Assessment of medium-term cardiovascular disease risk after Japan's 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the medium-term indirect impact of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks and to identify whether risk factors for CVD changed after the accident.

Participants

Residents aged 40 years and over participating in annual public health check-ups from 2009 to 2012, administered by Minamisoma city, located about 10 to 40 km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Methods

The sex-specific Framingham CVD risk score was considered as the outcome measure and was compared before (2009-2010) and after the accident (2011-2012). A multivariate regression analysis was employed to evaluate risk factors for CVD.

Results

Data from 563 individuals (60.2% women) aged 40 to 74 years who participated in the check-ups th

SUBMITTER: Toda H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770825 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature