Evacuation after the Great East Japan Earthquake is an independent factor associated with hyperuricemia: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.
Disaster
Evacuation
Evacuee
Great East Japan Earthquake
Lifestyle factors
Uric acid levels
Journal
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
ISSN: 1590-3729
Titre abrégé: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9111474
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 04 2021
09 04 2021
Historique:
received:
13
07
2020
revised:
25
11
2020
accepted:
11
12
2020
pubmed:
8
2
2021
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
7
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in Japan, with a nuclear accident subsequently occurring at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The disaster forced many evacuees to change particular aspects of their lifestyles. This study assessed the association between evacuation and hyperuricemia based on the Fukushima Health Management Survey from a lifestyle and socio-psychological perspective. This cross-sectional study included 22,812 residents (9391 men and 13,297 women) who underwent both the Comprehensive Health Check and the Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey in fiscal year 2011. Associations between hyperuricemia and lifestyle- and disaster-related factors including evacuation were estimated using a logistic and liner regression analysis. With hyperuricemia defined as uric acid levels >7.0 mg/dL for men and >6.0 mg/dL for women, significant associations were observed between evacuation and hyperuricemia in men (the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio 1.20, 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.36, p = 0.005), but not in women. In the multivariate-adjusted multiple liner regression analysis, evacuation had significant and positive associations with uric acid levels both in men (β = 0.084, p = 0.002) and women (β = 0.060, p < 0.001). Evacuation after a natural disaster is an independent factor associated with hyperuricemia.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in Japan, with a nuclear accident subsequently occurring at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The disaster forced many evacuees to change particular aspects of their lifestyles. This study assessed the association between evacuation and hyperuricemia based on the Fukushima Health Management Survey from a lifestyle and socio-psychological perspective.
METHODS AND RESULTS
This cross-sectional study included 22,812 residents (9391 men and 13,297 women) who underwent both the Comprehensive Health Check and the Mental Health and Lifestyle Survey in fiscal year 2011. Associations between hyperuricemia and lifestyle- and disaster-related factors including evacuation were estimated using a logistic and liner regression analysis. With hyperuricemia defined as uric acid levels >7.0 mg/dL for men and >6.0 mg/dL for women, significant associations were observed between evacuation and hyperuricemia in men (the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio 1.20, 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.36, p = 0.005), but not in women. In the multivariate-adjusted multiple liner regression analysis, evacuation had significant and positive associations with uric acid levels both in men (β = 0.084, p = 0.002) and women (β = 0.060, p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION
Evacuation after a natural disaster is an independent factor associated with hyperuricemia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33549460
pii: S0939-4753(20)30525-1
doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.12.016
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers
0
Uric Acid
268B43MJ25
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1177-1188Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Italian Diabetes Society, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflict of interest to note.