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Objectives: Since arteriosclerosis obliterance in the legs (ASO) causes deterioration of the prognosis of the elderly, prevention of ASO is important for maintenance of their quality of lives. We studied the prevalences of ASO in rural communities in Japan. Methods and results: We measured the ratio of systolic blood pressure in the leg to that in the arm (ABI) using a new device, Form PWV/ABI, in...
We investigated the relationship between insulin-resistance (IR) and remnant-like particle cholesterol (RLP-C) using 472 subjects (174 men and 298 women) randomly selected from inhabitants of two rural communities in Japan, Tanno and Sobetsu. The level of fasting immunoreactive insulin (FIRI), fasting blood glucose (FBS), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol,...
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