Relationship between non-communicable diseases and background characteristics among homeless people in Nagoya City, Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few reports that objectively show actual health conditions among the homeless or diagnoses of non-communicable diseases based on blood tests. This report discloses the actual data from blood tests and non-communicable diseases among the participants. Furthermore, associations between the test values for lifestyle-related disease and mental disorder/intellectual disability, as well as personal backgrounds of homeless people, were analyzed from the data gathered in the survey.

Methods

This study was performed in a rented meeting room close to Nagoya Station on November 2, 2014. Blood samples, physical measurements, blood pressure measurements intellectual faculties were measured. Physical/mental diseases were diagnosed by doctors. Fisher's exact test was p

SUBMITTER: Nishio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6611570 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature