The traditional diet in Okinawa is anchored by root vegetables (principally sweet potatoes),
green and yellow vegetables, soybean-based foods, and medicinal plants. Marine foods …

In Japan, a super-aged society, deaths from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD), especially cardiac diseases including coronary artery disease (CAD) such as …

Systolic hypertension, the predominant form of hypertension in patients aged over 50–60
years, is a growing health issue as the Asian population ages. Elevated systolic blood …

Every 5 years, the JAS publishes guidelines for the treatment of dyslipidemia and
atherosclerosis. To date, this society has released four such guidelines. Since 2007, the JAS …

Risk factors for hypertension have been emphasized in the Japanese Society of
Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension. However, large-scale studies …

Objective Globally, the Na consumption of most people exceeds the WHO recommendation.
To be effective, salt reduction programmes require assessment of the dietary sources of Na …

Sodium chloride,“salt,” is an essential component of daily food and vitally contributes to the
body's homeostasis. However, excessive salt intake has often been held responsible for …

Pathological studies of the coronary arteries in children and young adults have shown that
atherosclerosis can be observed from childhood. In autopsy cases of children, the greater …

Background: Although the age-adjusted incidence and mortality of cancer and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been decreasing steadily in Japan, both diseases …

Prehypertension remains an important public health challenge all over the world and
appropriate treatments should be adopted to prehypertensive group in different degree …