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Association between pre-pregnancy weight status and dietary patterns during pregnancy: results from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Public Health Nutrition, 2023
Objective: Pre-pregnancy weight status is related to offspring health and may influence dietary patterns during pregnancy. We aimed to evaluate the link between pre-pregnancy weight status and dietary patterns during pregnancy.
Kazue Ishitsuka, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Mayako Saito-Abe, Hatoko Sasaki, Minaho Nishizato, Miori Sato, Yukihiro Ohya, Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group   +8 more
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Health-related quality of life of mothers and developmental characteristics of very low birth weight children at 2.5 years of age: results from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023
Background The level of child development may be associated with the risk of poor maternal health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective of this study was to describe the developmental characteristics of very low birth weight (VLBW) children at 2.
Hatoko Sasaki, Kyongsun Pak, Hidetoshi Mezawa, Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada, Kazue Ishitsuka, Mizuho Konishi, Minaho Nishizato, Miori Sato, Mayako Saito-Abe, Limin Yang, Yukihiro Ohya, the Japan Environment, Children’s Study (JECS) Group   +11 more
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The impact of using the Web in a mixed‐mode follow‐up of a longitudinal birth cohort study: Evidence from the National Child Development Study

, 2022
A sequential mixed‐mode data collection, online‐to‐telephone, was introduced into the National Child Development Study for the first time at the study's age 55 sweep in 2013.
A. Goodman, Matt Brown, R. Silverwood, J. Sakshaug, L. Calderwood, Joel Williams, George Ploubidis   +6 more
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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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