M, Kang D.
  Breast Cancer Res.2024 Jan 22;26(1):15.doi:10.1186/s13058-024-01766-0.PMID:38254178 

2023

• Association Between Glycemic Traits and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the Japanese Population.
  Hanyuda A, Goto A, Nakatochi M, Sutoh Y, Narita A, Nakano S, Katagiri R, Wakai K, Takashima N, Koyama T, Arisawa K, Imoto I, Momozawa Y, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwagami M, Yuki K, Tsubota K, Negishi K, Matsuo K, Yamamoto M, Sasaki M, Tsugane S, Iwasaki M.
  Am J Ophthalmol.2023 Jan;245:193-201.
• Associations between birth weight and lung function in a Japanese adult population: The tohoku medical megabank community-based cohort study.
  Ohe T, Yamada M, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Mitsune A, Suzuki A, Matsumoto S, Hatakeyama T, Iwasaki C, Suzuki M, Fujino N, Numakura T, Ichikawa T, Koarai A, Tamada T, Yamamoto M, Ichinose M, Sugiura H.
  Respir Investig.2023 Jul 8;61(5):588-600.doi:10.1016/j.resinv.2023.06.004.
• Association of Central Blood Pressure and Carotid Intima Media Thickness with New-Onset Hypertension in People with High Normal Blood Pressure.
  Tokioka S, Nakaya N, Nakaya K, Takase M, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Metoki H, Murakami T, Satoh M, Nakamura T, Obara T, Hamanaka Y, Kobayashi T, Uruno A, Sugawara J, N Kodama E, Ogishima S, Izumi Y, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Jul 5.doi:10.5551/jat.64151.
• Associations of Dental Health With the Progression of Hippocampal Atrophy in Community-Dwelling Individuals: The Ohasama Study.
  Yamaguchi S, Murakami T, Satoh M, Komiyama T, Ohi T, Miyoshi Y, Endo K, Hiratsuka T, Hara A, Tatsumi Y, Totsune T, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Nomura K, Hozawa A, Metoki H, Imai Y, Watanabe M, Ohkubo T, Hattori Y.
  Neurology.2023 Jul 5:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207579.doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207579.
• Association between Low Forced Vital Capacity and High Pneumonia Mortality, and Impact of Muscle Power.
  Shiokawa N, Okazaki T, Suzukamo Y, Miyatake M, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Ebihara S, Izumi SI.
  J Clin Med.2023 May 4;12(9):3272.doi:10.3390/jcm12093272.PMID: 37176712 Free PMC article.
• Relationship between age-related hearing loss and consumption of coffee and tea.
  Watarai G, Suzuki J, Motoike IN, Sakurai M, Ikeda R, Kawase T, Kinoshita K, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Fuse N, Yamamoto M, Katori Y.
  Geriatr Gerontol Int.2023 Jun;23(6):453-456.doi:10.1111/ggi.14589.
• Investigating the association between glycaemic traits and colorectal cancer in the Japanese population using Mendelian randomisation.
  Hanyuda A, Goto A, Katagiri R, Koyanagi YN, Nakatochi M, Sutoh Y, Nakano S, Oze I, Ito H, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwagami M, Kadota A, Koyama T, Katsuura-Kamano S, Ikezaki H, Tanaka K, Takezaki T, Imoto I, Suzuki M, Momozawa Y, Takeuchi K, Narita A, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Shimizu A, Tanno K, Matsuo K, Tsugane S, Wakai K, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Iwasaki M.
  Sci Rep.2023 Apr 29;13(1):7052.doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33966-7.PMID:37120602 Free PMC article.
• Characteristics of disorders of gut-brain interaction in the Japanese population in the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiological Study.
  Fukudo S, Nakaya K, Muratsubaki T, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Bangdiwala SI, Palsson OS, Sperber AD, Kanazawa M.
  Neurogastroenterol Motil.2023 Jun;35(6):e14581.doi:10.1111/nmo.14581.
  
• White blood cell count profiles in anti-aquaporin-4 antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.
  Akaishi T, Misu T, Fujihara K, Nakaya K, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Itabashi F, Kanno I, Kaneko K, Takahashi T, Fujimori J, Takai Y, Nishiyama S, Ishii T, Aoki M, Nakashima I, Hozawa A.
  Sci Rep.2023 Apr 20;13(1):6481.doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33827-3.PMID:37081126 Free PMC article.
• Combined fat mass and fat-free mass indices and lung function among Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Yamada M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Epidemiol.2023 Apr 8.doi:10.2188/jea.JE20220355.
  
• The long-term reproducibility of the white-coat effect on blood pressure as a continuous variable from the Ohasama Study.
  Satoh M, Yoshida T, Metoki H, Murakami T, Tatsumi Y, Hirose T, Takabatake K, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Hara A, Nomura K, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Sci Rep.2023 Mar 27;13(1):4985.doi:10.1038/s41598-023-31861-9.PMID:36973366 Free PMC article.
• Association between the extent of house collapse and urine sodium-to-potassium ratio of victims affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: a cross-sectional study.
  Mikami T, Tanno K, Sasaki R, Takanashi N, Kotozaki Y, Asahi K, Tanaka F, Omama S, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Hozawa A, Hitomi J, Sakata K, Sasaki M.
  Hypertens Res.2023 May;46(5):1247-1256.doi:10.1038/s41440-023-01190-5.
• Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis: Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Feb 11.doi:10.5551/jat.64039.
• Association between lung function and hypertension and home hypertension in a Japanese population: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Yamada M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Hypertens.2023 Mar 1;41(3):443-452.doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003356.
• Association Between Glycemic Traits and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the Japanese Population.
  Hanyuda A, Goto A, Nakatochi M, Sutoh Y, Narita A, Nakano S, Katagiri R, Wakai K, Takashima N, Koyama T, Arisawa K, Imoto I, Momozawa Y, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwagami M, Yuki K, Tsubota K, Negishi K, Matsuo K, Yamamoto M, Sasaki M, Tsugane S, Iwasaki M.
  Am J Ophthalmol.2023 Jan;245:193-201.doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2022.09.004.
• Association Between Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Risk of Home Hypertension in a Normotensive Population: The Ohasama Study.
  Nakayama S, Satoh M, Metoki H, Murakami T, Tatsumi Y, Asayama K, Hara A, Hirose T, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Kikuya M, Mori T, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Am J Hypertens.2023 Feb 24;36(3):151-158.doi:10.1093/ajh/hpac121.PMID:36309880
• Association between lung function and hypertension and home hypertension in a Japanese population: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community- Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Yamada M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Hypertens.2023 Mar 1;41(3):443-452.doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003356.
• Tohoku Medical Megabank Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study: Rationale, Design, and Background.
  Taira M, Mugikura S, Mori N, Hozawa A, Saito T, Nakamura T, Kiyomoto H, Kobayashi T, Ogishima S, Nagami F, Uruno A, Shimizu R, Kobayashi T, Yasuda J, Kure S, Sakurai M, Motoike IN, Kumada K, Nakaya N, Obara T, Oba K, Sekiguchi A, Thyreau B, Mutoh T, Takano Y, Abe M, Maikusa N, Tatewaki Y, Taki Y, Yaegashi N, Tomita H, Kinoshita K, Kuriyama S, Fuse N, Yamamoto M.
  JMA J.2023 Jul 14;6(3):246-264.doi:10.31662/jmaj.2022-0220.Epub 2023 Jun 30.PMID:37560377 
• The Association of Lung Function and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Yamada M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Aug 1;30(8):1022-1044.doi:10.5551/jat.63826.
• Associations between the Combined Fat Mass Index and Fat-Free Mass Index with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Fuse N, Uruno A, N Kodama E, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Mar 1;30(3):255-273.doi:10.5551/jat.63523.
• Association Between Olfactory Test Data with Multiple Levels of Odor Intensity and Suspected Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  Sato S, Imaeda T, Mugikura S, Mori N, Takanashi M, Hayakawa K, Saito T, Taira M, Narita A, Kogure M, Chiba I, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Kanno I, Ishiwata R, Nakamura T, Motoike IN, Nakaya N, Koshiba S, Kinoshita K, Kuriyama S, Ogishima S, Nagami F, Fuse N, Hozawa A.
  J Alzheimers Dis.2023;95(4):1469-1480.doi:10.3233/JAD-230318.PMID:37718802
• Association between an Antioxidant-Rich Japanese Diet and Chronic Kidney Disease: The Ohasama Study.
  Tsubota-Utsugi M, Satoh M, Watanabe J, Takebayashi J, Oki T, Tatsumi Y, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Murakami T, Hirose T, Metoki H, Hara A, Nomura K, Hozawa A, Tsubono Y, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Oct 17.doi:10.5551/jat.64423.
• Effects of greenery at different heights in neighbourhood streetscapes on leisure walking: a cross-sectional study using machine learning of streetscape images in Sendai City, Japan.
  Sakamoto S, Kogure M, Hanibuchi T, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Nakaya T.
  Int J Health Geogr.2023 Nov 8;22(1):29.doi:10.1186/s12942-023-00351-6.PMID:37940988 
• Home Blood Pressure-based Guidance Did Not Increase Anti-albuminuric Effects on Diagnostic Provision of Microalbuminuria in School Workers: A Miyagi Karoshi Prevention Study.
  Munakata M, Hattori T, Kubota-Nakayama F, Konno S, Inoue N, Nakamura T, Hozawa A.
  Intern Med.2023 Apr 15;62(8):1123-1130.doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.0107-22.
• Influence of Diabetes Family History on the Associations of Combined Genetic and Lifestyle Risks with Diabetes in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Narita A, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Uruno A, Kobayashi T, N Kodama E, Hamanaka Y, Orui M, Ogishima S, Nagaie S, Fuse N, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Tamiya G, Hozawa A, Yamamoto M.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Dec 1;30(12):1950-1965.doi:10.5551/jat.64425.
• Female Reproductive Events and Subclinical Atherosclerosis of the Brain and Carotid Arteriopathy: the Ohasama Study.
  Sato W, Nomura K, Satoh M, Hara A, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Murakami T, Asayama K, Tatsumi Y, Kobayashi Y, Hirose T, Inoue R, Totsune T, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Metoki H, Imai Y, Watanabe H, Ohkubo T.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2023 Aug 1;30(8):956-978.doi:10.5551/jat.63592.
• The association between depressive symptoms and masked hypertension in participants with normotension measured at research center.
  Tokioka S, Nakaya N, Nakaya K, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Chiba I, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Metoki H, Murakami T, Satoh M, Nakamura T, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Hamanaka Y, Orui M, Kobayashi T, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Nagaie S, Ogishima S, Izumi Y, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res.2023 Oct 31.doi:10.1038/s41440-023-01484-8.
  
• The risk of withdrawal from hypertension treatment in coastal areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake: the TMM CommCohort Study.
  Hatanaka R, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Nakaya K, Chiba I, Kanno I, Hashimoto H, Nakamura T, Nochioka K, Obara T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res.2023 Dec;46(12):2718-2728.doi:10.1038/s41440-023-01454-0.
• Design and Progress of Child Health Assessments at Community Support Centers in the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project
  Kobayashi T, Kobayashi M, Minegishi N, Kikuya M, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Yamanaka C, Onuma T, Murakami K, Ueno F, Noda A, Uruno A, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Kodama EN, Hamanaka Y, Tsuchiya N, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Taira M, Sakurai-Yageta M, Tamahara T, Kawashima J, Goto M, Otsuki A, Shimizu R, Ogishima S, Hashizume H, Nagami F, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Kure S, Yamamoto M.
  Tohoku J Exp Med.2023 Jan 20;259(2):93-105.doi:10.1620/tjem.2022.J103.

2022

• Maternal Baseline Characteristics and Perinatal Outcomes: the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study.
  Sugawara J, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Onuma T, Murakami K, Kikuya M, Ueno F, Noda A, Mizuno S, Kobayashi T, Hamanaka Y, Suzuki K, Kodama E, Tsuchiya N, Uruno A, Suzuki Y, Tanabe O, Kiyomoto H, Tsuboi A, Shimizu A, Koshiba S, Minegishi N, Ogishima S, Tamiya G, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Fuse N, Kinoshita K, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S, Yamamoto M.
  J Epidemiol.2022 Feb 5;32(2):69-79.
• The return of individual genomic results to research participants: design and pilot study of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Kawame H, Fukushima A, Fuse N, Nagami F, Suzuki Y, Sakurai-Yageta M, Yasuda J, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Kinoshita K, Ogishima S, Takai T, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Minegishi N, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Tomita H, Uruno A, Kobayashi T, Aizawa Y, Tokutomi T, Yamamoto K, Ohneda K, Kure S, Aoki Y, Katagiri H, Ishigaki Y, Sawada S, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M.
  J Hum Genet.2022 Jan;67(1):9-17
• Public Access to Summary Statistics for Genome-wide Association Studies of Body Mass Index, Weight, and Height Among Healthy Japanese Individuals: The Japanese Consortium of Genetic Epidemiology Studies.
  Goto A, Suzuki S, Katagiri R, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Nakatochi M, Wakai K, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Ito H, Matsuo K, Iwasaki M.
  J Epidemiol. 2022 Feb 5;32(2):115-116.
• Consideration of the reference value and number of measurements of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio based on the prevalence of untreated home hypertension: TMM Cohort Study.
  Kogure M, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Nochioka K, Narita A, Hatanaka R, Itabashi F, Kanno I, Obara T, Satoh M, Metoki H, Miyagawa K, Koshimizu H, Nagayoshi S, Uruno A, Kikuya M, Suzuki K, Nakaya N, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res.2022 Jan 18.doi:10.1038/s41440-021-00843-7.
• Association between urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio and home blood pressure and ambulatory blood pressure: the Ohasama study.
  Muroya T, Satoh M, Murakami T, Nakayama S, Asayama K, Hirose T, Tatsumi Y, Inoue R, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Hara A, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Nomura K, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Imai Y, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T.
  J Hypertens.2022 Feb 14.doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003087.
• Regional brain development in fetuses with Dandy-Walker malformation: A volumetric fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging study.
  Akiyama S, Madan N, Graham G, Samura O, Kitano R, Yun HJ, Craig A, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Grant E, Im K, Tarui T.
  PLoS One.2022 Feb 24;17(2):e0263535.
• Regular dental visits, periodontitis, tooth loss, and atherosclerosis: The Ohasama study.
  Yamada S, Komiyama T, Ohi T, Murakami T, Miyoshi Y, Endo K, Hiratsuka T, Hara A, Satoh M, Tatsumi Y, Inoue R, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Metoki H, Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hattori Y.
  J Periodontal Res.2022 Jun;57:615-622.
• Review of Mental Health Consequences of the Great East Japan Earthquake through Long-Term Epidemiological Studies: The Shichigahama Health Promotion Project.
  Kunii Y, Usukura H, Utsumi Y, Seto M, Hamaie Y, Sugawara Y, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Tomita H.
  Tohoku J Exp Med.2022;257:85-95.
• A Pilot Study for Return of Individual Pharmacogenomic Results to Population-Based Cohort Study Participants.
  Ohneda K, Hiratsuka M, Kawame H, Nagami F, Suzuki Y, Suzuki K, Uruno A, Sakurai-Yageta M, Hamanaka Y, Taira M, Ogishima S, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Tomita H, Minegishi N, Sugawara J, Danjoh I, Nakamura T, Kobayashi T, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Tadaka S, Obara T, Hishimuma E, Mano N, Matsuura M, Sato Y, Nakasone M, Honkura Y, Suzuki J, Katori Y, Kakuta Y, Masamune A, Aoki Y, Nakayama. M, Kure S, Kinoshita K, Fuse N, Yamamoto M.
  JMA J.2022;5:177-189.
• Associations between the Combined Fat Mass Index and Fat-Free Mass Index with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A*.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2022 in press.
• Relationship between the housing coldness/warmth evaluation by CASBEE Housing Health Checklist and psychological distress based on TMM Community-Based Cohort Study: a cross-sectional analysis.
  Kanno I, Hasegawa K, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Itabashi F, Narita A, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Nakaya N, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Public Health.2022 Jul;208:98-104.doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.05.003.
• Association of home and office systolic and diastolic hypertension with glucose metabolism in a general population: the Ohasama study.
  Tatsumi Y, Satoh M, Asayama K, Murakami T, Hirose T, Hara A, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Inoue R, Kikuya M, Nomura K, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Katagiri H, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  J Hypertens.2022 Jul 1;40(7):1336-1343.
  
• Blood Lipids and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer: Mendelian Randomization Analyses in the Japanese Consortium of Genetic Epidemiology Studies.
  Iwagami M, Goto A, Katagiri R, Sutoh Y, Koyanagi YN, Nakatochi M, Nakano S, Hanyuda A, Narita A, Shimizu A, Tanno K, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Oze I, Ito H, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Nakamura Y, Nakamura S, Kuriki K, Suzuki S, Hishida A, Kasugai Y, Imoto I, Suzuki M, Momozawa Y, Takeuchi K, Yamamoto M, Sasaki M, Matsuo K, Tsugane S, Wakai K, Iwasaki M.
  Cancer Prev Res (Phila).2022 Dec 1;15(12):827-836.
• Development of a method for walking step observation based on large-scale GPS data.
  Nagata S, Nakaya T, Hanibuchi T, Nakaya N, Hozawa A.
  Int J Health Geogr.2022 Sep 7;21(1):10.
• Home Blood Pressure-based Guidance Did not Increase Anti-albuminuric Effects on Diagnostic Provision of Microalbuminuria in School Workers: A Miyagi Karoshi Prevention Study.
  Munakata M, Hattori T, Kubota-Nakayama F, Konno S, Inoue N, Nakamura T, Hozawa A.
  Intern Med.2022 Sep 13.
• Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries.
  Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jürgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi M, He Y, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Cárcel-Márquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang C, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Børte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen Z, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li L, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Trégouët DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjærg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yoon K; COMPASS Consortium; INVENT Consortium; Dutch Parelsnoer Initiative (PSI) Cerebrovascular Disease Study Group; Estonian Biobank; PRECISE4Q Consortium; FinnGen Consortium; NINDS Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN); MEGASTROKE Consortium; SIREN Consortium; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group; VA Million Veteran Program; International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC); Biobank Japan; CHARGE Consortium; GIGASTROKE Consortium; Millwood IY, Gieger C, Ninomiya T, Grabe HJ, Jukema JW, Rissanen IL, Strbian D, Kim YJ, Chen PH, Mayerhofer E, Howson JMM, Irvin MR, Adams H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Christensen K, Ikram MA, Rundek T, Worrall BB, Lathrop GM, Riaz M, Simonsick EM, Kõrv J, França PHC, Zand R, Prasad K, Frikke-Schmidt R, de Leeuw FE, Liman T, Haeusler KG, Ruigrok YM, Heuschmann PU, Longstreth WT, Jung KJ, Bastarache L, Paré G, Damrauer SM, Chasman DI, Rotter JI, Anderson CD, Zwart JA, Niiranen TJ, Fornage M, Liaw YP, Seshadri S, Fernández-Cadenas I, Walters RG, Ruff CT, Owolabi MO, Huffman JE, Milani L, Kamatani Y, Dichgans M, Debette S.(collaborataor Atsushi Hozawa, et al)
  Nature.2022 Nov;611(7934):115-123.doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05165-3.
• Female Reproductive Events and Subclinical Atherosclerosis of the Brain and Carotid Arteriopathy: the Ohasama Study.
  Sato W, Nomura K, Satoh M, Hara A, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Murakami T, Asayama K, Tatsumi Y, Kobayashi Y, Hirose T, Inoue R, Totsune T, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Metoki H, Imai Y, Watanabe H, Ohkubo T.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2022 Oct 5.
• Genome-wide Association Study of Axial Length in Population-based Cohorts in Japan: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Eye Study.
  Fuse N, Sakurai M, Motoike IN, Kojima K, Takai-Igarashi T, Nakaya N, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Miyazawa A, Homma K, Ido K, Taira M, Kobayashi T, Shimizu R, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Suzuki K, Hamanaka Y, Tomita H, Sugawara J, Suzuki Y, Nagami F, Ogishima S, Katsuoka F, Minegishi N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Yaegashi N, Kure S, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto M.
  Ophthalmol Sci.2022 Jan 22;2(1):100113.
  
• Visualization of estimated prevalence of CES-D positivity accounting for background factors and AIS scores.
  Matsuyama T, Narita A, Takanashi M, Kogure M, Sato S, Nakamura T, Nakane H, Ogishima S, Nagami F, Nakaya N, Tanno K, Imaeda T, Hozawa A.
  Sci Rep.2022 Oct 21;12(1):17656.
• Similarities in cardiometabolic risk factors among random male-female pairs: a large observational study in Japan.
  Nakaya N, Nakaya K, Tsuchiya N, Sone T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Kanno I, Metoki H, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S.
  BMC Public Health.2022 Oct 28;22(1):1978.
  
• Association between ambulatory blood pressure and risk of home hypertension in a normotensive population: the Ohasama Study.
  Nakayama S, Satoh M, Metoki H, Murakami T, Tatsumi Y, Asayama K, Hara A, Hirose T, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Kikuya M, Mori T, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Am J Hypertens.2022 Oct 30:hpac121.
• The Association of Lung Function and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in a Japanese Population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Yamada M, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Nakaya K, Kanno I, Nochioka K, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2022 Nov 4.
• Design and Progress of Child Health Assessments at Community Support Centers in the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Kobayashi T, Kobayashi M, Minegishi N, Kikuya M, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Yamanaka C, Onuma T, Murakami K, Ueno F, Noda A, Uruno A, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Kodama EN, Hamanaka Y, Tsuchiya N, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Taira M, Sakurai-Yageta M, Tamahara T, Kawashima J, Goto M, Otsuki A, Shimizu R, Ogishima S, Hashizume H, Nagami F, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Kobayashi T, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Kure S, Yamamoto M.
  Tohoku J Exp Med. 2022 Dec 1.
• White blood cell count profile in patients with physical complaints without known causes.
  Akaishi T, Ishii T, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Itabashi F, Kanno I, Aoki M, Hozawa A.
  SAGE Open Med.2022 Jun 20;10:20503121221105328.
• COMPASS Consortium; INVENT Consortium; Dutch Parelsnoer Initiative (PSI)
  Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jürgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi M, He Y, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Cárcel-Márquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang C, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Børte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen Z, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li L, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Trégouët DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjærg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yoon K.
  Nature.2022 Dec;612(7938):E7.doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05492-5.PMID:36376532 Free PMC article.No abstract available.
• Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries.
  Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jürgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi M, He Y, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Cárcel-Márquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang C, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Børte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen Z, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li L, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Trégouët DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjærg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yoon K; COMPASS Consortium; INVENT Consortium; Dutch Parelsnoer Initiative (PSI) Cerebrovascular Disease Study Group; Estonian Biobank; PRECISE4Q Consortium; FinnGen Consortium; NINDS Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN); MEGASTROKE Consortium; SIREN Consortium; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group; VA Million Veteran Program; International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC); Biobank Japan; CHARGE Consortium; GIGASTROKE Consortium; Millwood IY, Gieger C, Ninomiya T, Grabe HJ, Jukema JW, Rissanen IL, Strbian D, Kim YJ, Chen PH, Mayerhofer E, Howson JMM, Irvin MR, Adams H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Christensen K, Ikram MA, Rundek T, Worrall BB, Lathrop GM, Riaz M, Simonsick EM, Kõrv J, França PHC, Zand R, Prasad K, Frikke-Schmidt R, de Leeuw FE, Liman T, Haeusler KG, Ruigrok YM, Heuschmann PU, Longstreth WT, Jung KJ, Bastarache L, Paré G, Damrauer SM, Chasman DI, Rotter JI, Anderson CD, Zwart JA, Niiranen TJ, Fornage M, Liaw YP, Seshadri S, Fernández-Cadenas I, Walters RG, Ruff CT, Owolabi MO, Huffman JE, Milani L, Kamatani Y, Dichgans M, Debette S.
  Nature.2022 Nov;611(7934):115-123.doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05165-3.
  

2021

• Study Profile of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study.
  Hozawa A, Tanno K, Nakaya N,Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Hirata T, Narita A, Kogure M,Nochioka K,Sasaki R, Takanashi N,Otsuka K,Sakata K, Kuriyama S,Kikuya M,Tanabe O, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Suzuki Y, Kodama E, N, Fuse,N, Kiyomoto,H, Tomita,H, Uruno,A, Hamanaka,Y, Metoki,H, Ishikuro,M, Obara,T, Kobayashi,T, Kitatani,K, Takai-Igarashi,T, Ogishima,S, Satoh,M, Ohmomo,H, Tsuboi,A, Egawa,S, Ishii,T, Ito,K, Ito,S, Taki,Y, Minegishi,N, Ishii,N, Nagasaki,M, Igarashi K,Koshiba S,Shimizu R,Tamiya G, Nakayama K,Motohashi H,Yasuda J,Shimizu A,Hachiya T,Shiwa Y, Tominaga T,Tanaka H,Oyama K,Tanaka R,Kawame H,Fukushima A, Ishigaki Y,Tokutomi T,Osumi N,Kobayashi T,Nagami F,Hashizume H, Arai T,Kawaguchi Y,Higuchi S,Sakaida M,Endo R,Nishizuka S,Tsuji I, Hitomi J,Nakamura M,Ogasawara.K,Yaegashi N,Kinoshita K,Kure S,Sakai A,Kobayashi S, Sobue K, Sasaki M, and Yamamoto M.
  J Epidemiol. 2021;31:65-76.
  
• Screening for Aortic Aneurysm: Further Evidence is Required to Clarify the Issue.
  Hozawa A.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2021;28:319.
• Oral Microbiome Analysis in Prospective Genome Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Saito S, Aoki Y, Tamahara T, Goto M, Matsui H, Kawashima J, Danjoh I, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Suzuki Y, Fuse N, Kure S, Yamashita R, Tanabe O, Minegishi N, Kinoshita K, Tsuboi A, Shimizu R, Yamamoto M.
  Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021;10:604596.
• Frequency of consumption of balanced meals, bodyweight gain and incident risk of glucose intolerance in Japanese men and women: A cohort study.
  Sakurai M, Ishizaki M, Morikawa Y, Kido T, Naruse Y, Nakashima Y, Okamoto C, Nogawa K, Watanabe Y, Suwazono Y, Hozawa A, Yoshita K, Nakagawa H.
  J Diabetes Investig. 2021 May;12(5):763-770.
• Research members. Alcohol drinking and brain morphometry in apparently healthy community-dwelling Japanese men.
  Syaifullah AH, Shiino A, Fujiyoshi A, Kadota A, Kondo K, Ito T, Segawa H, Moniruzzaman M, Waki T, Miyagawa N, Tooyama I, Ueshima H, Miura K; SESSA Research Group; Co-chairpersons, Ueshima H, Miura K.
  Alcohol. 2021 Feb;90:57-65.
• Impacts of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio, sleep efficiency, and conventional risk factors on home hypertension in a general Japanese population.
  Hirata T, Kogure M, Tsuchiya N, Miyagawa K, Narita A, Nochioka K, Uruno A, Obara T, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res. 2021 Jul;44(7):858-865.
• SESSA Research Group. Differences between home blood pressure and strictly measured office blood pressure and their determinants in Japanese men.
  Kadowaki S, Kadowaki T, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T, Satoh A, Arima H, Tanaka S, Torii S, Kondo K, Kadota A, Masaki K, Okamura T, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Ueshima H.
  Hypertens Res 2021;44(1): 80-87.
  
• Sodium/potassium ratio change was associated with blood pressure change: possibility of population approach for sodium/potassium ratio reduction in health checkup.
  Kogure M, Nakaya N, Hirata T, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Narita A, Suto Y, Honma Y, Sasaki H, Miyagawa K, Ushida Y, Ueda H, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res 2021;44(2):225-231.
• Relationship Between Calcium Intake and Impaired Activities of Daily Living in a Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA90.
  Kogure M, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Hirata T, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Hayakawa T, Okuda N, Miyagawa N, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Murakami Y, Sakata K, Miura K, Okayama A, Okamura T, Ueshima H.
  J Epidemiol 2021;31(2):119-124.
• Body mass index and colorectal cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization study.
  Suzuki S, Goto A, Nakatochi M, Narita A, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Katagiri R, Iwagami M, Hanyuda A, Hachiya T, Sutoh Y, Oze I, Koyanagi YN, Kasugai Y, Taniyama Y, Ito H, Ikezaki H, Nishida Y, Tamura T, Mikami H, Takezaki T, Suzuki S, Ozaki E, Kuriki K, Takashima N, Arisawa K, Takeuchi K, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Tamiya G, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Wakai K, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Matsuo K, Tsugane S, Iwasaki M.
  Cancer Sci. 2021;112(4)1579-1588　
• Novel candidates of pathogenic variants of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes from a dataset of 3,552 Japanese whole genomes (3.5KJPNv2).
  Tokunaga H, Iida K, Hozawa A, Ogishima S, Watanabe Y, Shigeta S, Shimada M, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Tadaka S, Katsuoka F, Ito S, Kumada K, Hamanaka Y, Fuse N, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto M, Yaegashi N, Yasuda J.
  PLoS One 2021;16(1):e0236907.
• Oral Microbiome Analysis in Prospective Genome Cohort Studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Saito S, Aoki Y, Tamahara T, Goto M, Matsui H, Kawashima J, Danjoh I, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Suzuki Y, Fuse N, Kure S, Yamashita R, Tanabe O, Minegishi N, Kinoshita K, Tsuboi A, Shimizu R, Yamamoto M.
  Front Cell Infect Microbiol.2021 Jan 29;10:604596.
• Lifetime risk of stroke stratified by chronic kidney disease and hypertension in the general Asian population: the Ohasama study.
  Nakayama S, Satoh M, Metoki H, Murakami T, Asayama K, Hara A, Hirose T, Kanno A, Inoue R, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Kikuya M, Mori T, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Hypertens Res.2021 Jul;44(7):866-873.
• GWAS Identified IL4R and the Major Histocompatibility Complex Region as the Associated Loci of Total Serum IgE Levels in 9,260 Japanese Individuals.
  Shido K, Kojima K, Shirota M, Yamasaki K, Motoike IN, Hozawa A, Ogishima S, Minegishi N, Tanno K, Katsuoka F, Tamiya G, Aiba S, Yamamoto M, Kinoshita K.
  J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Nov;141(11):2749-2752.
• Association between the social isolation and depressive symptoms after the great East Japan earthquake: findings from the baseline survey of the TMM CommCohort study
  Kotozaki Y, Tanno K, Sakata K, Takusari E, Otsuka K, Tomita H, Sasaki R, Takanashi N, Mikami T, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Narita A, Taki Y, Shimizu A, Hitomi J, Satoh M, Sasaki M.
  BMC Public Health.2021 May 15;21(1):925.
• Oral health-related quality of life is associated with the prevalence and development of depressive symptoms in older Japanese individuals: The Ohasama Study.
  Ohi T, Murakami T, Komiyama T, Miyoshi Y, Endo K, Hiratsuka T, Satoh M, Asayama K, Inoue R, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Watanabe M, Ohkubo T, Hattori Y.
  Gerodontology.2021 May 19.doi:10.1111/ger.12557.
• Five-year Psychosocial Impact of Living in Post-Disaster Prefabricated Temporary Housing.
  Akaishi T, Suzuki T, Nemoto H, Utsumi Y, Seto M, Usukura H, Kunii Y, Sugawara Y, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ishii T, Tomita H.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep.2021 Jun 23:1-31.
• SESSA Research Group. Association of self-measured home, ambulatory, and strictly measured office blood pressure and their variability with intracranial arterial stenosis.
  Hisamatsu T, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A, Torii S, Segawa H, Kondo K, Kadota A, Takashima N, Shitara S, Arima H, Nakagawa Y, Watanabe Y, Shiino A, Nozaki K, Ueshima H, Miura K
  J Hypertens.2021 Oct 1;39(10):2030-2039.
• Association between the combined fat mass and fat-free mass index and hypertension: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Kogure M, Itabashi F, Narita A, Hirata T, Nakaya N, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Clin Exp Hypertens.2021 Oct 3;43(7):610-621.
• Detailed association between serum uric acid levels and the incidence of chronic kidney disease stratified by sex in middle-aged adults.
  Nakayama S, Satoh M, Tatsumi Y, Murakami T, Muroya T, Hirose T, Ohkubo T, Mori T, Hozawa A, Metoki H.
  Atherosclerosis.2021 Aug;330:107-113.　
• Coastal exposure and residents' mental health in the affected areas by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
  Tashiro A, Kogure M, Nagata S, Itabashi F, Tsuchiya N, Hozawa A, Nakaya T.
  Sci Rep.2021 Aug 18;11(1):16751.　
• Five-Year Psychosocial Impact of Living in Postdisaster Prefabricated Temporary Housing.
  Akaishi T, Suzuki T, Nemoto H, Utsumi Y, Seto M, Usukura H, Kunii Y, Sugawara Y, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ishii T, Tomita H.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep.2021 Aug 20:1-9. doi:10.1017/dmp.2021.214.
  
• The association of disproportionately enlarged subarachnoid space hydrocephalus with cognitive deficit in a general population: the Ohasama study.
  Nishikawa T, Akiguchi I, Satoh M, Hara A, Hirano M, Hosokawa A, Metoki H, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Nomura K, Hozawa A, Miyamatsu N, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Sci Rep.2021 Aug 23;11(1):17061.
• Spousal similarities in cardiometabolic risk factors: A cross-sectional comparison between Dutch and Japanese data from two large biobank studies.
  Nakaya N, Xie T, Scheerder B, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Nakamura T, Metoki H, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Hozawa A, Snieder H, Kuriyama S.
  Atherosclerosis.2021 Oct;334:85-92.doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.08.037.
• Comparison of Kit-Based Metabolomics with Other Methodologies in a Large Cohort, towards Establishing Reference Values.
  Saigusa D, Hishinuma E, Matsukawa N, Takahashi M, Inoue J, Tadaka S, Motoike IN, Hozawa A, Izumi Y, Bamba T, Kinoshita K, Ekroos K, Koshiba S, Yamamoto M.
  Metabolites.2021 Sep 24;11(10):652.
• Impact of type of reconstructed residence on social participation and mental health of population displaced by disasters.
  Suzuki T, Akaishi T, Nemoto H, Utsumi Y, Seto M, Usukura H, Kunii Y, Sugawara Y, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ishii T, Tomita H.
  Sci Rep.2021 Nov 2;11(1):21465.
  
• Comparison of Kit-Based Metabolomics with Other Methodologies in a Large Cohort, towards Establishing Reference Values.
  Saigusa D, Hishinuma E, Matsukawa N, Takahashi M, Inoue J, Tadaka S, Motoike IN, Hozawa A, Izumi Y, Bamba T, Kinoshita K, Ekroos K, Koshiba S, Yamamoto M.
  Metabolites.2021 Sep 24;11(10):652.
• Impact of type of reconstructed residence on social participation and mental health of population displaced by disasters.
  Suzuki T, Akaishi T, Nemoto H, Utsumi Y, Seto M, Usukura H, Kunii Y, Sugawara Y, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ishii T, Tomita H.
  Sci Rep.2021 Nov 2;11(1):21465.
• Genetic loci for lung function in Japanese adults with adjustment for exhaled nitric oxide levels as airway inflammation indicator.
  Yamada M, Motoike IN, Kojima K, Fuse N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Katsuoka F, Tadaka S, Shirota M, Sakurai M, Nakamura T, Hamanaka Y, Suzuki K, Sugawara J, Ogishima S, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Fujino N, Numakura T, Ichikawa T, Mitsune A, Ohe T, Kinoshita K, Ichinose M, Sugiura H, Yamamoto M.
  Commun Biol.2021 Nov 15;4(1):1288.
  
• White blood cell count profiles in multiple sclerosis during attacks before the initiation of acute and chronic treatments.
  Akaishi T, Misu T, Fujihara K, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Hatanaka R, Itabashi F, Kanno I, Takahashi T, Kuroda H, Fujimori J, Takai Y, Nishiyama S, Kaneko K, Ishii T, Aoki M, Nakashima I, Hozawa A.
  Sci Rep.2021 Nov 16;11(1):22357.　
• Prediction models for the 5- and 10-year incidence of home morning hypertension: The Ohasama Study.
  Satoh M, Metoki H, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Murakami T, Tatsumi Y, Hara A, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Hirose T, Inoue R, Nomura K, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Am J Hypertens.2021 Nov 16:hpab177.doi:10.1093/ajh/hpab177.
• The prevalence of current smokers and alcohol drinkers among cancer survivors and subjects with no history of cancer among participants in a community-based cardiometabolic screening program in Miyagi prefecture, Japan: a comparison with nationally representative surveys in other countries.
  Nishimoto Y, Tsubono Y, Kogure M, Nakamura T, Itabashi F, Tsuchiya N, Nakaya N, Tanno K, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Kure S, Tsuji I, Hozawa A*.
  Cancer Med. 2021 Dec;10(24):9000-9011.doi:10.1002/cam4.4364.
• Association between fat mass index, fat-free mass index and hemoglobin A1c in a Japanese population: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study.
  Takase M, Nakamura T, Hirata T, Tsuchiya N, Kogure M, Itabashi F, Nakaya N, Hamanaka Y, Sugawara J, Suzuki K, Fuse N, Uruno A, Kodama EN, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  J Diabetes Investig.2021 Dec 3.doi:10.1111/jdi.13729.
• dbTMM: an integrated database of large-scale cohort, genome and clinical data for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Ogishima S, Nagaie S, Mizuno S, Ishiwata R, Iida K, Shimokawa K, Takai-Igarashi T, Nakamura N, Nagase S, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Nakaya N, Murakami K, Ueno F, Onuma T, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Mugikura S, Tomita H, Uruno A, Kobayashi T, Tsuboi A, Tadaka S, Katsuoka F, Narita A, Sakurai M, Makino S, Tamiya G, Aoki Y, Shimizu R, Motoike IN, Koshiba S, Minegishi N, Kumada K, Nobukuni T, Suzuki K, Danjoh I, Nagami F, Tanno K, Ohmomo H, Asahi K, Shimizu A, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group, Fuse N, Tominaga T, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kinoshita K, Sasaki M, Tanaka H, Yamamoto M.　
  Hum Genome Var.2021 Dec 10;8(1):44.doi:10.1038/s41439-021-00175-5.
  

2020

• Blood Pressure Phenotypes Defined by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Carotid Artery Changes in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults: The Ohasama Study.
  Fujita A, Hara A, Kikuya M, Asayama K, Satoh M, Asakura K, Shintani Y, Uchida S, Takatsuji Y, Murakami T, Hirose T, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Inoue R, Nomura K, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Miyazaki S, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2020;252(3):269-279.　
• Reduced sleep efficiency, measured using an objective device, was related to an increased prevalence of home hypertension in Japanese adults.
  Hirata T, Nakamura T, Kogure M, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Miyagawa K, Nochioka K, Uruno A, Obara T, Nakaya N, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res 2020;43(1):23-29.
• Association of serum adiponectin levels and body mass index with worsening depressive symptoms in elderly individuals: a 10-year longitudinal study.
  Huang C, Kogure M, Tomata Y, Sugawara Y, Hozawa A, Momma H, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  Aging Ment Health 2020;24(5):725-731.
• Combined associations of liver enzymes and obesity with diabetes mellitus prevalence: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study.
  Itabashi F, Hirata T, Kogure M, Narita A, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Nakaya N, Sasaki R, Takanashi N, Sakata K, Tanno K, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  J Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 26.doi:10.2188/jea.JE20200384.
• Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on the Employment Status and Mental Health Conditions of Affected Coastal Communities.
  Katayanagi M, Seto M, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Sugawara Y, Kodaka A, Utsumi Y, Usukura H, Kunii Y, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Tomita H.
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020;17(21).
• Multiple measurements of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio strongly related home hypertension: TMM Cohort Study.
  Kogure M, Hirata T, Nakaya N, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Narita A, Miyagawa K, Koshimizu H, Obara T, Metoki H, Uruno A, Kikuya M, Sugawara J, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Kure S, Hozawa A.
  Hypertens Res 2020;43(1):62-71.　
• Cohort Profile: Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study (TMM BirThree Cohort Study): rationale, progress and perspective.
  Kuriyama S, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Yamanaka C, Nagai M, Matsubara H, Kobayashi T, Sugawara J, Tamiya G, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Narita A, Kogure M, Hirata T, Tsuji I, Nagami F, Fuse N, Arai T, Kawaguchi Y, Higuchi S, Sakaida M, Suzuki Y, Osumi N, Nakayama K, Ito K, Egawa S, Chida K, Kodama E, Kiyomoto H, Ishii T, Tsuboi A, Tomita H, Taki Y, Kawame H, Suzuki K, Ishii N, Ogishima S, Mizuno S, Takai-Igarashi T, Minegishi N, Yasuda J, Igarashi K, Shimizu R, Nagasaki M, Tanabe O, Koshiba S, Hashizume H, Motohashi H, Tominaga T, Ito S, Tanno K, Sakata K, Shimizu A, Hitomi J, Sasaki M, Kinoshita K, Tanaka H, Kobayashi T; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Yamamoto M.
  Int J Epidemiol 2020;49(1):18-19m.
• Transethnic Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Three New Loci and Characterizes Population-Specific Differences for Coronary Artery Disease.
  Matsunaga H, Ito K, Akiyama M, Takahashi A, Koyama S, Nomura S, Ieki H, Ozaki K, Onouchi Y, Sakaue S, Suna S, Ogishima S, Yamamoto M, Hozawa A, Satoh M, Sasaki M, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Tsugane S, Tanaka K, Arisawa K, Ikezaki H, Takashima N, Naito M, Wakai K, Tanaka H, Sakata Y, Morita H, Sakata Y, Matsuda K, Murakami Y, Akazawa H, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Komuro I.
  Circ Genom Precis Med 2020;13(3):e002670.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research group. Relationship between carbohydrate and dietary fibre intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese: 24-year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80.
  Miyazawa I, Miura K, Miyagawa N, Kondo K, Kadota A, Okuda N, Fujiyoshi A, Chihara I, Nakamura Y, Hozawa A, Nakamura Y, Kita Y, Yoshita K, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Eur J Clin Nutr 2020;74(1):67-76.
  
• Public Relations and Communication Strategies in Construction of Large-Scale Cohorts and Biobank: Practice in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Nagami F, Kuriki M, Koreeda S, Kageyama M, Shimizu O, Toda S, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Osumi N, Yamamoto M.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2020;250(4):253-262.
• Japan Gout Genomics Consortium (Japan Gout). Subtype-specific gout susceptibility loci and enrichment of selection pressure on ABCG2 and ALDH2 identified by subtype genome-wide meta-analyses of clinically defined gout patients.
  Nakayama A, Nakatochi M, Kawamura Y, Yamamoto K, Nakaoka H, Shimizu S, Higashino T, Koyama T, Hishida A, Kuriki K, Watanabe M, Shimizu T, Ooyama K, Ooyama H, Nagase M, Hidaka Y, Matsui D, Tamura T, Nishiyama T, Shimanoe C, Katsuura-Kamano S, Takashima N, Shirai Y, Kawaguchi M, Takao M, Sugiyama R, Takada Y, Nakamura T, Nakashima H, Tsunoda M, Danjoh I, Hozawa A, Hosomichi K, Toyoda Y, Kubota Y, Takada T, Suzuki H, Stiburkova B, Major TJ, Merriman TR, Kuriyama N, Mikami H, Takezaki T, Matsuo K, Suzuki S, Hosoya T, Kamatani Y, Kubo M, Ichida K, Wakai K, Inoue I, Okada Y, Shinomiya N, Matsuo H
  Ann Rheum Dis 2020;79(5):657-665.　
• Clustering by phenotype and genome-wide association study in autism.
  Narita A, Nagai M, Mizuno S, Ogishima S, Tamiya G, Ueki M, Sakurai R, Makino S, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Yamanaka C, Matsubara H, Kuniyoshi Y, Murakami K, Ueno F, Noda A, Kobayashi T, Kobayashi M, Usuzaki T, Ohseto H, Hozawa A, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Kure S, Kuriyama S.
  Transl Psychiatry 2020;10(1):290.　
• Genome-wide association study identifies new loci for albuminuria in the Japanese population.
  Okuda H, Okamoto K, Abe M, Ishizawa K, Makino S, Tanabe O, Sugawara J, Hozawa A, Tanno K, Sasaki M, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Ito S, Ishii T.
  Clin Exp Nephrol 2020;24(8):1-9.
• Machine learning for effectively avoiding overfitting is a crucial strategy for the genetic prediction of polygenic psychiatric phenotypes.
  Takahashi Y, Ueki M, Tamiya G, Ogishima S, Kinoshita K, Hozawa A, Minegishi N, Nagami F, Fukumoto K, Otsuka K, Tanno K, Sakata K, Shimizu A, Sasaki M, Sobue K, Kure S, Yamamoto M, Tomita H.
  Transl Psychiatry 2020;10(1):294.
  
• Machine learning to reveal hidden risk combinations for the trajectory of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
  Takahashi Y, Yoshizoe K, Ueki M, Tamiya G, Zhiqian Y, Utsumi Y, Sakuma A, Tsuda K, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Tomita H.
  Sci Rep 2020;10(1):21726.
• Design and Progress of Oral Health Examinations in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.
  Tsuboi A, Matsui H, Shiraishi N, Murakami T, Otsuki A, Kawashima J, Kiyama T, Tamahara T, Goto M, Koyama S, Sugawara J, Kodama EN, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Tomita H, Kikuya M, Minegishi N, Suzuki K, Koshiba S, Tamiya G, Fuse N, Aoki Y, Takai-Igarashi T, Ogishima S, Nakamura T, Sakurai-Yageta M, Nagami F, Kinoshita K, Kure S, Shimizu R, Sasaki K, Yamamoto M.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2020;251(2):97-115.
• The Impact of Health Consciousness on the Association Between Walking Durations and Mental Health Conditions After a Disaster: a Cross-Sectional Study.
  Utsumi Y, Nemoto H, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Kogure M, Suzuki T, Seto M, Katayanagi M, Okuyama J, Sakuma A, Honda N, Sugawara Y, Kaye-Kauderer H, Takahashi Y, Kayama A, Kakuto Y, Kohzuki M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Tomita H.
  Sports Med Open 2020;6(1):30.
• Low birth weight and abnormal pre-pregnancy body mass index were at higher risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
  Wagata M, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Nagai M, Mizuno S, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Hirata T, Tsuchiya N, Metoki H, Ogishima S, Hozawa A, Kinoshita K, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Yamamoto M, Kuriyama S, Sugawara J.
  Pregnancy Hypertens 2020;22:119-125.
• Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, obesity, and hypertension in later life by age group: a cross-sectional analysis.
  Wagata M, Kogure M, Nakaya N, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Hirata T, Narita A, Metoki H, Ishikuro M, Kikuya M, Tanno K, Fukushima A, Yaegashi N, Kure S, Yamamoto M, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Sugawara J.
  Hypertens Res 2020;43(11):1277-1283.
• Dietary Inflammatory Index Positively Associated With High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level in Japanese From NIPPON DATA2010.
  Yang Y, Hozawa A, Kogure M, Narita A, Hirata T, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Nakaya N, Ninomiya T, Okuda N, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Ueshima H, Okayama A, Miura K.
  J Epidemiol 2020;30(2):98-107.　

2019

• Association Between Body Mass Index and All-Cause Death in Japanese Population: Pooled Individual Participant Data Analysis of 13 Cohort Studies.
  Hozawa A, Hirata.T, Yatsuya H, Murakami Y, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Sugiyama D Satoh A, Tanaka-Mizuno S, Miura.K, Ueshima.H, and Okamura.T.
  Journal of Epidemiology. 2019;29:457-463.
• Characterizing rare and low-frequency height-associated variants in the Japanese population.
  Akiyama M, Ishigaki K, Sakaue S, Momozawa Y, Horikoshi M, Hirata M, Matsuda K, Ikegawa S, Takahashi A, Kanai M, Suzuki S, Matsui D, Naito M, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Sawada N, Tanno K, Sasaki M, Hozawa A, Minegishi N, Wakai K, Tsugane S, Shimizu A, Yamamoto M, Okada Y, Murakami Y, Kubo M, Kamatani Y.
  Nat Commun 2019;10(1):4393.
• Gut microbiome-derived phenyl sulfate contributes to albuminuria in diabetic kidney disease.
  Kikuchi K, Saigusa D, Kanemitsu Y, Matsumoto Y, Thanai P, Suzuki N, Mise K, Yamaguchi H, Nakamura T, Asaji K, Mukawa C, Tsukamoto H, Sato T, Oikawa Y, Iwasaki T, Oe Y, Tsukimi T, Fukuda NN, Ho HJ, Nanto-Hara F, Ogura J, Saito R, Nagao S, Ohsaki Y, Shimada S, Suzuki T, Toyohara T, Mishima E, Shima H, Akiyama Y, Akiyama Y, Ichijo M, Matsuhashi T, Matsuo A, Ogata Y, Yang CC, Suzuki C, Breeggemann MC, Heymann J, Shimizu M, Ogawa S, Takahashi N, Suzuki T, Owada Y, Kure S, Mano N, Soga T, Wada T, Kopp JB, Fukuda S, Hozawa A, Yamamoto M, Ito S, Wada J, Tomioka Y, Abe T.
  Nat Commun 2019;10(1):1835.　
  
• Prefabricated Temporary Housing and Eczema or Respiratory Symptoms in Schoolchildren after the Great East Japan Earthquake: The ToMMo Child Health Study.
  Kuniyoshi Y, Kikuya M, Miyashita M, Yamanaka C, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Metoki H, Nakaya N, Nagami F, Tomita H, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2019;13(5-6):905-911.
  
• International Database on Ambulatory and Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome Investigators. Opposing Age-Related Trends in Absolute and Relative Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes Associated With Out-of-Office Blood Pressure.
  Li Y, Thijs L, Zhang ZY, Asayama K, Hansen TW, Boggia J, Björklund-Bodegård K, Yang WY, Niiranen TJ, Ntineri A, Wei FF, Kikuya M, Ohkubo T, Dolan E, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Huang QF, Melgarejo JD, Tikhonoff V, Malyutina S, Casiglia E, Nikitin Y, Lind L, Sandoya E, Aparicio L, Barochiner J, Gilis-Malinowska N, Narkiewicz K, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Maestre GE, Jula AM, Johansson JK, Kuznetsova T, Filipovský J, Stergiou G, Wang JG, Imai Y, O'Brien E, Staessen JA
  Hypertension 2019;74(6):1333-1342.
• Construction of full-length Japanese reference panel of class I HLA genes with single-molecule, real-time sequencing.
  Mimori T, Yasuda J, Kuroki Y, Shibata TF, Katsuoka F, Saito S, Nariai N, Ono A, Nakai-Inagaki N, Misawa K, Tateno K, Kawai Y, Fuse N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Sugawara J, Minegishi N, Suzuki K, Kinoshita K, Nagasaki M, Yamamoto M.
  Pharmacogenomics J 2019;19(2):136-146.
  
• Respiratory resistance among adults in a population-based cohort study in Northern Japan.
  Miura E, Tsuchiya N, Igarashi Y, Arakawa R, Nikkuni E, Tamai T, Tabata M, Ohkouchi S, Irokawa T, Ogawa H, Takai-Igarashi T, Suzuki Y, Kuriyama S, Tamiya G, Hozawa A, Yamamoto M, Kurosawa H.
  Respir Investig 2019;57(3):274-281.
  
• Construction of JRG (Japanese reference genome) with single-molecule real-time sequencing.
  Nagasaki M, Kuroki Y, Shibata TF, Katsuoka F, Mimori T, Kawai Y, Minegishi N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Suzuki Y, Kawame H, Nagami F, Takai-Igarashi T, Ogishima S, Kojima K, Misawa K, Tanabe O, Fuse N, Tanaka H, Yaegashi N, Kinoshita K, Kure S, Yasuda J, Yamamoto M.
  Hum Genome Var 2019;6:27.　
• Genome-wide association meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization analysis confirm the influence of ALDH2 on sleep durationin the Japanese population.
  Nishiyama T, Nakatochi M, Goto A, Iwasaki M, Hachiya T, Sutoh Y, Shimizu A, Wang C, Tanaka H, Watanabe M, Hosono A, Tamai Y, Yamada T, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Fukumoto K, Otsuka K, Tanno K, Tomita H, Kojima K, Nagasaki M, Hozawa A, Hishida A, Sasakabe T, Nishida Y, Hara M, Ito H, Oze I, Nakamura Y, Mikami H, Ibusuki R, Takezaki T, Koyama T, Kuriyama N, Endoh K, Kuriki K, Turin TC, Naoyuki T, Katsuura-Kamano S, Uemura H, Okada R, Kawai S, Naito M, Momozawa Y, Kubo M, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Tsugane S, Wakai K, Suzuki S.
  Sleep 2019;42(6).
• "Outlier detection for questionnaire data in biobanks."
  Sakurai R, Ueki M, Makino S, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Takai-Igarashi T, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto M, Tamiya G.
  Int J Epidemiol 2019;48(4):1305-1315.　
  
• A training and education program for genome medical research coordinators in the genome cohort study of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization.
  Sakurai-Yageta M, Kawame H, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Nagami F, Minegishi N, Ogishima S, Takai-Igarashi T, Danjoh I, Obara T, Ishikuro M, Kobayashi T, Aizawa Y, Ishihara R, Yamamoto M, Suzuki Y.
  BMC Med Educ 2019;19(1):297.
• SESSA Research Group. The association of home and accurately measured office blood pressure with coronary artery calcification among general Japanese men.
  Satoh A, Arima H, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Hisamatsu T, Kadowaki S, Kadota A, Fujiyoshi A, Miyagawa N, Zaid M, Torii S, Okamura T, Sekikawa A, Miura K, Ueshima H.
  J Hypertens 2019;37(8):1676-1681.
• Age-Related Trends in Home Blood Pressure, Home Pulse Rate, and Day-to-Day Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate Variability Based on Longitudinal Cohort Data: The Ohasama Study.
  Satoh M, Metoki H, Asayama K, Murakami T, Inoue R, Tsubota-Utsugi M, Matsuda A, Hirose T, Hara A, Obara T, Kikuya M, Nomura K, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Ohkubo T.
  J Am Heart Assoc 2019;8(15): e012121.
• Susceptibility Loci for Tanning Ability in the Japanese Population Identified by a Genome-Wide Association Study from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Cohort Study.
  Shido K, Kojima K, Yamasaki K, Hozawa A, Tamiya G, Ogishima S, Minegishi N, Kawai Y, Tanno K, Suzuki Y, Nagasaki M, Aiba S.
  J Invest Dermatol 2019;139(7):1605-1608 e1613.　
• Identification of 28 new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population.
  Suzuki K, Akiyama M, Ishigaki K, Kanai M, Hosoe J, Shojima N, Hozawa A, Kadota A, Kuriki K, Naito M, Tanno K, Ishigaki Y, Hirata M, Matsuda K, Iwata N, Ikeda M, Sawada N, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Ikegawa S, Maeda S, Murakami Y, Wakai K, Tsugane S, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M, Okada Y, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Horikoshi M, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T.
  Nat Genet 2019;51(3):379-386.　
• 3.5KJPNv2: an allele frequency panel of 3552 Japanese individuals including the X chromosome.
  Tadaka S, Katsuoka F, Ueki M, Kojima K, Makino S, Saito S, Otsuki A, Gocho C, Sakurai-Yageta M, Danjoh I, Motoike IN, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Shirota M, Koshiba S, Nagasaki M, Minegishi N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Shimizu A, Yasuda J, Fuse N; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Kinoshita K.
  Hum Genome Var 2019;6:28.
• Genome analyses for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project towards establishment of personalized healthcare.
  Yasuda J, Kinoshita K, Katsuoka F, Danjoh I, Sakurai-Yageta M, Motoike IN, Kuroki Y, Saito S, Kojima K, Shirota M, Saigusa D, Otsuki A, Kawashima J, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Tadaka S, Aoki Y, Mimori T, Kumada K, Inoue J, Makino S, Kuriki M, Fuse N, Koshiba S, Tanabe O, Nagasaki M, Tamiya G, Shimizu R, Takai-Igarashi T, Ogishima S, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Sugawara J, Tsuboi A, Kiyomoto H, Ishii T, Tomita H, Minegishi N, Suzuki Y, Suzuki K, Kawame H, Tanaka H, Taki Y, Yaegashi N, Kure S, Nagami F; Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group, Kosaki K, Sutoh Y, Hachiya T, Shimizu A, Sasaki M, Yamamoto M.
  J Biochem 2019;165(2):139-158.
  

2018

• Social Inequalities in Secondhand Smoke Among Japanese Non-smokers: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  Matsuyama Y, Aida J, Tsuboya T, Koyama S, Sato Y, Hozawa A, Osaka K.
  J Epidemiol 2018;28(3):133-139.
• Evaluation of reported pathogenic variants and their frequencies in a Japanese population based on a whole-genome reference panel of 2049 individuals.
  Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Yasuda J, Tanabe O, Suzuki Y, Kawame H, Fuse N, Nagasaki M, Kawai Y, Kojima K, Katsuoka F, Saito S, Danjoh I, Motoike IN, Yamashita R, Koshiba S, Saigusa D, Tamiya G, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kawaguchi Y, Nagami F, Kuriyama S, Sugawara J, Minegishi N, Hozawa A, Ogishima S, Kiyomoto H, Takai-Igarashi T; ToMMo Study Group, Kinoshita K, Yamamoto M.
  J Hum Genet 2018;63(2):213-230.
• Genome-wide analysis of polymorphism × sodium interaction effect on blood pressure identifies a novel 3'-BCL11B gene desert locus.
  Hachiya T, Narita A, Ohmomo H, Sutoh Y, Komaki S, Tanno K, Satoh M, Sakata K, Hitomi J, Nakamura M, Ogasawara K, Yamamoto M, Sasaki M, Hozawa A, Shimizu A.
  Sci Rep.2018;8(1):14162.　

2017

• Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population.
  Akiyama M, Okada Y, Kanai M, Takahashi A, Momozawa Y, Ikeda M, Iwata N, Ikegawa S, Hirata M, Matsuda K, Iwasaki M, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Hachiya T, Tanno K, Shimizu A, Hozawa A, Minegishi N, Tsugane S, Yamamoto M, Kubo M and Kamatani Y.
  Nat Genet 2017;49(10):1458-1467.
• Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) group. Blood pressure, heart rate, and double product in a pooled cohort: the Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study.
  Asayama K, Hozawa A, Taguri M, Ohkubo T, Tabara Y, Suzuki K, Ando T, Harada A, Ohashi Y, Ueshima H, Toyoshima H, Imai Y
  J Hypertens 2017;35(9):1808-1815.　
• Genetic Predisposition to Ischemic Stroke: A Polygenic Risk Score.
  Hachiya T, Kamatani Y, Takahashi A, Hata J, Furukawa R, Shiwa Y, Yamaji T, Hara M, Tanno K, Ohmomo H, Ono K, Takashima N, Matsuda K, Wakai K, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Yamagishi K, Ago T, Ninomiya T, Fukushima A, Hozawa A, Minegishi N, Satoh M, Endo R, Sasaki M, Sakata K, Kobayashi S, Ogasawara K, Nakamura M, Hitomi J, Kita Y, Tanaka K, Iso H, Kitazono T, Kubo M, Tanaka H, Tsugane S, Kiyohara Y, Yamamoto M, Sobue K, Shimizu A.
  Stroke 2017;48(2):253-258.
• Genome-wide meta-analysis in Japanese populations identifies novel variants at the TMC6-TMC8 and SIX3-SIX2 loci associated with HbA1c.
  Hachiya T, Komaki S, Hasegawa Y, Ohmomo H, Tanno K, Hozawa A, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Ogasawara K, Nakamura M, Hitomi J, Ishigaki Y, Sasaki M, Shimizu A.
  Sci Rep 2017;7(1):16147.
• Regional colorectal cancer screening program using colonoscopy on an island: a prospective Nii-jima study.
  Hotta K, Matsuda T, Kakugawa Y, Ikematsu H, Kobayashi N, Kushima R, Hozawa A, Nakajima T, Sakamoto T, Mori M, Fujii T, Saito Y.
  Jpn J Clin Oncol 2017;47(2):118-122.
  
• International Database on Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) Investigators. Outcome-Driven Thresholds for Increased Home Blood Pressure Variability.
  Juhanoja EP, Niiranen TJ, Johansson JK, Puukka PJ, Thijs L, Asayama K, Langén VL, Hozawa A, Aparicio LS, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Imai Y, Stergiou GS, Jula AM, Staessen JA
  Hypertension 2017;69(4):599-607.　
• Mitochonic Acid 5 (MA-5) Facilitates ATP Synthase Oligomerization and Cell Survival in Various Mitochondrial Diseases.
  Matsuhashi T, Sato T, Kanno SI, Suzuki T, Matsuo A, Oba Y, Kikusato M, Ogasawara E, Kudo T, Suzuki K, Ohara O, Shimbo H, Nanto F, Yamaguchi H, Saigusa D, Mukaiyama Y, Watabe A, Kikuchi K, Shima H, Mishima E, Akiyama Y, Oikawa Y, Hsin-Jung HO, Akiyama Y, Suzuki C, Uematsu M, Ogata M, Kumagai N, Toyomizu M, Hozawa A, Mano N, Owada Y, Aiba S, Yanagisawa T, Tomioka Y, Kure S, Ito S, Nakada K, Hayashi KI, Osaka H, Abe T.
  EBioMedicine 2017;20:27-38.　
  
• Psychological Distress and the Risk of Withdrawing From Hypertension Treatment After an Earthquake Disaster.
  Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Tsuji I, Hozawa A, Tomita H.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2017;11(2):179-182.　
• Psychological Distress among Individuals Whose Partners Have Cancer.
  Nakaya N, Sone T, Nakaya K, Tomata Y, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2017;243(1):27-33.　
  
• Nrf2 inactivation enhances placental angiogenesis in a preeclampsia mouse model and improves maternal and fetal outcomes.
  Nezu M, Souma T, Yu L, Sekine H, Takahashi N, Wei AZ, Ito S, Fukamizu A, Zsengeller ZK, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Karumanchi SA, Suzuki N, Yamamoto M.
  Sci Signal 2017;10(479):eaam5711.　
  
• Monitoring of minimal residual disease in early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia by next-generation sequencing.
  Pan X, Nariai N, Fukuhara N, Saito S, Sato Y, Katsuoka F, Kojima K, Kuroki Y, Danjoh I, Saito R, Hasegawa S, Okitsu Y, Kondo A, Onishi Y, Nagami F, Kiyomoto H, Hozawa A, Fuse N, Nagasaki M, Shimizu R, Yasuda J, Harigae H, Yamamoto M.
  Br J Haematol 2017;176(2):318-321.　
• Security controls in an integrated Biobank to protect privacy in data sharing: rationale and study design.
  Takai-Igarashi T, Kinoshita K, Nagasaki M, Ogishima S, Nakamura N, Nagase S, Nagaie S, Saito T, Nagami F, Minegishi N, Suzuki Y, Suzuki K, Hashizume H, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Yaegashi N, Kure S, Tamiya G, Kawaguchi Y, Tanaka H, Yamamoto M.
  BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2017;17(1):100.
• Predictive ability of a simple subjective memory complaints scale for incident dementia: Evaluation of Japan's national checklist, the "Kihon Checklist".
  Tomata Y, Sugiyama K, Kaiho Y, Sugawara Y, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017;17(9):1300-1305.
  
• Impact of social capital on psychological distress and interaction with house destruction and displacement after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
  Tsuchiya N, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Narita A, Kogure M, Aida J, Tsuji I, Hozawa A, Tomita H.
  Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017;71(1):52-60.
• Population-based biobank participants' preferences for receiving genetic test results.
  Yamamoto K, Hachiya T, Fukushima A, Nakaya N, Okayama A, Tanno K, Aizawa F, Tokutomi T, Hozawa A, Shimizu A.
  J Hum Genet 2017;62(12):1037-1048.　

2016

• Public Attitudes toward an Epidemiological Study with Genomic Analysis in the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Area.
  Ishikuro M., Nakaya N, Obara T, Sato Y, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Nagami F, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A and M. S. G. To.
  Prehosp Disaster Med 2016;31(3):330-334.
• Does the flushing response modify the relationship between alcohol intake and hypertension in the Japanese population? NIPPON DATA2010.
  Kogure M, Tsuchiya N, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Miyamatsu N, Tanaka H, Wakabayashi I, Higashiyama A, Okuda N, Takashima N, Fujiyoshi A, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Ueshima H, Okayama A and Miura K.
  Hypertens Res 2016;39(9):670-679.
• The structural origin of metabolic quantitative diversity.
  Koshiba S, Motoike I, Kojima K, Hasegawa T, Shirota M, Saito T, Saigusa D, Danjoh I, Katsuoka F, Ogishima S, Kawai Y, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Sakurai M, Hirano S, Nakata J, Motohashi H, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Minegishi N, Nagasaki M, Takai-Igarashi T, Fuse N, Kiyomoto H, Sugawara J, Suzuki Y, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Tanabe O, Kinoshita K, Yasuda J and Yamamoto M.
  Sci Rep 2016;6:31463.
• The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Design and Mission.
  Kuriyama S, Yaegashi N, Nagami F, Arai T, Kawaguchi Y, Osumi N, Sakaida M, Suzuki Y, Nakayama K, Hashizume H, Tamiya G, Kawame H, Suzuki K, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Tsuji I, Fuse N, Kiyomoto H, Sugawara J, Tsuboi A, Egawa S, Ito K, Chida K, Ishii T, Tomita H, Taki Y, Minegishi N, Ishii N, Yasuda J, Igarashi K, Shimizu R, Nagasaki M, Koshiba S, Kinoshita K, Ogishima S, Takai-Igarashi T, Tominaga T, Tanabe O, Ohuchi N, Shimosegawa T, Kure S, Tanaka H, Ito S, Hitomi J, Tanno, K Nakamura M, Ogasawara K, Kobayashi S, Sakata K, Satoh M, Shimizu A, Sasaki M, Endo R, Sobue K, T. Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group and Yamamoto M.
  J Epidemiol 2016;26(9):493-511.
• Prospect of future housing and risk of psychological distress at 1 year after an earthquake disaster.
  Nakaya N, Nakamura Y, Tsuchiya N, Narita A, Tsuji I, Hozawa A and Tomita H.
  Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2016;70(4):182-189.
• Unemployment risk among individuals undergoing medical treatment for chronic diseases.
  Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Tsuji I, Hozawa A and Tomita H.
  Occup Med (Lond) 2016;66(2):143-149.
• Partners' Ongoing Treatment for Chronic Disease and the Risk of Psychological Distress after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
  Nakaya N, Narita A, Tsuchiya N, Nakamura T, Tsuji I, Hozawa A and Tomita H.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2016;239(4):307-314
• Relationship between office and home blood pressure with increasing age: The International Database of HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO).
  Ntineri A, Stergiou G S, Thijs L, Asayama K, Boggia J, Boubouchairopoulou N, Hozawa A, Imai Y, Johansson J K, Jula A M, Kollias A, Luzardo L, Niiranen T J, Nomura K, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Tzourio C, Wei F.F. and J Staessen J A.
  Hypertens Res 2016;39(8):612-617.　
• Adjustment of Cell-Type Composition Minimizes Systematic Bias in Blood DNA Methylation Profiles Derived by DNA Collection Protocols.
  Shiwa Y, Hachiya T, Furukawa R, Ohmomo H, Ono K, Kudo H, Hata J, Hozawa A, Iwasaki M, Matsuda K, Minegishi N, Satoh M, Tanno K, Yamaji T, Wakai K, Hitomi J, Kiyohara Y, Kubo M, Tanaka H, Tsugane S, Yamamoto M, Sobue K and Shimizu A.
  PLoS One 2016;11(1):e0147519.　

2015

• Participants with Treated Hyperlipidemia may be More Health Conscious.
  Hozawa A. and Okamura T.
  J Atheroscler Thromb.2015;22:1025-1026.
• Slight increase in urinary albumin excretion within the normal range predicts incident hypertension in a community-based Japanese population: the Takahata study.
  Hirayama A, Konta T, Hozawa A, Kawasaki R, Watanabe T, Shibata Y, Kayama T, Fukao A and Kubota I.
  Hypertens Res 2015;38(1):56-60.　
• High circulating adiponectin levels predict decreased muscle strength among older adults aged 70 years and over: A prospective cohort study.
  Huang C, Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Sugawara Y, Hozawa A, Momma H, Tsuji I and Nagatomi R.
  Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2015;25(6):594-601.　
  
• Employment status among non-retired cancer survivors in Japan.
  Ito H, Hozawa A, Yamashita H, Kubota I, Nemoto K, Yoshioka T, Kayama T and Murakami M.
  Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2015;24(5):718-723.　
  
• Protocol and Research Perspectives of the ToMMo Child Health Study after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
  Kikuya M., Miyashita M, Yamanaka C, Ishikuro M, Sato Y, Obara T, Metoki H, Nakaya N, Nagami F, Tomita H, Kiyomoto H, Sugawara J, Hozawa A, Fuse N. Suzuki Y, Tsuji I, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Yamamoto M and Kuriyama S.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2015;236(2):123-130.　
• Eczema and Asthma Symptoms among Schoolchildren in Coastal and Inland Areas after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: The ToMMo Child Health Study.
  Miyashita M, Kikuya M, Yamanaka C, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Sato Y, Metoki H, Nakaya N, Nagami F, Tomita H, Kiyomoto H, Sugawara J, Hozawa A, Fuse N, Suzuki Y, Tsuji I, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Yamamoto M and Kuriyama S.
  Tohoku J Exp Med 2015;237(4):297-305.
  
• Rare variant discovery by deep whole-genome sequencing of 1,070 Japanese individuals.
  Nagasaki M, Yasuda J, Katsuoka F, Nariai N, Kojima K, Kawai Y, Yamaguchi-Kabata Y, Yokozawa J, Danjoh I, Saito S, Sato Y, Mimori Y, Tsuda K, Saito R, Pan X, Nishikawa S, Ito S, Kuroki Y, Tanabe O, Fuse N, Kuriyama S, Kiyomoto H, Hozawa A, Minegishi N, Douglas Engel J, Kinoshita K, Kure S, Yaegashi N, M. J. R. P. P. To and Yamamoto M.
  Nat Commun 2015;6:8018.
• The Association Between Medical Treatment of Physical Diseases and Psychological Distress After the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Shichigahama Health Promotion Project.
  Nakaya N, Nakamura T, Tsuchiya N, Tsuji I, Hozawa A and Tomita H.
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2015;9(4):374-381.
• Optimal number of days for home blood pressure measurement.
  Niiranen T J, Asayama K, Thijs L, Johansson J K, Hara A, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ohkubo T, Jula A M, Imai Y, Staessen J A and Investigators I.
  Am J Hypertens 2015;28(5):595-603.
• Risk of hypercholesterolemia for cardiovascular disease and the population attributable fraction in a 24-year Japanese cohort study.
  Sugiyama D, Okamura T, Watanabe M, Higashiyama A, Okuda N, Nakamura Y, Hozawa A, Kita Y, Kadota A, Murakami Y, Miyamatsu N, Ohkubo T, Hayakawa T, Miyamoto Y, Miura K, Okayama A, Ueshima H and N. D. R. Group.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis Thrombosis.2015;22(1):95-107.

2014

• Glutamate receptors and the regulation of steroidogenesis in the human adrenal gland: the metabotropic pathway.
  Felizola SJ, Nakamura Y, Satoh F, Morimoto R, Kikuchi K, Nakamura T, Hozawa A, Wang L, Onodera Y, Ise K, McNamara KM, Midorikawa S, Suzuki S, Sasano H.
  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.2014;382:170-177.
• Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants.
  Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects),
  Lancet.2014;383(9921):970-983.
• International Database on HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) Investigators. Prognosis of white-coat and masked hypertension: International Database of HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome.
  Stergiou GS, Asayama K, Thijs L, Kollias A, Niiranen TJ, Hozawa A, Boggia J, Johansson JK, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Jula AM, Imai Y, Staessen JA.
  Hypertension.2014;63:675-682.　
  
• International Database of Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) investigators. Risk stratification by self-measured home blood pressure across categories of conventional blood pressure: a participant-level meta-analysis.
  Asayama K, Thijs L, Brguljan-Hitij J, Niiranen TJ, Hozawa A, Boggia J, Aparicio LS, Hara A, Johansson JK, Ohkubo T, Tzourio C, Stergiou GS, Sandoya E, Tsuji I, Jula AM, Imai Y, Staessen JA.
  PLoS Med.2014;11:e1001591.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids intake and cardiovascular disease mortality risk in Japanese: a 24-year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80.
  Miyagawa N, Miura K, Okuda N, Kadowaki T, Takashima N, Nagasawa SY, Nakamura Y, Matsumura Y, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T, Yoshita K, Sekikawa A, Ohkubo T, Abbott RD, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Atherosclerosis.2014;232:384-389.
• International Database on HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) Investigators. Reference frame for home pulse pressure based on cardiovascular risk in 6470 subjects from 5 populations.
  Aparicio LS, Thijs L, Asayama K, Barochiner J, Boggia J, Gu YM, Cuffaro PE, Liu YP, Niiranen TJ, Ohkubo T, Johansson JK, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Imai Y, Sandoya E, Stergiou GS, Waisman GD, Staessen JA
  Hypertension Research.2014;37:672-678.
• A comparison of risk factors for mortality from heart failure in Asian and non-Asian populations: an overview of individual participant data from 32 prospective cohorts from the Asia-Pacific Region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  BMC Cardiovasc Disord.2014;14:61.　
• International Database of Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) Investigators. Thresholds for conventional and home blood pressure by sex and age in 5018 participants from 5 populations.
  Nomura K, Asayama K, Thijs L, Niiranen TJ, Lujambio I, Boggia J, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Hara A, Johansson JK, Sandoya E, Kollias A, Stergiou GS, Tsuji I, Jula AM, Imai Y, Staessen JA.
  Hypertension.2014;64:695-701.
• Slight increase in urinary albumin excretion within the normal range predicts incident hypertension in a community-based Japanese population: the Takahata study.
  Hirayama A, Konta T, Hozawa A, Kawasaki R, Watanabe T, Shibata Y, Kayama T, Fukao A, Kubota I.
  Hypertension Research.2014;doi:10.1038/hr.2014.117.　
• Streamlining of medical relief to areas affected by the Great East Japan earthquake with the area-based/line-linking support system.
  Yamanouchi S.Ishii T,Morino K,Furukawa H,Hozawa A,Ochi S,and Kushimoto S.
  Prehosp Disaster Med.2014;29(6):614-622.

2013

• Relationship between serum isoflavone levels and disability-free survival among community-dwelling elderly individuals: nested case-control study of the Tsurugaya project.
  Hozawa A, Sugawara Y, Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Tsuboya T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Fukao A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Gerontology A Biological Science and Medical Science. 2013;68:465-72.
• A tomato-rich diet is related to depressive symptoms among an elderly population aged 70 years and over: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis.
  Niu K, Guo H, Kakizaki M, Cui Y, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Guan L, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Tsuboya T, Ohrui T, Furukawa K, Arai H, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  Journal of Affective Disorders.2013;144(1-2):165-170.
• Long sleep duration and cause-specific mortality according to physical function and self-rated health: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Kakizaki M, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Sone T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Hozawa A, Fukudo S, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Sleep Research.2013;22:209-216.　
  
• International Database of Home blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome Investigators. Outcome-driven thresholds for home blood pressure measurement:
  international database of home blood pressure in relation to cardiovascular outcome.
  Niiranen TJ, Asayama K, Thijs L, Johansson JK, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Boggia J, Hozawa A, Sandoya E, Stergiou GS, Tsuji I, Jula AM, Imai Y, Staessen JA.
  Hypertension.2013;61:27-34.
• Yamagata University Genomic Cohort Consortium, Constructing a contemporary gene-environmental cohort: study design
  of the Yamagata Molecular Epidemiological Cohort Study.
  Journal of Human Genetics.2013;58:54-56.
  
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Consumption of dairy products and death from cardiovascular disease in the Japanese general population: the NIPPON DATA80.
  Kondo I, Ojima T, Nakamura M, Hayasaka S, Hozawa A, Saitoh S, Ohnishi H, Akasaka H, Hayakawa T, Murakami Y, Okuda N, Miura K, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Journal of Epidemiology.2013;23:47-54.
• High-normal diastolic blood pressure is a risk for development of microalbuminuria in the general population: the Watari study.
  Konno S, Hozawa A, Miura Y, Ito S, Munakata M.
  Journal of Hypertension.2013;31:798-804.
• NIPPON DATA90 Research Group. Association between J-point elevation and death from coronary artery disease--15-year follow up of the NIPPON DATA90.
  Hisamatsu T, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Yamamoto T, Fujiyoshi A, Miyagawa N, Kadota A, Takashima N, Nagasawa SY, Kita Y, Murakami Y,
  Okayama A, Horie M, Okamura T, Ueshima H
  Circulation Journal.2013;77:1260-1266.　
• Public awareness of early symptoms of stroke and information sources about stroke among the general Japanese population: the Acquisition of Stroke Knowledge Study.
  Miyamatsu N, Okamura T, Nakayama H, Toyoda K, Suzuki K, Toyota A, Hata T, Hozawa A, Nishikawa T, Morimoto A, Ogita M, Morino A, Yamaguchi T.
  Cerebrovascular Disease.2013;35:241-249.
• NIPPON DATA 80 Research Group. Prognostic values of bundle branch blocks for cardiovascular mortality in Japanese (24year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80).
  Nakamura Y, Okamura T, Inohara T, Kohsaka S, Watanabe M, Higashiyama A, Kadota A, Okuda N, Ohkubo T, Nagasawa SY, Miura K, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Journal of Electrocardiology.2013;46:360-365.
• Blood pressure among public employees after the Great East Japan Earthquake: the Watari study.
  Konno S, Hozawa A, Munakata M.
  American Journal of Hypertension.2013;26:1059-1063.　
• SESSA Research Group; NIPPON DATA80/90 Research Group. Carotid intima-media thickness and plaque in apparently healthy Japanese individuals with
  an estimated 10-year absolute risk of CAD death according to the Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) guidelines 2012:
  the Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis (SESSA).
  Kadota A, Miura K, Okamura T, Fujiyoshi A, Ohkubo T, Kadowaki T, Takashima N, Hisamatsu T, Nakamura Y, Kasagi F, Maegawa H, Kashiwagi A, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2013;20:755-766.
• NIPPON DATA 80/90 Research Group. Long-term outcome of healthy participants with atrial premature complex: a 15-year follow-up of the NIPPON DATA 90 cohort.
  Inohara T, Kohsaka S, Okamura T, Watanabe M, Nakamura Y, Higashiyama A, Kadota A, Okuda N, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  PLoS One.2013;8:e80853.　
• Yamagata University Genomic Cohort Consortium, The confounding effect of cryptic relatedness for environmental risks of systolic blood pressure on cohort studies.
  Shibata K, Hozawa A, Tamiya G, Ueki M, Nakamura T, Narimatsu H, Kubota I, Ueno Y, Kato T, Yamashita H, Fukao A, Kayama T.
  Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine.2013;1:45-53.　

2012

• Relationship between serum adiponectin levels and disability-free survival among community-dwelling elderly individuals: the Tsurugaya Project.
  Hozawa A, Sugawara Y, Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Tsuboya T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Fukao A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Gerontology Medical Science. 2012;67:530-536.
• Relationship between dietary intake and microalbuminuria: findings from the Takahata study.
  Sato M, Hozawa A, Konta T, Shao L, Otani K, Narimatsu H, Sasaki S, Kato T, Kubota I, Yamashita H, Kayama T, Fukao A.
  Clinical and Experimental Nephrology.2012;16(1):147-155
• Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Preventive Medicine.2012;54:38-41.　
  
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Exposure to particulate matter and long-term risk of cardiovascular mortality in Japan: NIPPON DATA80.
  Ueda K, Nagasawa SY, Nitta H, Miura K, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2012;19:246-254.
• The predictive power of physical function assessed by questionnaire and physical performance measures for subsequent disability.
  Hoshi M, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Kakizaki M, Niu K, Fujita K, Ueki S, Haga H, Nagatomi R, Tsuji I.
  Aging Clin Exp Res.2012;24:345-353.　
• Green tea consumption and the risk of incident functional disability in elderly Japanese: the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.
  Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Nakaya N, Tsuboya T, Sone T, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.2012;95:732-739.　
• Gamma-glutamyltransferase and cancer incidence: the Ohsaki cohort study.
  Tsuboya T, Kuriyama S, Nagai M, Hozawa A, Sugawara Y, Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2012;22:144-150.　
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Diabetes and life expectancy among Japanese - NIPPON DATA80.
  Turin TC, Murakami Y, Miura K, Rumana N, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.2012;96:e18-22.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Prognostic values of clockwise and counterclockwise rotation for cardiovascular mortality in Japanese subjects: a 24-year follow-up of the National Integrated Project for Prospective Observation of Noncommunicable Disease and Its Trends in the Aged, 1980-2004 (NIPPON DATA80).
  Nakamura Y, Okamura T, Higashiyama A, Watanabe M, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Kasagi F, Kodama K, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Circulation.2012;125:1226-1233.
• C-reactive protein (CRP) is a predictor of high medical-care expenditures in a community-based elderly population aged 70 years and over: the Tsurugaya project.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Guo H, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Cui Y, Ebihara S, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Tsuboya T, Kakizaki M, Ohrui T, Arai H, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.2012 May-Jun;54:e392-397.　
• Serum glycerophosphate levels are increased in Japanese men with type 2 diabetes.
  Daimon M, Soga T, Hozawa A, Oizumi T, Kaino W, Takase K, Karasawa S, Jimbu Y, Wada K, Kameda W, Susa S, Kayama T, Saito K, Tomita M, Kato T.
  Internal Medicine.2012;51:545-551.　
• Impact of obesity, overweight and underweight on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditures: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Nagai M, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Hozawa A, Kawado M, Hashimoto S, Tsuji I.
  BMJ Open.2012;2 pii:e000940.　
• NIPPON DATA80/90 Research Group. Hypertension and life expectancy among Japanese: NIPPON DATA80.
  Turin TC, Murakami Y, Miura K, Rumana N, Kita Y, Hayakawa T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension Research.2012;35:954-958.
  
• IDHOCO Investigators. The International Database of HOme blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO):
  moving from baseline characteristics to research perspectives.
  Niiranen TJ, Thijs L, Asayama K, Johansson JK, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Boggia J, Hozawa A, Sandoya E, Stergiou GS, Tsuji I, Jula AM, Imai Y, Staessen JA.
  Hypertension Research.2012;35:1072-1079.
• Impact of blunted perception of dyspnea on medical care use and expenditure, and mortality in elderly people.
  Ebihara S, Niu K, Ebihara T, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Nagatomi R, Arai H, Kohzuki M, Tsuji I.
  Frontiers in Physiology.2012;3:238.
• A metabolomic approach to clarifying the effect of AST-120 on 5/6 nephrectomized rats by capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry (CE-MS).
  Akiyama Y, Takeuchi Y, Kikuchi K, Mishima E, Yamamoto Y, Suzuki C, Toyohara T, Suzuki T, Hozawa A, Ito S, Soga T, Abe T.
  Toxins (Basel).2012;4:1309-1322.　
• Cancer patients on Twitter: a novel patient community on social media.
  Sugawara Y, Narimatsu H, Hozawa A, Shao L, Otani K, Fukao A.
  BMC Res Notes.2012;5:699.　

2011

• Seasonal Variation in Home Blood Pressure Measurements and Relation to Outside Temperature in Japan.
  Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Shimazu T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Tsuji I.
  Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 2011;33:153-158.
• Attributable Fractions of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases.
  Hozawa A.
  Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;21:81-86.
• History of cholelithiasis and the risk of prostate cancer: The ohsaki cohort study.
  Li Q, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Yan H, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  International Journal of Cancer.2011;128:185-191.
  
• Impact of physical activity and performance on medical care costs among the Japanese elderly.
  Yang G, Niu K, Fujita K, Hozawa A, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ebihara S, Okazaki T, Guo H, Miura C, Takahashi H, Arai H, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  Geriatrics & Gerontology International.2011;11:157-165.
• Associations of diabetes mellitus with site-specific cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Annals of Oncology.2011;22:730-738.
  
• The association between neighborhood social capital and self-reported dentate status in elderly Japanese - The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.
  Aida J, Kuriyama S, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Osaka K, Tsuji I.
  Community Dentistory and Oral Epidemiology.2011;39:239-249.　
• for the NIPPON DATA90 Research Group. Relationship of moderate metabolic risk factor clustering to cardiovascular disease mortality
  in non-lean Japanese: A 15-year follow-up of NIPPON DATA90.
  Kadota A, Miura K, Okamura T, Hozawa A, Murakami Y, Fujiyoshi A, Takashima N, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Ueshima H.
  Atherosclerosis.2011;215:209-213.　
• Risk factors for overactive bladder in the elderly population: A community-based study with face-to-face interview.
  Ikeda Y, Nakagawa H, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Masamune Y, Nishino Y, Kuriyama S, Ohnuma T, Tsuji I, Arai Y.
  International Journal of Urology.2011;18:212-218
• The epidemiology of stroke amongst women in the Asia-Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T,Hozawa A).
  Womens Health (Lond Engl).2011;7:305-317.
• Impact of walking on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditure: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Nagai M, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Hozawa A, Kawado M, Hashimoto S, Tsuji I.
  BMJ Open.2011 Jan 1;1(2):bmjopen2011000240.　
• Isolated low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease:
  an individual participant data meta-analysis of 23 studies in the Asia-Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration and the Obesity in Asia Collaboration. (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Circulation.2011;124:2056-2064.　
• Randomized controlled trial for an effect of catechin-enriched green tea consumption on adiponectin and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
  Sone T, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Shimazu T, Nomura K, Rikimaru S, Tsuji I.
  Food and Nutrition Research.2011;55.doi:10.3402/fnr.v55i0.8326.

2010

• Relation of gamma-glutamyltransferase and alcohol drinking with incident diabetes: the HIPOP-OHP study
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Tanaka T, Miura K, Kikuchi Y, Kadowaki T, Yoshita K, Takebayashi T, Tamaki J, Minai J, Tada T, Chiba N, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 2010;17:195-202.
• Participation in health check-ups and mortality using propensity score matched cohort analyses.
  Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Watanabe I, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Nitta A, Li Q, Ohkubo T, Murakami Y, Tsuji I.
  Preventive Medicine. 2010;51:397-402.　
• Relationships between N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic Peptide and incident disability and mortality in older community-dwelling adults: the tsurugaya study.
  Hozawa A, Sugawara Y, Tomata Y, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Fukao A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of American Geriatrics Society.2010;58:2439-41.
• Bundle branch block and other cardiovascular disease risk factors: US-Japan comparison.
  Liu L, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Hozawa A, Kita Y, Takashima N, Okuda N, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  International Journal of Cardiology.2010 Sep 3;143:432-440.
• Citrus consumption and cancer incidence: The Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Li WQ, Kuriyama S, Li Q, Nagai M, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  International Journal of Cancer.2010;127:1913-1922.
• Association between green tea consumption and tooth loss: cross-sectional results from the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.
  Koyama Y, Kuriyama S, Aida J, Sone T, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Preventive Medicine.2010;50:173-179.
• Passive smoke exposure and circulating carotenoids in the CARDIA study.
  Widome R, Jacobs DR Jr, Hozawa A, Sijtsma F, Gross M, Schreiner PJ, Iribarren C.
  Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism.2010;56:113-118.
• What psychosocial characteristics are associated with smoking cessation behavior and readiness to quit smoking among
  Japanese male ever-smokers with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
  Morimoto A, Miyamatsu N, Okamura T, Hozawa A, Kadota A, Morinaga M, Ogita M, Kashiwagi A, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2010;17:361-368.
• History of diabetes mellitus and the risk of prostate cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Li Q, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Yan H, Sone T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  Cancer Causes and Control.2010;21:1025-1032
• Coffee consumption and mortality due to all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in Japanese women.
  Sugiyama K, Kuriyama S, Akhter M, Kakizaki M, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Shimazu T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Hozawa A, Fukao A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Nutrition.2010;140:1007-1013.
• Relationship of the Polyunsaturated to Saturated Fatty Acid Ratio to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese: the INTERLIPID Study.
  Guo Z, Miura K, Turin TC, Hozawa A, Okuda N, Okamura T, Saitoh S, Sakata K, Nakagawa H, Okayama A, Yoshita K, Kadowaki T, R Choudhury S, Nakamura Y, L Rodriguez B, Curb JD, Elliott P, Stamler J, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2010;17:777-784.　
• NIPPON DATA80/90 Research Group. Integration of data from NIPPON DATA80/90 and National Nutrition Survey in Japan: for cohort studies of representative Japanese on nutrition.
  Okuda N, Miura K, Yoshita K, Matsumura Y, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Okamura T, Saitoh S, Sakata K, Ojima T, Turin TC, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2010;20 Suppl 3:S506-514.
• The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study: design of study and profile of participants at baseline.
  Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Shimazu T, Kikuchi N, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Sato F, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Tomata Y, Akhter M, Higashiguchi M, Fukuchi N, Takahashi H, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2010;20:253-258.
• Dietary patterns associated with fall-related fracture in elderly Japanese: a population based prospective study.
  Monma Y, Niu K, Iwasaki K, Tomita N, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Takayama S, Seki T, Takeda T, Yaegashi N, Ebihara S, Arai H, Nagatomi R, Tsuji I.
  BMC Geriatrics.2010;10:31.
• NIPPON DATA 90 Research Group Population attributable fraction of smoking and metabolic syndrome on cardiovascular disease mortality in Japan: a 15-year follow up of NIPPON DATA90.
  Takashima N, Miura K, Hozawa A, Kadota A, Okamura T, Nakamura Y, Hayakawa T, Okuda N, Fujiyoshi A, Nagasawa SY, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  BMC Public Health.2010;10:306.
• Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analyses of 424,519 participants.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T,Hozawa A).
  Lancet Oncology.2010;11:741-752.
• Metabolomic profiling of uremic solutes in CKD patients.
  Toyohara T, Akiyama Y, Suzuki T, Takeuchi Y, Mishima E, Tanemoto M, Momose A, Toki N, Sato H, Nakayama M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ito S, Soga T, Abe T.
  Hypertension Research.2010;33:944-952.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Cigarette smoking in middle age and a long-term risk of impaired activities of daily living: NIPPON DATA80.
  Takashima N, Miura K, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Okuda N, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2010;12:944-949.　
• Japan.Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) group. Body mass index and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in a relatively lean population:
  meta-analysis of 16 Japanese cohorts using individual data.
  Yatsuya H, Toyoshima H, Yamagishi K, Tamakoshi K, Taguri M, Harada A, Ohashi Y, Kita Y, Naito Y, Yamada M, Tanabe N, Iso H, Ueshima H.
  Circulation:Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.2010;3:498-505.
• Effect of age on the association between body mass index and all-cause mortality: the Ohsaki cohort study.
  Nagai M, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sugawara Y, Sone T, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2010;20:398-407.
• Impact of nocturia on bone fracture and mortality in older individuals: a Japanese longitudinal cohort study.
  Nakagawa H, Niu K, Hozawa A, Ikeda Y, Kaiho Y, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Kuriyama S, Ebihara S, Nagatomi R, Tsuji I, Arai Y.
  Journal of Urology.2010;184:1413-1418.
• Relationship between Peripheral Arterial Disease and Incident Disability among Elderly Japanese: the Tsurugaya Project.
  Nitta A, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Kakizaki M, Ebihara S, Ichiki M, Arai H, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2010 Dec 26;17:1290-1296.
  

2009

• Attributable Risk Fraction of Prehypertension on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the Japanese Population: The Ohsaki Study.
  Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Hypertension. 2009;22:267-272.
• High blood pressure in middle age is associated with a future decline in activities of daily living. NIPPON DATA80.
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Murakami Y, Kadowaki T, Okuda N, Takashima N, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Miura K, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Human Hypertension. 2009;23:546-552.
• Circulating carotenoid concentrations and incident hypertension: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.
  Hozawa A, Jacobs DR Jr, Steffes MW, Gross MD, Steffen LM, Lee DH.
  Journal of Hypertension. 2009;27:237-242.
  
• Green tea consumption is associated with lower psychological distress in a general population: the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.
  Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Nitta A, Tomata Y, Niu K, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2009;90:1390-1396.
• Blood pressure differences by race: the importance of assessing lifestyle.
  Hozawa A, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension Research.2009;32:1049-50.
• Stroke risk and antihypertensive drug treatment in the general population: the Japan arteriosclerosis longitudinal study.
  Asayama K, Ohkubo T, Yoshida S, Suzuki K, Metoki H, Harada A, Murakami Y, Ohashi Y, Ueshima H, Imai Y; Kuriyama, N Nakaya, A Hozawa).
  Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) group. (Miyagi (Tsurugaya District, Sendai city): I Tsuji, K Ohmori-Matsuda, S Kuriyama, N Nakaya, A Hozawa).
  Journal of Hypertension.2009;27:357-364.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Prognostic value of q wave for cardiovascular death in a 19-year prospective study of the Japanese general population.
  Higashiyama A, Hozawa A, Murakami Y, Okamura T, Watanabe M, Nakamura Y, Hayakawa T, Kadowaki T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis.2009;16:40-50.
• Determinants of the utilization of dental services in a community-dwelling elderly Japanese population.
  Ohi T, Sai M, Kikuchi M, Hattori Y, Tsuboi A, Hozawa A, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Tsuji I, Watanabe M.
  International Journal of Cardiology.2009;218:241-249.
  
• Adult height and the risks of cardiovascular disease and major causes of death in the Asia-Pacific region: 21,000 deaths in 510,000 men and women.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  International Journal of Epidemiology.2009;38:1060-1071.　
• Blood pressure is a major risk factor for renal death: an analysis of 560 352 participants from the Asia-Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Hypertension.2009;54:509-515.　
• Green tea and death from pneumonia in Japan: the Ohsaki cohort study.
  Watanabe I, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.2009;90:672-679.
  
• Cortical areas related to performance of WAIS Digit Symbol Test: a functional imaging study.
  Usui N, Haji T, Maruyama M, Katsuyama N, Uchida S, Hozawa A, Omori K, Tsuji I, Kawashima R, Taira M.
  Neurosci Lett.2009;463:1-5.　
• Fish consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Sugawara Y, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Nagai M, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Sone T, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  British Journal of Cancer.2009;101:849-854.
• Green Tea Consumption and Hematologic Malignancies in Japan: The Ohsaki Study.
  Naganuma T, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Epidemiology.2009;170:730-738.
• Dietary Habits in Middle Age and Future Changes in Activities of Daily Living - NIPPON DATA80.
  Nakamura Y, Hozawa A, Turin TC, Takashima N, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H.
  Gerontology.2009;55:707-713.
• Impact of cigarette smoking on the relationship between body mass index and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 3264 stroke
  and 2706 CHD events in 378579 individuals in the Asia Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  BMC Public Health.2009;9:294.
  
• Cholesteryl ester transfer protein, coronary calcium, and intima-media thickness of the carotid artery in middle-age Japanese men.
  Okamura T, Sekikawa A, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Abbott RD, Curb JD, Edmundowicz D, Nakamura Y, Murata K, Kashiwagi A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Evans RW, Zmuda JM, Maegawa H, Hozawa A, Mitsunami K, Nishio Y, Miljkovic-Gacic I, Horie M, Miyamatsu N, Murakami Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H.
  American Journal of Cardiology.2009;104:818-822.
• Factors Associated With Psychological Distress in a Community-Dwelling Japanese Population: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study.
  Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Shimazu T, Kikuchi N, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Sato F, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Akhter M,
  Higashiguchi M, Fukuchi N, Takahashi H, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2009;19:294-302.
  
• Green tea consumption and the risk of liver cancer in Japan: the Ohsaki Cohort study.
  Ui A, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  Cancer Causes and Control.2009;20:1939-1945
• Green tea consumption is associated with depressive symptoms in the elderly.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Ebihara S, Guo H, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Takahashi H, Masamune Y, Asada M, Sasaki S, Arai H, Awata S,
  Nagatomi R, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.2009;90:1615-1622.
• Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Investigators. Absolute and attributable risks of heart failure incidence in relation to optimal risk factors.
  Folsom AR, Yamagishi K, Hozawa A, Chambless LE
  Circulation Heart Failure.2009;2:11-17.
• Obesity and liver cancer mortality in Asia: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration.　
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Cancer Epidemiology.2009;33:469-472.
• NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Alcohol intake and 19-year mortality in diabetic men: NIPPON DATA80.
  Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Kadota A, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki S, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Abbott RD, Okayama A.
  Alcohol.2009;43:635-641.
• Smoking, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in men in the Asia Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Journal of Diabetes.2009;1:173-181.　

2008

• Relationship between body mass index and all-cause mortality in Japan: NIPPON DATA80.
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Oki I, Murakami Y, Kadowaki T, Nakamura K, Miyamatsu N, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Nakamura Y, Abbott RD,
  Okayama A, Ueshima H,NIPPON DATA80 Study Group.
  Obesity. 2008;16:1714-1717.
• Predictive value of ambulatory heart rate in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama Study.
  Hozawa A, Inoue R, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Asayama K, Hara A, Hirose T, Kanno A, Obara T, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension. 2008;26:1571-1576.
• Longitudinal Association of Serum Carotenoids and Tocopherols with Hostility: The CARDIA Study.
  Ohira T, Hozawa A, Iribarren C, Daviglus ML, Matthews KA, Gross MD, Jacobs DR Jr.
  American Journal of Epidemiology.2008;167:42-50.
• for the NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Lower Levels of Serum Albumin and Total Cholesterol Associated with Decline in Activities of Daily Living and
  Excess Mortality in a 12-Year Cohort Study of Elderly Japanese.
  Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Hozawa A, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Abbott RD, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Journal of American Geriatric Society.2008;56:529-535.
• for the NIPPON DATA Research Group. Relationship of elevated casual blood glucose level with coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality
  in a Japanese representative population. NIPPON DATA80.
  Kadowaki S, Okamura T, Hozawa A, Kadowaki T, Kadota A, Murakami Y, Nakamura K, Saitoh S, Nakamura Y, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Diabetologia.2008;51:575-582.
• for the NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Low risk profile for cardiovascular disease and mortality in Japanese.
  Yamamoto T, Nakamura Y, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Okayama A, Abbott RD, Ueshima H.
  Circulation Journal.2008;72:545-550.
• Home Blood Pressure Is Associated with Depressive Symptoms in an Elderly Population Aged 70 Years and Over: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Analysis.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Guo H, Kuriyama S, Seki T, Nakaya N, Ebihara S, Wang Y, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R,
  Hypertension Research,2008;31:409-416
• Serum C-Reactive Protein Even at Very Low (<1.0 mg/l) Concentration Is Associated with Physical Performance in a Community-
  Based Elderly Population Aged 70 Years and Over.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Guo H, Kuriyama S, Ebihara S, Yang G, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Nakaya N, Takahashi H, Fujita K, Wen S, Arai H, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  Gerontology.2008;54:260-267.　
• Relation of blood pressure and all cause mortality in 180,000 Japanese. Pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies.
  Murakami Y, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension.2008;51:1483-1491.
• Relationship between stroke mortality and family history of stroke and hypertension: NIPPON DATA80, 1980-99.
  Kadota A, Okamura T, Hozawa A, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension Research.2008;31:1525-1531.　
• the HIPOP-OHP Research Group. Marital Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Middle-aged Japanese Male Workers:
  The High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) Study.
  Kamon Y, Okamura T, Tanaka T, Hozawa A, Yamagata Z, Takebayashi T, Kusaka Y, Urano S, Nakagawa H, Kadowaki T, Miyoshi Y, Yamato H,
  Okayama A, Ueshima H
  Journal of Occupational Health.2008;50:348-356.　
• Sleep duration and the risk of breast cancer: the Ohsaki Cohort Study.
  Kakizaki M, Kuriyama S, Sone T, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Fukudo S, Tsuji I.
  British Journal of Cancer.2008;99:1502-1505.
• No effect of the Trp64Arg variant of the beta3-adrenergic receptor gene on weight loss by diet and exercise intervention among Japanese adults.
  Kuriyama S, Shimazu T, Hozawa A, Kure S, Kurokawa N, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Matsuda-Ohmori K, Nakaya N, Satoh H, Tsuji I.
  Metabolism.2008;57:1570-1575.
• Risk factor effects and total mortality in older Japanese men in Japan and Hawaii.
  Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Miura K, Okuda N, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Kita Y, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Curb JD.
  Annals of Epidemiology.2008;18:913-918.　
  

2007

• γ-glutamyltransferase predicts cardiovascular death among Japanese women.
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Nakamura K, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Atherosclerosis. 2007;194:498-504.
• Relation of Adult Height with Stroke Mortality in Japan:NIPPON DATA80
  Hozawa A, Murakami Y, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Nakamura K, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Stroke. 2007;38:22-26.
  
• Absolute and attributable risks of cardiovascular disease incidence in relation to optimal and borderline risk factors: Comparison of African American with
  white subjects-Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
  Hozawa A, Folsom AR, Sharrett AR, Chambless LE.
  Archives of Internal Medicine. 2007;167:573-579.
• Relationships of circulating carotenoid concentrations with several markers of inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction: The CARDIA/YALTA Study.
  Hozawa A, Jacobs DR Jr, Steffes MW, Gross MD, Steffen LM, Lee DH.
  Clinical Chemistry. 2007;53:447-455.
• Joint impact of smoking and hypertension on cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in Japan: NIPPON DATA80, a 19-year follow-up.
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Murakami Y, Kadowaki T, Nakamura K, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Abbott RD, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension Research. 2007;30:1169-1175.
• Is weak association between cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease mortality observed in Japan　explained by low total cholesterol?-NIPPONDATA80. 　
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Nakamura K, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  International Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;36:1060-1067.
• Why a sex difference in age-adjusted relationship between height and stroke mortality?
  Hozawa A, Okamura T, Ueshima H.
  Stroke.2007;38:E93.
• The joint impact of cardiovascular risk factors upon medical costs.
  Ohmori-Matsuda K, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Shimazu T, Tsuji I.
  Preventive Medicine.2007;44:349-355.
• Dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japan: a prospective cohort study.
  Shimazu T, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Sato Y, Nakaya N, Nishino Y, Tsubono Y, Tsuji I.
  International Journal of Epidemiol.2007;36:600-609.　
• Relationship between metabolic risk factor clustering and cardiovascular mortality stratified by high blood glucose and obesity:NIPPON DATA90,1990-99.
  Kadota A, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Nakmaura K, Murakami Y, Hayakawa T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Kashiwagi A, Ueshima H.
  Diabetes Care. 2007;30:1533-1538.
• Association between Physical Activity and Urinary Incontinence in a Community-Based Elderly Population Aged 70 Years and Over.
  Kikuchi A, Niu K, Ikeda Y, Hozawa A, Nakagawa H, Guo H, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Yang G, Farmawati A, Sami A, Arai Y, Tsuji I.
  European Journal of Urology.2007;52: 868-874.
• for the NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Does self-reported history of hypertension predict cardiovascular death?
  Comparison with blood pressure measurement in a 19-year prospective study.
  Higashiyama A, Murakami Y, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Kadowaki T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Journal of Hypertension.2007;25:959-964.　
• Life Expectancy among Japanese of Different Smoking Status in Japan: NIPPON DATA80.
  Murakami Y, Ueshima H, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Hozawa A, Kita Y, Hayakawa T, Okayama A.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2007;17:31-37.　
• The Health Promotion Research Committee of the Shiga National Health Insurance Organizations. Effect of combined cardiovascular risk factors
  on individual and population medical expenditures.
  Okamura T, Nakamura K, Kanda H, Hayakawa T, Hozawa A, Murakami Y, Kadowaki T, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Circulation Journal.2007;71:807-813.
• for the NIPPON DATA80, 90 Research Group. The proportion of individuals with obesity-induced hypertension among total hypertensives
  in a general Japanese population: NIPPON DATA80, 90.
  Nakamura K, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Hozawa A, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  European Journal of Epidemiology.2007;22:691-698.
• The Proportion of Individuals with Alcohol-Induced Hypertension among Total Hypertensives in a General Japanese Population: NIPPON DATA90.
  Nakamura K, Okamura T, Hayakawa T, Hozawa A, Kadowaki T, Murakami Y, Kita Y, Okayama A, Ueshima H.
  Hypertension Research.2007;30:663-668.　
• Incorporating self-blood pressure measurements at home in the guideline from the Ohasama study.
  Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Asayama K, Metoki H, Hara A, Inoue R, Obara T, Hirose T, Hatanaka R, Hozawa A, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Imai Y.
  Blood Pressure Monitoring.2007;12:407-409.　

2006

• Serum Uric Acid and Risk of Ischemic Stroke:the ARIC Stud.
  Hozawa A, Folsom AR, Ibrahim H, Nieto FJ, Rosamond WD, Shahar E.
  Atherosclerosis. 2006;187:401-407.
• The association of cigarette smoking with self-reported disease before middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
  Hozawa A, Houston T, Steffes MW, Widome R, Williams OD, Iribarren C, Pletcher MJ, Daviglus ML, Carr JJ, Jacobs DR Jr.
  Preventive Medicine. 2006;42:193-199.
• Association of serum carotenoid concentrations with the development of diabetes and with insulin concentration: interaction with smoking.
  The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
  Hozawa A, Jacobs DR Jr, Steffes MW, Gross MD, Steffen LM, Lee DH.
  American Journal of Epidemiology. 2006;163:929-937.　
• Benefit of home blood pressure measurement after a finding of high blood pressure at a community screening.
  Hozawa A, Shimazu T, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I
  Journal of Hypertension. 2006;24:1265-1271.
• Does the impact of smoking on coronary heart disease differ by low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
  Hozawa A, Folsom AR, Sharrett AR, Payne TJ, Chambless LE.
  Circulation Journal. 2006;70:1105-1110.
• Lung Function and Ischemic Stroke Incidence: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
  Hozawa A, Billings JL, Shahar E, Ohira T, Rosamond W, Folsom AR.
  Chest.2006;130:1642-1649.
• Introversion associated with large differences between screening blood pressure and home blood pressure measurement: the Ohasama study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Obara T, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Asayama K, Totsune K, Hashimoto J, Hoshi H, Arai Y, Satoh H, Hosokawa T, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension. 2006;24:2183-2189.
• Green tea consumption and cognitive function.a cross-sectional study from the Tsurugaya Project.
  Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Shimazu T, Matsui T, Ebihara S, Awata S, Nagatomi R, Arai H, Tsuji I.
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.2006;83:355-361. 　
  
• Obesity and depressive symptoms in elderly Japanese: The Tsurugaya Project.
  Kuriyama S, Koizumi Y, Matsuda-Ohmori K, Seki T, Shimazu T, Hozawa A, Awata S, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Psychosomatic Research.2006;60:229-235.　
• Dietary long-chain n-3 fatty acids of marine origin and serum C-reactive protein concentration are associated in a population with a diet rich in marine products.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Shimazu T, Nakaya N, Fujita K, Tsuji I, and Nagatomi R,
  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.2006;84:223-229.
• Dietary intakes and plasma 8-iso-prostaglandin f2alpha concentrations in community-dwelling elderly Japanese: the tsurugaya project.
  Kuriyama S, Ebihara S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Kurashima K, Nakaya N, Matsui T, Arai H, Tsubono Y, Sasaki H, Tsuji I.
  International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research.2006;76: 87-94.
• Impact of Non-dietary Nutrients Intake on Misclassification in the Estimation of Nutrient Intake in Epidemiologic Study.
  Ogata M, Kuriyama S, Sato Y, Shimazu T, Nakaya N, Ohmori K, Hozawa A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiol.2006;16:193-200.　
• Validity and utility of the Japanese version of the WHO-Five Well-Being Index in the context of detecting suicidal ideation in elderly community residents.
  Awata S, Bech P, Koizumi Y, Seki T, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Nakaya N, Matsuoka H, Tsuji I.
  International Psychogeriatrics.2006;14:1-12.
• The impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the age-related excess risk of coronary heart disease.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  International Journal of Epidemiology.2006;35:1025-1033.　

2005

• Obesity and risk of cancer in Japan.
  Kuriyama S, Tsubono Y, Hozawa A, Shimazu T, Suzuki Y, Koizumi Y, Suzuki Y, Ohmori K, Nishino Y, Tsuji I.
  International Journal of Cancer.2005;113:148-157.　
• The relationship between body mass index and a plasma lipid peroxidation biomarker in an older, healthy Asian community.
  Ohmori K, Ebihara S, Kuriyama S, Ugajin T, Ogata M, Hozawa A, Matsui T, Tsubono Y, Arai H, Sasaki H, Tsuji I.
  Annals of Epidemiology.2005;15:80-84.
• White-Coat hypertension as a risk factor for development of home hypertension: the Ohasama study.
  Ugajin T, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Asayama K, Kikuya M, Obara T, Metoki H, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Tsuji I, Imai Y.
  Archives of Internal Medicine.2005;165:1541-1546.
• Alcohol consumption and the risk of cancer in Japanese men: the Miyagi cohort study.
  Nakaya N, Tsubono Y, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Shimazu T, Kurashima K, Fukudo S, Shibuya D, Tsuji I.
  European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2005;14:169-174.
  
• Personality and mortality from ischemic heart disease and stroke.
  Nakaya N, Tsubono Y, Hosokawa T, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Fukudo S, Tsuji I.
  Clinical and Experimental Hypertension.2005;2&3:301-309.
• Factors affecting home-measured resting heart rate in the general population: The Ohasama Study.
  Yamaguchi J, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Ugajin T, Ohmori K, Hashimoto J, Hoshi H, Satoh H, Tsuji I, Imai Y.
  American Journal of Hypertension.2005;18:1218-1225.　
• A comparison of lipid variables as predictors of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Annals of Epidemiology.2005;15:405-413.
• Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of colorectal cancer in Japan: The Miyagi Cohort Study.
  Sato Y, Tsubono Y, Nakaya N, Ogawa K, Kurashima K, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Shibuya D, Tsuji I.
  Public Health Nutrition.2005;8:309-314.　
• Factors associated with suicidal ideation in an elderly urban Japanese population: A community-based, cross-sectional study.
  Awata S, Seki T, Koizumi Y, Sato S, Hozawa A, Omori K, Kuriyama S, Arai H, Nagatomi R, Matsuoka H, Tsuji I.
  Psychiatry Clinical Neuroscience.2005;59:327-336.
• Association between social support and depression status in the elderly: Results of a 1-year community-based prospective cohort study in Japan.
  Koizumi Y, Awata S, Kuriyama S, Ohmori K, Hozawa A, Seki T, Matsuoka H, Tsuji I.
  Psychiatry Clinical Neuroscience.2005;59:563-569.
• Smoking, quitting, and the risk of cardiovascular disease among women and men in the Asia-Pacific region.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  International Journal of Epidemiology.2005;34:1036-1045.
• Influence of leisure-time physical activity on the relationship between C-reactive protein and hypertension in a community-based elderly population of Japan.
  Niu K, Hozawa A, Fujita K, Ohmori K, Okutsu M, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Nagatomi R.
  The Tsurugaya Project Hypertension Research.2005;28:747-754.　
• Modifiable factors for the length of life with disability before death: mortality retrospective study in Japan.
  Ohmori K, Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsubono Y, Tsuji I.
  Gerontology. 2005;51:186-191.

2004

• Cigarette smoking and mortality in Japan: the Miyagi Cohort Study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Yamaguchi J, Ugajin T, Koizumi Y, Nishino Y, Tsubono Y, Shibuya D, Tsuji I, Fukao A, and Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Epidemiology. 2004;14:S12-S17.
• Increased plasma 8-isoprostane levels in hypertensive subjects: the Tsurugaya project.
  Hozawa A, Ebihara S, Ohmori K, Kuriyama S, Ugajin T, Koizumi Y, Suzuki Y, Matsui T, Arai H, Tsubono Y, Sasaki H, Tsuji I.
  Hypertension Research. 2004;27:557-561.
• Prognostic value of home heart rate for cardiovascular mortality in the general population:the Ohasama study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Ugajin T, Yamaguchi J, Asayama K, Metoki H, Ohmori K, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Satoh H, Tsuji I, Imai Y.
  American Journal of Hypertension. 2004;17:1005-1010.
• C-reactive protein and peripheral artery disease among Japanese elderly:the Tsurugaya project.
  Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Kuriyama S, Shimazu T, Niu K, Watando A, Ebihara S, Matsui T, Ichiki M, Nagatomi R, Sasaki H, Tsuji I.
  Hypertension Research. 2004;27:955-961.
  
• HOMED-BP Study Group: Progress report on the HOMED-BP Study: hypertension objective treatment based on measurement
  by electrical devices of blood pressure study.
  Aoki Y, Asayama K, Ohkubo T, Nishimura T, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Hozawa A, Hashimoto J, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Araki T, Imai Y.
  Clinical Experimental and Hypertension.2004;26:119-127.
• Follow-up and mortality profiles in the Miyagi Cohort Study.
  Tsuji I, Nishino Y, Tsubono Y, Suzuki Y, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Fujita K, Kuriyama S, Shibuya D, Fukao A, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2004;14:S2-S6.
• Cancer incidence profiles in the Miyagi Cohort Study.
  Nishino Y, Suzuki Y, Ohmori K, Hozawa A, Ogawa K, Kuriyama S, Tsubono Y, Shibuya D, Tsuji I, Fukao A, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2004;14:S7-S11.
• Health practices and mortality in Japan: combined effects of smoking, drinking, walking and body mass index in the Miyagi Cohort Study.
  Tsubono Y, Koizumi Y, Nakaya N, Fujita K, Takahashi H, Hozawa A, Suzuki Y, Kuriyama S, Tsuji I, Fukao A, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2004;14:S39-S45.
• Association between Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Essential Hypertension: the Ohasama Study.
  Sugimoto K, Katsuya T, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Yamamoto K, Matsuo A, Rakugi H, Tsuji I, Imai Y, Ogihara T.
  Hypertension Research. 2004;27:551-556.
• Joint impact of health risks on health care charges: 7-year follow-up of National Health Insurance beneficiaries in Japan (the Ohsaki Study).
  Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Suzuki Y, Nishino Y, Fujita K, Tsubono Y, Tsuji I.
  Preventive Medicine. 2004;39:1194-1199.
• Body mass index and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific Region: an overview of 33 cohorts involving 310 000 participants.
  Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  International Journal of Epidemiology.2004;33;751-758.
• Blood glucose and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region.
  Lawes CM, Parag V, Bennett DA, Suh I, Lam TH, Whitlock G, Barzi F, Woodward M;Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A).
  Diabetes Care. 2004;27:2836-2842.

2003

• Heart rate measurement and outcome.
  Imai Y, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Ohmori K, Kikuya M, Hashimoto J, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Yamaguchi J, Ugajin T, Araki T, Tsuji I.
  Blood Pressure Monitoring.2003;8:53-55.
• A/C1166 gene polymorphism of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) and ambulatory blood pressure: the Ohasama Study.
  Kikuya M, Sugimoto K, Katsuya T, Suzuki M, Sato T, Funahashi J, Katoh R, Kazama I, Michimata M, Araki T, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ogihara T, Yanagisawa T,
  Imai Y, Matsubara M.
  Hypertension Research.2003;26:141-145.
• Therapeutic effects of evening administration of guanabenz and clonidine on morning hypertension: evaluation using home-based blood pressure measurements.
  Hashimoto J, Chonan K, Aoki Y, Ugajin T, Yamaguchi J, Nishimura T, Kikuya M, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Araki T, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2003;21:805-811.
• T+31C polymorphism (M235T) of the angiotensinogen gene and home blood pressure in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama Study.
  Matsubara M, Metoki H, Katsuya T, Kikuya M, Suzuki M, Michimata M, Araki T, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ogihara T, Imai Y.
  Hypertension Research.2003;26:47-52.
• Effects of exercise training on physical activity in older people: a randomized controlled trial.
  Fujita K, Nagatomi R, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Sato K, Anzai Y, Sauvaget C, Watanabe Y, Tamagawa A, Tsuji I.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2003;13:120-126.
• Personality and the risk of cancer.
  Nakaya N, Tsubono Y, Hosokawa T, Nishino Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Shibuya D, Fukudo S, Fukao A, Tsuji I, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute.2003;95:799-805.
  
• Genetic risk factors for cerebral infarction using data from a large scale genetic epidemiological study: the Ohasama Study.
  Katsuya T, Sugimoto K, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Yamamoto K, Matsuo A, Ishikawa K, Matsubara M, Rakugi H, Tsuji I, Imai Y, Ogihara T.
  Geriatrics and Gerontology International.2003;3:150-153.

2002

• Blood pressure control assessed by home, ambulatory and conventional blood pressure measurements in the Japanese general population: the Ohasama study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Yamaguchi J, Ohmori K, Fujiwara T, Hashimoto J, Matsubara M, Kitaoka H, Nagai K, Tsuji I, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Hypertension Research. 2002;25:57-63.
  
• Relationship between personality and self-measured blood pressure value at home: the Ohasama Study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Kikuya M, Matsubara M, Suzuki T, Nagai K, Kitaoka H, Arai Y, Hosokawa T, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Clinical Experimental and Hypertension. 2002;24: 115-123.
• Genotypes of the betaENaC gene have little influence on blood pressure level in the Japanese population.
  Matsubara M, Metoki H, Suzuki M, Fujiwara T, Kikuya M, Michimata M, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Hisamichi S, Araki T, Imai Y.
  American Journal of Hypertension.2002;15:189-192.
  
• Association of a mast cell chymase gene variant with HDL Cholesterol, but not with blood pressure in the Ohasama Study.
  Fukuda M, Ohkubo T, Katsuya T, Hozawa A, Asai T, Matsubara M, Kitaoka H, Tsuji I, Araki T, Satoh H, Higaki J, Hisamichi S, Imai Y, Ogihara T.
  Hypertension Research.2002;25:179-184.
• Rationale and design of HOMED-BP Study: Hypertension Objective treatment based on Measurement by Electrical Devices of Blood Pressure Study.
  Fujiwara T, Nishimura T, Ohkubo T, Imai Y on behalf of The HOMED-BP Study Group (Data Management Center: Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Yamaguchi J, Ohmori K).
  Blood Pressure Monitoring.2002;7:77-82.
• Angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D polymorphism and hypertension: the Ohasama study.
  Matsubara M, Suzuki M, Fujiwara T, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Michimata M, Araki T, Kazama I, Satoh T, Hashimoto J, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Katsuya T,
  Higaki J, Ogihara T, Satoh H, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2002;20:1121-1126.
• Genetic polymorphisms in the beta-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (β-EnaC) gene in the Japanese population.
  Suzuki M, Sato T, Fujiwara T, Michimata M, Araki T, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Kazama I, Hashimoto J, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Imai Y, Matsubara M.
  Clinical and Experimental Nephrology.2002;6:130-134.
  
• Pyridoxine treatment in a subgroup of children with pervasive developmental disorders.
  Kuriyama S, Kamiyama M Watanabe M, Tamahashi S, Muraguchi I, Watanabe T, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Nishino Y, Tsubono Y, Tsuji I, Hisamichi S.
  Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.2002;44:284-286. (Letter)
• Insufficient duration of action of antihypertensive drugs mediates high blood pressure in the morning in hypertensive population: the Ohasama study.
  Chonan K, Hashimoto J, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Nagai K, Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Matsubara M, Suzuki M, Fujiwara T, Araki T, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Clinical Experimental and Hypertension.2002;24:261-275.
• T+31C polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and nocturnal blood pressure decline: the Ohasama study.
  Fujiwara T, Katsuya T, Matsubara M, Mikami T, Ishikawa K, Kikuya M, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Michimata M, Suzuki M, Metoki H, Asayama K, Araki T, Tsuji I,
  Higaki J, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Ogihara T, Imai Y.
  American Journal of Hypertension.2002;15:628-632.
• Alpha-adducin Gly460Trp polymorphism is associated with low renin hypertension in younger subjects in the Ohasama study.
  Sugimoto K, Hozawa A, Katsuya T, Matsubara M, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Motone M, Higaki J, Hisamachi S, Imai Y, Ogihara T.
  Journal of Hypertension.2002;20: 1779-1784.
• Validation of walking questionnaire for population-based prospective studies in Japan: comparison with pedometer.
  Tsubono Y, Tsuji I, Fujita K, Nakaya N, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Kuwahara A, Watanabe Y, Ogawa K, Nishino Y, Hisamichi.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2002;12:305-309.
• Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in individuals with and without high 24-h blood pressure: the Ohasama study.
  Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Yamaguchi J, Kikuya M, Ohmori K, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Hashimoto J, Hoshi H, Araki T, Tsuji I, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2002;20:2183-2189.
• Pulse wave velocity and the second derivative of the finger photoplethysmogram in treated hypertensive patients: their relationship and associating factors.
  Hashimoto J, Chonan K, Aoki Y, Nishimura T, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Suzuki M, Matsubara M, Michimata M, Araki T, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2002;20:2415-2422.

2001

• Factors affecting the difference between screening and home blood pressure measurements: the Ohasama Study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Nagai K, Kikuya M, Matsubara M, Tsuji I, Ito S, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension. 2001;19:13-19.
  
• Usefulness of home blood pressure measurements in assessing the effect of treatment in a single-blind placebo-.controlled open trial.
  Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Matsubara M, Araki T, Chonan K, Kikuya M, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Nagai K.
  Journal of Hypertension.2001;19:179-185.
• for the Sendai Silver Center Trial (SSCT) Investigators. Effects of exercise training on home blood pressure values in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
  Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Nagatomi R, Fujita K, Sauvaget C, Watanabe Y, Anzai Y, Tamagawa A, Tsuji I, Ohmori H, Imai Y, Hisamichi S,
  Journal of Hypertension.2001;19:1045-1052.
• Aldosteron synthase gene (CYP11B2) C-344T polymorphism, ambulatory blood pressure and nocturnal decline in blood pressure in the general Japanese population:
  the Ohasama study.
  Matsubara M, Kikuya M, Ohkubo T, Metoki H, Omori F, Fujiwara T, Suzuki M, Michimata M, Hozawa A, Katsuya T, Higaki J, Tsuji I, Araki T, Ogihara T, Satoh H,
  Hisamichi S, Nagai K, Kitaoka H, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2001;19:2179-2184.
• Device for the self-measurement of blood pressure that can monitor blood pressure during sleep.
  Chonan K, Kikuya M, Araki T, Fujiwara T, Suzuki M, Michimata M, Hashimoto J, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Yamamoto N, Miyawaki Y, Matsubara M, Imai Y.
  Blood Pressure Monitoring.2001;6:203-205.
• Endothelin-1 gene variant associates with blood pressure in obese Japanese subjects. the Ohasama study.
  Asai T, Ohkubo T, Katsuya T, Higaki J, Fu Y, Fukuda M, Hozawa A, Matsubara M, Kitaoka H, Tsuji I, Araki T, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y, Ogihara T.
  Hypertension.2001;38:1321-1324.
• Predictive values of automated blood pressure measurement: what can we learn from the Japanese population- the Ohasama study.
  Imai Y, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Yamaguchi J, Matsubara M, Michimata M, Hashimoto J, Fujiwara T, Nagai K, Kitaoka H, Satoh H, Hisamichi S.
  Blood Pressure Monitoring.2001;6:335-339.
• Prognostic impact of 24-hour mean blood pressure and pulse pressure on stroke.
  Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Imai Y.
  Circulation.2001;104:E160(Letter).

2000

• Prognosis of isolated systolic and isolated diastolic hypertension as assessed by self-measurement of blood pressure at home: the Ohasama study.
  Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Nagai K, Kikuya M, Matsubara M, Tsuji I, Ito S, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y．
  Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000;160(21):3301-3306.
• Randomized controlled trial of exercise training for older people (Sendai Silver Center Trial; SSCT): study design and primary outcome.
  Tsuji I, Tamagawa A, Nagatomi R, Irie N, Ohkubo T, Saito M, Fujita K, Ogawa K, Sauvaget C, Anzai Y, Hozawa A, Watanabe Y, Sato A, Ohmori H, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Epidemiology.2000;10:55-64.
• Prediction of stroke by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring versus screening blood pressure measurements in a general population: the Ohasama study.
  Ohkubo T, Hozawa A, Nagai K, Kikuya M, Matsubara M, Tsuji I, Ito S, Satoh H, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2000;18:847-854.
• Japanese individuals do not harbor the T594M mutation but do have the P592S mutation in the C-terminus of the beta-subunit of the epithelial sodium channel:
  the Ohasama study.
  Matsubara M, Ohkubo T, Michimata M, Hozawa A, Ishikawa K, Katsuya T, Nagai K, Tsuji I, Higaki J, Araki T, Satoh H , Hisamichi S, Ito S, Ogihara T, Imai Y.
  Journal of Hypertension.2000;18:861-866.
• Prognostic significance of blood pressure and heart rate variabilities: the Ohasama study.
  Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Ota M, Nagai K, Araki T, Satoh H, Ito S, Hisamichi S, Imai Y.
  Hypertension.2000;36:901-906.

1999

• Determinants of cardiovascular in the Asian Pacific region: Protocol for a collaborative overview of cohort studies.
  Asian Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (Ohasama: Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hozawa A)
  Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.1999;2:281-289.
• Characteristics of blood pressure measured at home in the morning and in the evening: the Ohasama study.
  Imai Y, Nishiyama A, Sekino M, Aihara A, Kikuya M, Ohkubo T, Matsubara M, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Ito S, Satoh H, Nagai K, Hisamichi S.
  Journal of Hypertension.1999;17:889-898.
• Relationships among blood pressures obtained using different measurement methods in the general population of Ohasama, Japan.
  Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Tsuji I, Hozawa A, Nagai K, Kikuya M, Aihara A, Sekino M, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Ito S, Satoh H, Hisamichi S.
  Hypertension Research.1999;22:261-272.