title: Relationship between the three kinds of healthy habits and the metabolic syndrome.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  In 2005, the diagnostic criteria for Japan-specific metabolic syndrome were published. The representative health habits are Breslow's seven healthy practices, Morimoto's eight items and Ikeda's six healthy habits. We investigated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome related with life-style strongly among these three sets of healthy habit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study was conducted for the prevalence of metabolic syndrome by practicing these healthy habits. 20,776 Japanese individuals visited the Health Science Center at Jikei University Hospital in Japan for medical check-ups. Subjects were divided into 8 groups based on gender and age (females in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s, and males in their 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s). Participants completed a simple, self-administered lifestyle questionnaire based on the three sets of healthy habits. Subjects were divided into three groups (poor, moderate and favorable) according to each of the healthy habit criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences were observed among 10 groups for Breslow's seven healthy practices, 4 groups for Morimoto's eight items, and 13 groups for Ikeda's six healthy habits. Ikeda's six healthy habits showed the most significant differences among the three sets of habits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among the three methods tested, to practice more Ikeda's healthy habits were the most useful for metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-koikakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan. Electronic address:t_wada@jikei.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-koikakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-koikakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-koikakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., 1-280 Higashi-koikakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki