title: [Relationship between life satisfaction and lifestyle in residents of Kyoto].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess relationships between life satisfaction and lifestyle in residents of the city of Kyoto, Japan, by addressing their subjective evaluation of their own health status.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects comprised 4746 men and women (15-97 years old) who had completed a questionnaire on life style in the 1998 Kyoto Citizen's Health and Nutrition Study. Stratified by their responses to subjective health, the relationship between life-satisfaction and lifestyle was evaluated by odds ratios and chi-square tests of the subjects classified by age and gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of respondents who felt their subjective health was good decreased with age, while the proportion of respondents who considered their life satisfaction good increased with age. Whether the residents had good or poor subjective health, the proportion of respondents who had a healthy lifestyle, as exemplified by having breakfast everyday, having dinner with their family regularly and having a good intake of greeny-ellow vegetables increased with age in both men and women. This healthy lifestyle was also positively associated with good life satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Whether the residents had good or poor subjective health, these results suggest that thos with a healthy lifestyle feel good life satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science.
authors.forename: Motoko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: Akane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suginos
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozasa
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires