Studies of Relationship between Alcohol Intake and Health in Agricultural and Fishing Populations in Japan
10.2185/jjrm.39.1101
- VernacularTitle:米国における老人ケアーの現状
- Author:
Akiyoshi BANDO
;
Tsuyoshi IMURA
;
Hidenori NAKAGAWA
;
Saburo USUTANI
;
Masanobu NISHIMURA
;
Takumi KAJIKAWA
;
Kunio ISHIDA
;
Tetsuo MORIMOTO
;
Kazamitsu HIRAI
;
Yasuo CHUMAN
;
Akira HORIKAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1991;39(6):1101-1122
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
At institutions in 9 areas of all over Japan, epidemiological and clinical surveys and investigations have been performed on the relationship between alcohol drinking and health for inhabitants in agricultural and fishing villages. The ethanol cutaneous patch test showed about 40% ALDH2 defficiency in these subjects. There were remarkable defferences in the drinking behavior between these positive and negative 2 groups. Various factors affecting the drinking behavior of subjects are there congenital diathesis, sexual difference, natural and social differences as well as age and occupation. By drinking, various abnomalities have been observed in various indexes such as medical examinations namely, hepatic functions (γ-GTP, GOT, GTP, etc), lipids (HDL-C, TG, etc), circulating functions (blood pressure, pulse, etc), metabolisms (uric acid, blood sugar, etc), and pancreatic functions. Most of them are risk factors in adult diseases. Accordingly, through collective education for drinking, its effect can be observed earlier and it will be very important to educate individuals for health control.
