Epidemiology and prevention of hypertension in Japanese: how could Japan get longevity?
Open Access
- 18 March 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in EPMA Journal
- Vol. 2 (1), 59-64
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13167-011-0069-y
Abstract
Japan is one of the countries with the longest longevity in the world, and it was accomplished by a drastic decline in stroke mortality from 1960’s. The decline in stroke mortality would be largely explained by a population-wide decreasing trend in blood pressure (BP) level, because higher BP has been the strongest risk factor of stroke; about 20% of total deaths can be explained by higher BP above optimal in Japan. Decreasing trend in BP occurred both in men and women in all age-groups, which cannot be fully explained by the widespread use of anti-hypertensive agents. The most probable reason for the population-wide BP decline in Japan would be a large decline in dietary salt intake after 1950’s. However, other factors including obesity, high alcohol intake, and unfavorable dietary habits could increase BP level of Japanese again.This publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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