title: Risk factors for renal cell carcinoma in a Japanese population.
abstract: The incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is high in Western and Northern Europe and North America, and low in Asia. Although the incidence of RCC in Japan is lower than the rates in the other industrialized countries, there is no doubt that it is increasing. In this paper, we would like to introduce the summary of findings of JACC study, which evaluate the risk factors for RCC in a Japanese population. JACC study suggests nine risk factors (i.e., smoking, obesity, low physical activity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, kidney diseases, beef, fondness for fatty food and black tea) and one preventive factor (i.e., starchy roots such as taro, sweet potato and potato) in a Japanese population. In Japan, however, drinking black tea may be a surrogate for westernized dietary habits while eating starchy roots may be a surrogate for traditional Japanese dietary habits. Further studies may be needed to evaluate risk factors for RCC because the number of cases is small in our studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan E-mail : washio@st-mary.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Washio
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: Tsuneharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozasa
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakai
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamakoshi
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors