TITLE:
Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases and Number of Comorbidities According to Differences in Household Income Levels in Japan: Analysis from National Health and Nutrition Survey
AUTHORS:
Chika Horikawa, Nobuko Murayama, Asami Ota, Megumi Tsuruta, Satoshi Matsunaga, Kazuya Fujihara, Osamu Hanyu, Hirohito Sone
KEYWORDS:
Non-Communicable Diseases, Comorbidities, Household Income, National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.8 No.1,
December
12,
2016
ABSTRACT: Though it has been reported that in Western developed countries socioeconomic
status is associated with non-communicable diseases (NCD), there are sparse evidence
from Japan, midst an income gap that has been pointed out in recent years.
Therefore, we examined the presence or absence of NCD and the number of comorbidities
according to household income in Japanese, using data from the National
Health and Nutrition Survey of 2010. 1287 men and 1659 women aged 20 - 79 years
from households at 3 income levels (p p = 0.041), and
stroke (5.07 [2.04 - 12.60] p