Objective This study was initiated to investigate if spousal concordance in metabolic syndrome (MS) components exist in Japan. Methods In all, 756 couples (mean age: 48.9 and 47.3 years for husbands and wives, respectively) were identified. Each subject was classified as an MS, MS reserves (MSRES) or no risk of MS (NonMS) case after Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (JMHLW) criteria. Criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program and of the Joint Interim Statement were also applied. Results With Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (JMHLW) criteria, MS, MSRES and NonMS cases accounted for 11.9, 14.7 and 73.4 % in husbands and 1.6, 3.7 and 94.7 % in wives. Waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) showed significant correlation (p \ 0.01). Correlation was also significant (p \ 0.05) for mean blood pressure (MBP) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG). When adjusted for age, correlations were significant only for WC, BMI and HbA1c. Furthermore, none of the correlation coefficients were greater than 0.2. Logistic regression analyses did not suggest significant mutual influence in MS status between the couples.Conclusions Spousal concordance in MS components was detected for WC, BMI, SBP, MBP, FPG and HbA1c, but the correlation was generally weak and modest in Japanese couples.
This paper aims tr)describe and analyze the behavioral environment of single elderly residents in house , focusing on locational relationship of the behaviora } places(sitting , eating , sleeping , and communicating with others) in their house and inside −outside relations . Used method were mapping of plan of the houses of 24 subjects in two areas − town area and housing complex area , and interviews wlth them . Findings are as fbllows . 1) The residents fommed tenitorial hierarchy (from public to private) in their houses related to distance from entrance . 2) Two types of relationship between the hierarchy and house form were found − ' town type , and ' housing − cornplex type , . 3) These types affected mean − ing of outside space that the residents contact to at their sitting Place . KEY IVORDS : The single elderly , relationship betWeen inslde tmd outiside ofhouse , sittingpltrce , tem
The purpose ef lhis paper is tO clarify meaning of regional environments fi ) r elderly people by means of comparison of behavieral environmentS in housing complex area and those in town area . The method of this study is an interview with elderly residents in these areas about places to use , routes to pass , and comrnunications they have in the area in everyday life .
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