BACKGROUND: Lung cancer frequently occurs in lungs with background idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). Limited resection is often selected to treat lung cancer in patients with IIPs in whom respiratory function is already compromised. Howev...
BACKGROUND: No studies have examined the associations between adult height and ischemic stroke subtypes. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study that included 2,451 thrombotic and 687 embolic stroke cases, as well as 1,623 intr...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a severe impact on mental well-being. Vaccination may have played a pivotal role in enduring this mental health crisis. The present study aimed to longitudinally investigate the association ...
Rio Sasaki   Atsuhiko Ota   Hiroshi Yatsuya   Takahiro Tabuchi   
International journal of environmental research and public health 19(23) 2022年12月 [査読有り]
Existing research suggested gender differences in fear and anxiety about and perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 and previous infectious disease pandemics. We analyzed whether women felt fear and anxiety about and perceived susceptibility to COVI...
Giovanni Sala   Rik Chakraborti   Atsuhiko Ota   Tsuyoshi Miyakawa   
2020年4月
Abstract
Background
Evidence suggests non-specific benefits of the tuberculosis vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) against non-related infections. Recent studies propose such protection may extend to the novel COVID-19 as well. This is a con...
Ota A   Khine MT   Gearhardt AN   Fujisawa A   Morita M   Minagawa A   Li Y   Naito H   Yatsuya H   
51st Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference 2019年