The basic data for residents aged 16 years or older who received a comprehensive health check examinations in 2011-2012 as a part of the Fukushima Health Management Survey after the great East Japan earthquake.
OBJECTIVE
To assist in the long-term health management of residents and evaluate health impacts after the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Fukushima Prefecture, the Fukushima prefectural government decided to conduct the Fukushima Health Management Survey. This report describes the results for residents aged 16 years or older who received the health check examinations and evaluates the data obtained from 2011 and 2012.


METHODS
The target group consisted of residents aged 16 years or older who had lived in the evacuation zone. The health check examinations were performed on receipt of an application for a health check examination from any of the residents. The examinations, including measurements of height, weight, abdominal circumference/body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, biochemical laboratory findings, and peripheral blood findings, were performed as required.


RESULTS
1) A total of 56,399 (30.9%) and 47,009 (25.4%) residents aged 16 years or older received health checks in 2011 and 2012, respectively. 2) In both years, a number of male and female residents in the 16-39 year age group were found to suffer obesity, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, or liver dysfunction, and the prevalence of obesity and hyperlipidemia among residents increased with age. Furthermore, the proportion of residents with hypertension, glucose metabolic abnormalities or renal dysfunction was higher in those aged 40 years or older. 3) The frequencies of obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidemia among residents in 2012 were lower than those in 2011. However, the prevalence of liver dysfunction, hyperuricemia, glucose metabolic abnormalities and renal dysfunction among residents was higher in 2012 than in 2011.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggested the number of residents who had lived in the evacuation zone with obesity, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, liver dysfunction, hypertension, glucose metabolic abnormalities, or renal dysfunction increased with age in all age groups. Therefore, we think that it is necessary to continue with health check examinations for these residents in order to ameliorate lifestyle-related disease.
Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University; Department of Pediatrics, Japan. kyuki@fmu.ac.jp
Yukihiko
Y
Kawasaki
Mitsuaki
M
Hosoya
Seiji
S
Yasumura
Tetsuya
T
Ohira
Hiroaki
H
Satoh
Hitoshi
H
Suzuki
Akira
A
Sakai
Akira
A
Ohtsuru
Atsushi
A
Takahashi
Kotaro
K
Ozasa
Gen
G
Kobashi
Kenji
K
Kamiya
Shunichi
S
Yamashita
Masafumi
M
Abe
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult