Report of health survey conducted during 1982 by the mutual welfare association of the Fukushima Pref. Agricultural Co-operative.

VernacularTitle:福島県農協共済福祉事業団による健康増進活動について
Author: Mieko Tanaka ; Mitsuko Shiraishi ; Yoichi Yoshida ; Masaki Namatame ; Iwao Komuro ; Sadao Haga ; Jiro Tachibana ; Ryoichi Endo ; Shigeharu Kikuta ; Katsuya Akanuma
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1984;33(2):218-223
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Our examination was performed on 1, 541 men and 3, 803 women. Reviewed were blood pressure, obesity, anemia, fatty tissue (lipide), liver function, urine-suger and protein, urobilinogen, and their abnormalities.
(1) High blood pressure was found in 53.7 % of the men and 68.3 % of the women, with higher rates found in the middle to older age groups of both men and women.
(2) Obesity, by the Minowa method, was found to be over 20 %, with the higher rate being in women. The tendency to obesity in men was found to decrease with age. In females, abnormalities of blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, thickness of subcutaneous fatty tissue (of the upper arm and shoulder blade areas) were discovered to be greater in proportion to obesity.
(3) Abnormalities in GPT were seen as 15.3 % in men and 7.3 % in women. According to age group in men: Those in their 30's, 21 %, in the 40's, 27.2 %, 50's, 12.7%, 60's, 9.1 %.
A study on the effects of alcholic beverage consumption will be included in the 1983 survey.