title: [The Tanno and Sobetsu study].
abstract: We have been carrying out a cohort study in two towns in Hokkaido, called "The Tanno and Sobetsu study", for 30 years or more and have reported many data on relationships between various lifestyle-related diseases and occurrence of cardiovascular disease. In this paper, we present data obtained from an epidemiological study on diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Japanese general population. The results from our cohort data suggest that (1) control of diabetes itself, (2) control of other coexistent risks(such as smoking, hypertension or dyslipidemia), (3) assessment and management of subclinical atherosclerosis, and (4) paying attention to insulin resistance are important for prevention of CVD events in diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male