Universal Health Checkups and Risk of Incident Diabetes and Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Type 2 diabetes and hypertension are obesity-related, noncommunicable diseases becoming increasingly common worldwide. In 2008, Japan launched a nationwide universal health checkup program, Specific Health Checkup (SHC), for the primary prevention of obesity-related diseases, but its effectiveness has been understudied.

Objective

To investigate the association of the SHC program with incident diabetes and hypertension, using a target trial emulation framework.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from a longitudinal health care database involving both checkup history and medical encounter records in Japan. Individuals aged 40 to 74 years, without diabetes or hypertension, and without a prior checkup history, were eligi

SUBMITTER: Takeuchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662250 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature