Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Joint Authors

Kawasaki, Yukihiko
Suzuki, Hitoshi
Satoh, Hiroaki
Ohira, Tetsuya
Hosoya, Mitsuaki
Sakai, Akira
Watanabe, Tsuyoshi
Ohtsuru, Akira
Takahashi, Atsushi
Kobashi, Gen
Ozasa, Kotaro
Yasumura, Seiji
Yamashita, Shunichi
Kamiya, Kenji
Abe, Masafumi

Source

Journal of Diabetes Research

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-05-27

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 forced the evacuation of a large number of residents and created changes in the lifestyle of the evacuees.

These changes may have affected the evacuees’ glucose metabolism, thereby leading to an increase in the incidence of diabetes.

This study included Japanese men and women who were living near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima prefecture before the disaster.

Subjects subsequently underwent annual health checkups with a focus on metabolic syndromes, which were conducted under the Health Care Insurers.

Using the Comprehensive Health Check survey, we analyzed changes in the glucose metabolism before and after the disaster.

A total of 27,486 subjects underwent follow-up examinations after the disaster, with a mean follow-up period of 1.6 years.

After the disaster, the prevalence of diabetes increased significantly, and we observed that the incidence of diabetes was significantly greater among evacuees than among nonevacuees.

Furthermore, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that evacuation was significantly associated with the incidence of diabetes.

In conclusion, this is the first study to demonstrate that evacuation is associated with the incidence of diabetes.

This information may be used to guide follow-up recommendations for evacuees.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Satoh, Hiroaki& Ohira, Tetsuya& Hosoya, Mitsuaki& Sakai, Akira& Watanabe, Tsuyoshi& Ohtsuru, Akira…[et al.]. 2015. Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey. Journal of Diabetes Research،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Satoh, Hiroaki…[et al.]. Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey. Journal of Diabetes Research No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Satoh, Hiroaki& Ohira, Tetsuya& Hosoya, Mitsuaki& Sakai, Akira& Watanabe, Tsuyoshi& Ohtsuru, Akira…[et al.]. Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1067962

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1067962