Coronary disease––prone behavior among Japanese men: Job-centered lifestyle and social dominance

Magnitude of Sustained Multiple Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease in Japanese Employees

“…Björntorp et al have proposed that mental stress is a major cause of many risk factors and visceral fat accumulation through its effects on the neuro-endocrine regulatory system and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. 39 Several studies in Japan report that a work-centric lifestyle and social dominance are closely related to the occurrence of IHD in Japanese men, 40,41 so it is conceivable that stress is an important factor affecting the health of Japanese industrial workers, highlighting the importance of mental health care.…”

Lung Cancer, Myocardial Infarction, and the Grossarth-Maticek Personality Types: A Case-control Study in Fukuoka, Japan.

“…To date, only limited information is available from retrospective studies in European countries [14][15][16][17][18], and their results are inconsistent. Little is known about psychosocial factors in relation to cancer or CHD in Japan [19][20][21][22]. We addressed the question as to whether the GM-SPT was applicable to the Japanese population and, more specifically, whether Types 1 and 2 were associated with increased risks of cancer and CHD, respectively, in a case-control study of lung cancer (LC) and myocardial infarction (MI).…”

Coronary-Prone Behavior Among Japanese Men. External Validation of the JCBS Scale C.

“…The cutoff value of Scale C is the value that best discriminated between patients with CAD and those without CAD in the previous study. 13 The lack of fit analysis was performed to examine the plausibility of the model. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.…”

“…The present subjects were patients in one center as against those in the previous study 13 which was a multi-center study in Japan. However, the center used in the current study was newly entered, was not included in the previous study, and was in another region.…”

“…13 The result of the JAS was scored with the standard scoring system: 16 the standard scores for type A and factors S, J, and H were calculated, where S is speed and impatience, J is job involvement, and H is hard driving and competitive.…”