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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and risk of allergic conditions in children: Findings from the Japan Environment and Children's study (JECS)

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2021
Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are one of the most common medical conditions that women encounter during pregnancy. Whether or not hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with allergic conditions in the offspring ...
Limin Yang, Miori Sato, Mayako Saito-Abe, Makoto Irahara, Minaho Nishizato, Hatoko Sasaki, Mizuho Konishi, Kazue Ishitsuka, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kenji Matsumoto, Yukihiro Ohya, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh   +28 more
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Comparison of physician- and self-assessed pubertal onset in Japanese children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
IntroductionPhysical examinations to assess pubertal development are challenging in large epidemiological surveys. This study aimed to assess the reliability of judgment of pubertal onset in Japanese children by the original pubertal self-assessment ...
Mayako Saito-Abe, Minaho Nishizato, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Liming Yang, Maki Fukami, Yoshiya Ito, Kenji Ihara, Atsushi Iwabuchi, Shingo Okamoto, Yasuhiro Naiki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Horikawa   +11 more
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Allergic profiles of mothers and fathers in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS): a nationwide birth cohort study

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2017
Background The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) is a nationwide, multicenter, prospective birth cohort investigation launched by the Ministry of Environment in Japan.
Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Limin Yang, Kazue Ishitsuka, Tadayuki Ayabe, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mizuho Konishi, Testsuo Shoda, Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group   +10 more
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Cumulative inactivated vaccine exposure and allergy development among children: a birth cohort from Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2020
Background Adjuvants used in inactivated vaccines often upregulate type 2 immunity, which is dominant in allergic diseases. We hypothesised that cumulative adjuvant exposure in infancy may influence the development of allergies later in life by changing ...
Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kyongsun Pak, Mayako Saito-Abe, Limin Yang, Miori Sato, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Hatoko Sasaki, Minaho Nishizato, Mizuho Konishi, Kazue Ishitsuka, Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group   +13 more
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Dietary supplement use in elementary school children: a Japanese web-based survey

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background A variety of dietary supplements are commercially available. However, the efficacy and safety of dietary supplement use in children are not well established. Understanding dietary supplement use is important for developing public health policy
Kazue Ishitsuka, Satoshi Sasaki, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mizuho Konishi, Maki Igarashi, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Shoji F. Nakayama, Yukihiro Ohya   +7 more
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Sex steroid hormones and allergic diseases in children: a pilot birth cohort study in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study cohort

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background Numerous studies suggest that sex steroids might play a role in sex disparity observed in allergic diseases in adults. However, whether sex hormones influence allergic diseases in children remains unclear.
Yumiko Miyaji, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Limin Yang, Mayako Saito-Abe, Miori Sato, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Minaho Nishizato, Masayuki Ochiai, Shouichi Ohga, Masako Oda, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Masayuki Shimono, Reiko Suga, Nathan Mise, Makiko Sekiyama, Shoji F. Nakayama, Yukihiro Ohya, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)   +17 more
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Allergy and immunology in young children of Japan: The JECS cohort

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2020
Background: Capturing epidemiological signatures is essential to document burdens of disease and to design health care services, including prevention measures, clinical interventions, and policies.
Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kyongsun Pak, Mayako Saito-Abe, Limin Yang, Miori Sato, Makoto Irahara, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Hatoko Sasaki, Minaho Nishizato, Kazue Ishitsuka, Yukihiro Ohya, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, Yukihiro Ohya, Reiko Kishi, Nobuo Yaegashi, Koichi Hashimoto, Chisato Mori, Shuichi Ito, Zentaro Yamagata, Hidekuni Inadera, Takeo Nakayama, Hiroyasu Iso, Masayuki Shima, Youichi Kurozawa, Narufumi Suganuma, Koichi Kusuhara, Takahiko Katoh   +27 more
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Fluctuations of aeroallergen-specific immunoglobulins and children's allergic profiles: Japan Environment & Children's Study of a pilot cohort

Allergology International, 2022
Background: Allergen-specific immunoglobulins have a crucial role in allergic diseases. Most wheeze episodes develop before school age, and allergic rhinitis later develops during early elementary school years.
Makoto Irahara, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Mayako Saito-Abe, Miori Sato, Yumiko Miyaji, Limin Yang, Hiroshi Mitsubuchi, Masako Oda, Masafumi Sanefuji, Shouichi Ohga, Akihiko Ikegami, Nathan Mise, Reiko Suga, Masayuki Shimono, Shin Yamazaki, Shoji F. Nakayama, Yukihiro Ohya   +16 more
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25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels among 2-year-old children: findings from the Japan environment and Children’s study (JECS)

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background The study aim was to obtain epidemiological data on vitamin D levels for the pediatric population in Japan. We assessed the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in 2-year-old Japanese children using data from a large ongoing ...
Limin Yang, Miori Sato, Mayako Saito-Abe, Makoto Irahara, Minaho Nishizato, Hatoko Sasaki, Mizuho Konishi, Kazue Ishitsuka, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Yukihiro Ohya, for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group)   +11 more
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Jamaican studies in nutrition and child development, and their implications for national development [PDF]

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1992
In a hospital in Jamaica a study compared the developmental levels of 18 children suffering from severe protein energy malnutrition (PEM) with those of 15 sufficiently nourished children. Even though both groups had low scores on the Griffiths test the malnourished children had a significantly lower score than the controls.
S M, Grantham-McGregor, G, Cumper
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