title: Lifestyle and the risk of diabetes mellitus in a Japanese population.
abstract: The objective was to examine the association between lifestyle and risk for diabetes. For an average of 9.9 years, this study prospectively followed a cohort of 7,211 (2,524 men and 4,687 women) community residents aged 30-69 years without diabetes at a health check-up conducted between April 1990 and March 1992 until diabetes was confirmed or until the end of 2006. The subjects were divided into 6 groups according to their total scores of Breslow's lifestyle index (1-2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 points). The association between lifestyle and diabetes incidence was investigated using Cox proportional hazards regression models. The results showed that the multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios were 0.45 in subjects who scored 5 points, 0.39 in subjects who scored 6 points, and 0.31 in subjects who scored 7 points, compared with subjects who scored 1-2 points. These data indicate that the healthy behaviors prevent the incidence of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 1-7 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan. y-tatumi@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yukako
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishigaki
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Shaw
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data