Kazuyoshi Itai

CRP levels are elevated in smokers but unrelated to the number of cigarettes and are decreased by long-term smoking cessation in male smokers

Masaki Ohsawa, Akira Okayama, Motoyuki Nakamura et al. · Preventive Medicine · 2005 · 140 citations

Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Men's Health +6

Rapid Increase in Estimated Number of Persons with Atrial Fibrillation in Japan: An Analysis from National Surveys on Cardiovascular Diseases in 1980, 1990 and 2000

Masaki Ohsawa, Akira Okayama, Kiyomi Sakata et al. · Journal of Epidemiology · 2005 · 136 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Health Sciences +11

Associations of ikigai as a positive psychological factor with all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality among middle-aged and elderly Japanese people: Findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

Kozo Tanno, Kiyomi Sakata, Masaki Ohsawa et al. · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 2009 · 123 citations

Social Sciences, Geriatric Medicine, Health Sciences +10

Association between Serum C-reactive Protein Levels and Microalbuminuria: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Iwate, Japan

Motoyuki Nakamura, Toshiyuki Onoda, Kazuyoshi Itai et al. · Internal Medicine · 2004 · 91 citations · Full text

Medicine, Nephrology, Renal Pathology +14

Serum Low-Density Lipoprotein to High-Density Lipoprotein Ratio as a Predictor of Future Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Men in a 2.7-Year Cohort Study of a Japanese Northern Rural Population

Hirohide Yokokawa, Seiji Yasumura, Kozo Tanno et al. · Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis · 2011 · 87 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +16