SAKURAI Masaru

Researcher Profile & Settings

Research

Overview of research:
epidemiology of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease Occupational Health Environmental Health

Education

• Kanazawa University Graduate School Division of Medicine
• Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine

Degree

• Ph.D in Medicine

Academic & Professional Experience

• Apr. 2012- Apr. 2013Northwestern University Visiting associate professor

Research Activities

Published Papers

• Radiographic evaluation and changes in bone density of the humeral side after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, Daisuke Soma, Toru Ichiseki, Shusuke Ueda, Masaru Sakurai and Norio Kawahara, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12:7698, Dec. 2023
  DOI:10.3390/jcm12247698
• Renal tubular dysfunction and cancer mortality in the Japanese general population living in cadmium non-contaminated areas, (Nogawa K), Watanabe Y, Sakuma S, Sakurai M, Nishijo M, Ishizaki M, Morikawa Y, Kido T, Nakagawa H, Suwazono Y, Journal of Applied Toxicology, 42:1458-1466, 2022
• Study Protocol of the PROUD48 Study Comparing the Effects of Pemafibrate and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters on ApoB-48 in Statin-Treated Patients with Dyslipidaemia: A Prospective, Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised, Parallel Group Trial in Japan, (Takeda Y), Sakuma I, Hiramitsu S, Okada M, Ueda S, Sakurai M, BMJ Open, 12:e061360, 2022
• Prognostic factors in patients with septic disseminated intravascular coagulation treated with thrombomodulin: the effect of reduced thrombomodulin dose; a single-center, retrospective, observational study, Nishita Y, Taga M, Sakurai M, Iinuma Y, Masauji T, Jounal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 8:32, 2022
• Mild-to-moderate kidney dysfunction and cardiovascular disease: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses, (Gaziano L), Sun L, Arnold M, Bell S, Cho K, Kaptoge SK, Song RJ, Burgess S, Posner DC, Mosconi K, Robinson-Cohen C, Mason AM, Bolton TR, Tao R, Allara E, Schubert P, Chen L, Staley JR, Staplin N, Altay S, Amiano P, Arndt V, Ärnlöv J, Barr ELM, Björkelund C, Boer JMA, Brenner H, Casiglia E, Chiodini P, Cooper JA, Coresh J, Cushman M, Dankner R, Davidson KW, de Jongh RT, Donfrancesco C, Engström G, Freisling H, de la Cámara AG, Gudnason V, Hankey GJ, Hansson PO, Heath AK, Hoorn EJ, Imano H, Jassal SK, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Kauhanen J, Kiechl S, Koenig W, Kronmal RA, Kyrø C, Lawlor DA, Ljungberg B, MacDonald C, Masala G, Meisinger C, Melander O, Moreno Iribas C, Ninomiya T, Nitsch D, Nordestgaard BG, Onland-Moret C, Palmieri L, Petrova D, Garcia JRQ, Rosengren A, Sacerdote C, Sakurai M, Santiuste C, Schulze MB, Sieri S, Sundström J, Tikhonoff V, Tjønneland A, Tong T, Tumino R, Tzoulaki I, van der Schouw YT, Monique Verschuren WM, Völzke H, Wallace RB, Wannamethee SG, Weiderpass E, Willeit P, Woodward M, Yamagishi K, Zamora-Ros R, Akwo EA, Pyarajan S, Gagnon DR, Tsao PS, Muralidhar S, Edwards TL, Damrauer SM, Joseph J, Pennells L, Wilson PWF, Harrison S, Gaziano TA, Inouye M, Baigent C, Casas JP, Langenberg C, Wareham N, Riboli E, Gaziano JM, Danesh J, Hung AM, Butterworth AS, Wood AM, Di Angelantonio E; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration/EPIC-CVD/Million Veteran Program, Circulation, 146:1507-1517, 2022
• Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes patients with renal function impairment slow the annual renal function decline, in a real clinical practice, Taro Hirai, Munehiro Kitada, Itaru Monno, Erina Oda, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Keiji Shimada, Yuta Takagaki, Yoshio Ogura, Mizue Fujii, Kazunori Konishi, Masaru Sakurai, Atsushi Nakagawa, Daisuke Koya, Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 12:1577-1585, Sep. 2021
  DOI:doi:10.1111/jdi.13502
• The relationship between cadmium exposure and renal volume in inhabitants of a cadmium-polluted area of Japan., (Xian Liang Sun), Teruhiko Kido, Hideaki Nakagawa, Muneko Nishijo, Masaru Sakurai, Masao Ishizaki, Yuko Morikawa, Rie Okamoto, Akie Ichimori, Naoki Ohno, Satoshi Kobayashi, Toshiaki Miyati, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yasushi Suwazono, Environmental science and pollution research international, 28:22372-22379, 2021
  DOI:10.1007/s11356-020-12278-7
• Prediction of Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Deaths Stratified by Sex in the Japanese Population, Journal of the American Heart Association, 10:e021753, 2021
• Estimation of 10-Year Risk of Death from Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Disease in a Pooled Analysis of Japanese Cohorts: EPOCH-JAPAN, (Li Y), Yatsuya H, Tanaka S, Iso H, Okayama A, Tsuji I, Sakata K, Miyamoto Y, Ueshima H, Miura K, Murakami Y, Okamura T, and EPOCH-JAPAN Research Group (Nakagawa H, Sakurai M), Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis, 28:816-825, 2021
• Environmental cadmium exposure and noncancer mortality in a general Japanese population in cadmium nonpolluted regions., (Suwazono Yasushi);Nogawa Kazuhiro;Sakurai Masaru;Watanabe Yuuka;Nishijo Muneko;Ishizaki Masao;Morikawa Yuko;Kido Teruhiko;Nakagawa Hideaki, Journal of applied toxicology : JAT, 41:587-594, 2021
• Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes patients with renal function impairment slow the annual renal function decline, in a real clinical practice., Hirai Taro;Kitada Munehiro;Monno Itaru;Oda Erina;Hayashi Yoshihiro;Shimada Keiji;Takagaki Yuta;Ogura Yoshio;Fujii Mizue;Konishi Kazunori;Sakurai Masaru;Nakagawa Atsushi;Koya Daisuke, Journal of diabetes investigation, 12:1577-1585, 2021
• The Association between Anthropometric Indices of Obesity and Chronic Kidney Disease in Middle-aged Japanese Men and Women: A Cohort Study, Yamasaki Naruhiro;Sakurai Masaru;Kobayashi Junji;Morikawa Yuko;Kido Teruhiko;Naruse Yuchi;Nogawa Kazuhiro;Suwazono Yasushi;Ishizaki Masao;Nakagawa Hideaki, Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 60:2007-2015, 2021
• Risk Classification for Metabolic Syndrome and the Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Japan With Low Prevalence of Obesity: A Pooled Analysis of 10 Prospective Cohort Studies, (Iso Hiroyasu);Cui Renzhe;Takamoto Iseki;Kiyama Masahiko;Saito Isao;Okamura Tomonori;Miyamoto Yoshihiro;Higashiyama Aya;Kiyohara Yutaka;Ninomiya Toshiharu;Yamada Michiko;Nakagawa Hideaki;Sakurai Masaru;Shimabukuro Michio;Higa Moritake;Shimamoto Kazuaki;Saito Shigeyuki;Daimon Makoto;Kayama Takamasa;Noda Mitsuhiko;Ito Sadayoshi;Yokote Koutaro;Ito Chikako;Nakao Kazuwa;Yamauchi Toshimasa;Kadowaki Takashi, Journal of the American Heart Association, 10:e020760, 2021
• Frequency of consumption of balanced meals, bodyweight gain and incident risk of glucose intolerance in Japanese men and women: A cohort study, Sakurai, Masaru;Ishizaki, Masao;Morikawa, Yuko;Kido, Teruhiko;Naruse, Yuchi;Nakashima, Yuki;Okamoto, Chiaki;Nogawa, Kazuhiro;Watanabe, Yuuka;Suwazono, Yasushi;Hozawa, Atsushi;Yoshita, Katsushi;Nakagawa, Hideaki, JOURNAL OF DIABETES INVESTIGATION, 12:763-770, 2021
• Relationship between urinary beta(2)-microglobulin concentration and mortality in a cadmium-polluted area in Japan: A 35-year follow-up study, Sakurai, Masaru;Suwazono, Yasushi;Nishijo, Muneko;Nogawa, Kazuhiro;Watanabe, Yuuka;Ishizaki, Masao;Morikawa, Yuko;Kido, Teruhiko;Nakagawa, Hideaki, JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, 41:224-232, 2021
• The Relationship between the Urinary Cadmium Concentration and Cause-Specific Mortality in Subjects without Severe Renal Damage: A 35-Year Follow-Up Study in a Cadmium-Polluted Area of Japan, Sakurai Masaru;Suwazono Yasushi;Nishijo Muneko;Nogawa Kazuhiro;Watanabe Yuuka;Yoneda Kazuka;Ishizaki Masao;Morikawa Yuko;Kido Teruhiko;Nakagawa Hideaki, International journal of environmental research and public health, 18:7747, 2021
• Lifetime Cadmium Exposure and Mortality for Renal Diseases in Residents of the Cadmium-Polluted Kakehashi River Basin in Japan, Muneko Nishijo, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yasushi Suwazono, Teruhiko Kido, Masaru Sakurai, Hideaki Nakagawa, Toxics, 8:81, Oct. 2020
  DOI:10.3390/toxics8040081
• Impact on Ambulance Call of Differences in Living Environment After a Major Disaster, Tomoyuki Ushimoto, Kenshi Murasaka, Hideki Morita, Masaru Sakurai, Masao Ishizaki, Yukihiro Wato, Journal of Kanazawa Medical University, 45:1-9, Jun. 2020
• Health status of workers approximately 60 years of age and the risk of early death after compulsory retirement: A cohort study, Sakurai Masaru, Ishizaki Masao, Miura Katsuyuki, Nakashima Motoko, Morikawa Yuko, Kido Teruhiko, Naruse Yuchi, Nogawa Kazuhiro, Suwazono Yasushi, Nogawa Koji, Nakagawa Hideaki, Journal of Occupational Health, 62:e12088, Jan. 2020
  DOI:10.1002/1348-9585.12088
• Relationship between cancer mortality and environmental cadmium exposure in the general Japanese population in cadmium non-polluted areas, (Yuuka Watanabe), Kazuhiro Nogawa, Muneko Nishijo, Masaru Sakurai, Masao Ishizaki, Yuko Morikawa, Teruhiko Kido, Hideaki Nakagawa, Yasushi Suwazono, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 223:65-70, Jan. 2020
  DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.10.005
• Comparing different definitions of prediabetes with subsequent risk of diabetes: an individual participant data meta-analysis involving 76 513 individuals and 8208 cases of incident diabetes, (Lee CMY), Colagiuri S, Woodward M, Gregg EW, Adams R, Azizi F, Gabriel R, Gill TK, Gonzalez C, Hodge A, Jacobs Jr DR, Joseph JJ, Khalili D, Magliano DJ, Mehlig K, Milne R, Mishra G, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Pasco JA, Sakurai M, Schreiner PJ, Selvin E, Shaw JE, Wittert G, Yatsuya H, Huxley RR, BMJ open diabetes research & care, 7:e000794, Dec. 2019
• World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions, The WHO CVD Risk Chart Working Group; (Kaptoge S), Pennells L, De Bacquer D, Cooney MT, Kavousi M, Stevens G, Riley LM, Savin S, Khan T, Altay S, Amouyel P, Assmann G, Bell S, Ben-Shlomo Y, Berkman L, Beulens JW, Björkelund C, Blaha M, Blazer DG, Bolton T, Bonita Beaglehole R, Brenner H, Brunner EJ, Casiglia E, Chamnan P, Choi YH, Chowdry R, Coady S, Crespo CJ, Cushman M, Dagenais GR, D'Agostino RB Sr, Daimon M, Davidson KW, Engström G, Ford I, Gallacher J, Gansevoort RT, Gaziano TA, Giampaoli S, Grandits G, Grimsgaard S, Grobbee DE, Gudnason V, Guo Q, Tolonen H, Humphries S, Iso H, Jukema JW, Kauhanen J, Kengne AP, Khalili D, Koenig W, Kromhout D, Krumholz H, Lam TH, Laughlin G, Marín Ibañez A, Meade TW, Moons KGM, Nietert PJ, Ninomiya T, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell C, Palmieri L, Patel A, Perel P, Price JF, Providencia R, Ridker PM, Rodriguez B, Rosengren A, Roussel R, Sakurai M, Salomaa V, Sato S, Schöttker B, Shara N, Shaw JE, Shin HC, Simons LA, Sofianopoulou E, Sundström J, Völzke H, Wallace RB, Wareham NJ, Willeit P, Wood D, Wood A, Zhao D, Woodward M, Danaei G, Roth G, Mendis S, Onuma O, Varghese C, Ezzati M, Graham I, Jackson R, Danesh J, Di Angelantonio E, THE LANCET Global Health, 7:e1332-e1345, Oct. 2019
  DOI:10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30318-3
• N-Acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline is a potential biomarker of renal function in normoalbuminuric diabetic patients with eGFR ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73 m2, Nitta Kyoko, Nagai Takako, Mizunuma Yuiko, Kitada Munehiro, Nakagawa Atsushi, Sakurai Masaru, Toyoda Masao, Haneda Masakazu, Kanasaki Keizo, Koya Daisuke, Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, 23:1004-1012, Aug. 2019
  DOI:10.1007/s10157-019-01733-6
• Meta-analysis of non-linear exposure-outcome relationships using individual participant data: A comparison of two methods, (White IR), Kaptoge S, Royston P, Sauerbrei W; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration(Nakagawa H, Sakurai M et al.), Statistics in Medicine, 38:326-338, Feb. 2019
• Equalization of four cardiovascular risk algorithms after systematic recalibration: individual-participant meta-analysis of 86 prospective studies, Pennells L, Kaptoge S, Wood A, Sweeting M, Zhao X, White I, Burgess S, Willeit P, Bolton T, Moons KGM, van der Schouw YT, Selmer R, Khaw KT, Gudnason V, Assmann G, Amouyel P, Salomaa V, Kivimaki M, Nordestgaard BG, Blaha MJ, Kuller LH, Brenner H, Gillum RF, Meisinger C, Ford I, Knuiman MW, Rosengren A, Lawlor DA, Völzke H, Cooper C, Marín Ibañez A, Casiglia E, Kauhanen J, Cooper JA, Rodriguez B, Sundström J, Barrett-Connor E, Dankner R, Nietert PJ, Davidson KW, Wallace RB, Blazer DG, Björkelund C, Donfrancesco C, Krumholz HM, Nissinen A, Davis BR, Coady S, Whincup PH, Jørgensen T, Ducimetiere P, Trevisan M, Engström G, Crespo CJ, Meade TW, Visser M, Kromhout D, Kiechl S, Daimon M58, Price JF, Gómez de la Cámara A, Wouter Jukema J, Lamarche B, Onat A, Simons LA, Kavousi M, Ben-Shlomo Y, Gallacher J, Dekker JM, Arima H, Shara N, Tipping RW, Roussel R, Brunner EJ, Koenig W, Sakurai M, Pavlovic J, Gansevoort RT, Nagel D, Goldbourt U, Barr ELM, Palmieri L, Njølstad I, Sato S, Monique Verschuren WM, Varghese CV, Graham I, Onuma O, Greenland P, Woodward M, Ezzati M, Psaty BM, Sattar N, Jackson R, Ridker PM, Cook NR, D'Agostino RB, Thompson SG, Danesh J, Di Angelantonio E; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, European heart journal, 40:621-631, Feb. 2019
  DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehy653
• Residual Effect of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor, Tofogliflozin, on Body Weight After Washout in Japanese Men With Type 2 Diabetes, Kakuda Hirokazu, Kobayashi Junji, Sakurai Masaru, Takekoshi Noboru, Journal of clinical medicine research, 11:35-41, 2019
  DOI:10.14740/jocmr3650
• The radial augmentation index in children with Kawasaki disease without acute coronary artery lesions during the convalescent period, Zheng Jianbo, Nakamura Tsuneyuki, Lu Na, Hori Kaori, Oguri Masato, Sakurai Masaru, Ishizaki Masao, Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 15:701-709, 2019
  DOI:10.2147/TCRM.S208632
• Increase of lifetime cadmium intake dose-dependently increased all cause of mortality in female inhabitants of the cadmium-polluted Jinzu River basin, Toyama, Japan., (Kazuhiro.Nogawa), Yasushi.Suwazono, Muneko.Nishijo, Masaru.Sakurai, Masao.Ishizaki, Yuko.Morikawa, Yuuka.Watanabe, Teruhiko.Kido, Hideaki.Nakagawa, Environmental research, 164:379-384, Jul. 2018
  DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.019
• Relationship between mortality and rice cadmium concentration in inhabitants of the polluted Jinzu River basin, Toyama, Japan: A 26 year follow-up, (Kazuhiro.Nogawa), Yasushi.Suwazono, Muneko.Nishijo, Masaru.Sakurai, Masao.Ishizaki, Yuko.Morikawa, Yuuka.Watanabe, Teruhiko.Kido, Hideaki.Nakagawa, JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, 38:855-861, Jun. 2018
  DOI:10.1002/jat.3593
• Cancer Mortality in Residents of the Cadmium-Polluted Jinzu River Basin in Toyama, Japan., Muneko.Nishijo, Hideaki.Nakagawa, Yasushi.Suwazono, Kazuhiro.Nogawa, Masaru.Sakurai, Masao.Ishizaki, Teruhiko.Kido, Toxics, 6:23, Apr. 2018
  DOI:10.3390/toxics6020023
• Consuming Carbohydrates after Meat or Vegetables Lowers Postprandial Excursions of Glucose and Insulin in Nondiabetic Subjects., (Nishino Kimiko);Sakurai Masaru;Takeshita Yumie;Takamura Toshinari, Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology, 64:316-320, 2018
  DOI:10.3177/jnsv.64.316
• Associations between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Metabolic Risk Factors beyond Obesity, (Wakabayashi Yusuke), Oka Rie, Nakaya Masako, Karashima Shigehiro, Kometani Mitsuhiro, Sakurai Masaru, Yoshimura Kenichi, Yoneda Takashi, JOURNAL OF DIABETES RESEARCH, 2018:1567683, 2018
  DOI:10.1155/2018/1567683
• Macronutrient Intake and Socioeconomic Status: NIPPON DATA2010, Sakurai Masaru;Nakagawa Hideaki;Kadota Aya;Yoshita Katsushi;Nakamura Yasuyuki;Okuda Nagako;Nishi Nobuo;Miyamoto Yoshihiro;Arima Hisatomi;Ohkubo Takayoshi;Okamura Tomonori;Ueshima Hirotsugu;Okayama Akira;Miura Katsuyuki;NIPPON DATA2010 Res Grp, JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 28:S17-S22, 2018
  DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20170250
• Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies., (Wood Angela M);Kaptoge Stephen;Butterworth Adam S;Willeit Peter;Warnakula Samantha;Bolton Thomas;Paige Ellie;Paul Dirk S;Sweeting Michael;Burgess Stephen;Bell Steven;Astle William;Stevens David;Koulman Albert;Selmer Randi M;Verschuren W M Monique;Sato Shinichi;Njølstad Inger;Woodward Mark;Salomaa Veikko;Nordestgaard Børge G;Yeap Bu B;Fletcher Astrid;Melander Olle;Kuller Lewis H;Balkau Beverley;Marmot Michael;Koenig Wolfgang;Casiglia Edoardo;Cooper Cyrus;Arndt Volker;Franco Oscar H;Wennberg Patrik;Gallacher John;de la Cámara Agustín Gómez;Völzke Henry;Dahm Christina C;Dale Caroline E;Bergmann Manuela M;Crespo Carlos J;van der Schouw Yvonne T;Kaaks Rudolf;Simons Leon A;Lagiou Pagona;Schoufour Josje D;Boer Jolanda M A;Key Timothy J;Rodriguez Beatriz;Moreno-Iribas Conchi;Davidson Karina W;Taylor James O;Sacerdote Carlotta;Wallace Robert B;Quiros J Ramon;Tumino Rosario;Blazer Dan G;Linneberg Allan;Daimon Makoto;Panico Salvatore;Howard Barbara;Skeie Guri;Strandberg Timo;Weiderpass Elisabete;Nietert Paul J;Psaty Bruce M;Kromhout Daan;Salamanca-Fernandez Elena;Kiechl Stefan;Krumholz Harlan M;Grioni Sara;Palli Domenico;Huerta José M;Price Jackie;Sundström Johan;Arriola Larraitz;Arima Hisatomi;Travis Ruth C;Panagiotakos Demosthenes B;Karakatsani Anna;Trichopoulou Antonia;Kühn Tilman;Grobbee Diederick E;Barrett-Connor Elizabeth;van Schoor Natasja;Boeing Heiner;Overvad Kim;Kauhanen Jussi;Wareham Nick;Langenberg Claudia;Forouhi Nita;Wennberg Maria;Després Jean-Pierre;Cushman Mary;Cooper Jackie A;Rodriguez Carlos J;Sakurai Masaru;Shaw Jonathan E;Knuiman Matthew;Voortman Trudy;Meisinger Christa;Tjønneland Anne;Brenner Hermann;Palmieri Luigi;Dallongeville Jean;Brunner Eric J;Assmann Gerd;Trevisan Maurizio;Gillum Richard F;Ford Ian;Sattar Naveed;Lazo Mariana;Thompson Simon G;Ferrari Pietro;Leon David A;Smith George Davey;Peto Richard;Jackson Rod;Banks Emily;Di Angelantonio Emanuele;Danesh John;, Lancet (London, England), 391:1513-1523, 2018
  DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
• Selection of Methods for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy(PEG)that is more Safety and Useful Techniques on the Patients., K.Kawaura, T.Itoh, K.Hamada, H.Kitakata, S.Azukisawa, H.Okamura, S.Urashima, M.Sakurai, M.Ishizaki, CLINICAL INVESTIGATION, 7:111-118, Sep. 2017
• Threshold limit values of the cadmium concentration in rice in the development of itai-itai disease using benchmark dose analysis, (Kazuhiro.Nogawa), Masaru.Sakurai, Masao.Ishizaki, Teruhiko.Kido, Hideaki.Nakagawa, Yasushi.Suwazono, Journal of Applied Toxicology, 37:962-966, Aug. 2017
  DOI:10.1002/jat.3444
• The effect of tofogliflozin treatment on postprandial glucose and lipid metabolism in Japanese men with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study, (Hirokazu.Kakuda), Junji.Kobayashi, Masaru.Sakurai, Masahiro.Kakuda, Noboru.Takekoshi, Journal of clinical medicine research, 9:403-409, 2017
  DOI:10.14740/jocmr2806w
• Serum ferritin, insulin resistance, and β-cell dysfunction: a prospective study in normoglycemic Japanese men, (Koshi.Nakamura), Masaru.Sakurai, Yuko.Morikawa, Shin-ya.Nagasawa, Katsuyuki.Miura, Masao.Ishizaki, Teruhiko.Kido, Yuchi.Naruse, Motoko.Nakashikma, Kazuhiro.Nogawa, Yasushi.Suwazono, Hideaki.Nakagawa, Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes, 125:12-20, 2017
• Skipping breakfast and 5-year changes in body mass index and waist circumference in Japanese men and women, M.Sakurai, K.Yoshita, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, T.Takamura, S-Y.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, S.Sasaki, M.Ishizaki, H.Nakagawa, Obesity Science & Practice, 3:162-170, 2017
• Trajectories of postload plasma glucose in the development of type 2 diabetes in Japanese adults, (Rie.Oka), Kyoko.Shibata, Masaru.Sakurai, Mitsuhiro.Kometani, Masakazu.Yamagishi, Kenichi.Yoshimura, Takashi.Yoneda, Journal of Diabetes Research, 2017:5307523, 2017
  DOI:10.1155/2017/5307523
• Weight-adjusted lean body mass and calf circumference are protective against obesity-associated insulin resistance and metabolic abnormalities, (Toshinari.Takamura), Yuki.Kita, Masatoshi.Nakagen, Masaru.Sakurai, Yuki.Isobe, Yumie.Takeshita, Kohzo.Kawai, Takeshi.Urabe, Shuichi.Kaneko, Heliyon, 3:e00347, 2017
  DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00363
• Relationship of Consumption of Meals Including Grain, Fish and Meat, and Vegetable Dishes to the Prevention of Nutrient Deficiency: The INTERMAP Toyama Study, (T.Koyama), K.Yoshita, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, Y.Naruse, N.Okuda, A.Okayama, J.Stamler, H.Ueshima, H.Nakagawa, Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 62:101-107, 2016
• Sex Differences in Associations Among Obesity, Metabolic Abnormalities, and Chronic Kidney Disease in Japanese Men and Women, M.Sakurai, J.Kobayashi, Y.Takeda, S.Nagasawa, J.Yamakawa, J.Moriya, H.Mabuchi, H.Nakagawa, Journal of Epidemiology, 26:440-446, 2016
• Dietary carbohydrate intake, presence of obesity and the incident risk of type 2 diabetes in Japanese men, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, T.Takamura, K.Yoshita, S.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, M.Nakashima, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, S.Sasaki, H.Nakagawa, Journal of diabetes investigation, 7:343-351, 2016
  DOI:10.1111/jdi.12433
• Fat-free mass and calf circumference as body composition indices to determine non-exercise activity thermogenesis in patients with diabetes, (Y.Isobe), M.Sakurai, Y.Kita, Y.Takeshita, H.Misu, S.Kaneko, T.Takamura, Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 7:352-358, 2016
  DOI:10.1111/jdi.12421
• Covariate-adjusted measures of discrimination for survival data, (IR.White), E.Rapsomaniki; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Biometrical Journal, 57:592-613, Jul. 2015
• Combined effect of blood pressure and total cholesterol levels on long-term risks of subtypes of cardiovascular death: Evidence for cardiovascular prevention from observational cohorts in Japan., (M.Satoh), T.Ohkubo, K.Asayama, Y.Murakami, M.Sakurai, H.Nakagawa, H.Iso, A.Okayama, K.Miura, Y.Imai, H.Ueshima, T.Okamura; Evidence for Cardiovascular Prevention From Observational Cohorts in Japan (EPOCH-JAPAN) Research Group, Hypertension, 65:517-524, Mar. 2015
  DOI:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04639
• Renoprotective effects of atorvastatin compared with pravastatin on progression of early diabetic nephropathy, (A.Takazakura), M.Sakurai, Y.Bando, H.Misu, Y.Takeshita, Y.Kita, A.Shimizu, T.Hayakawa, K.Kato, S.Kaneko, T.Takamura, Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 6:346-353, 2015
  DOI:10.1111/jdi.12296
• Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, T.Takamura, K.Yoshita, SY.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, T.Kido, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, S.Sasaki, H.Nakagawa, European journal of nutrition, 53:251-258, Feb. 2014
• Relationship between daily intake frequency of meals including a staple food,a main dish and a side dish and nutrient intake in independent elderly individuals, (T.Koyama), K.Yoshita, Y.Arai, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, M.Nishijo, SY.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Tabata, H.Nakagawa, 67:299-305, 2014
• The effect of age on the relationships between work-related factors and heavy drinking, Y.Morikawa, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, SY.Nagasawa, M.Ishizaki, M.Nakashima, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, Journal of occupational health., 56:141-149, 2014
• Sugar-sweetened beverage and diet soda consumption and the 7-year risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men., M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, T.Takamura, K.Yoshita, SY.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido,, Y. Naruse, Y.Suwazono, S.Sasaki, H.Nakagawa, European journal of nutrition, 53:1137-1138, 2014
• Selenoprotein P as a diabetes-associated hepatokine that impairs angiogenesis by inducing VEGF resistance in vascular endothelial cells., (K.Ishikura), H.Misu, M.Kumazaki, H.Takayama, N.Matsuzawa-Nagata, N.Tajima, K.Chikamoto, F.Lan, H.Ando, T.Ota, M.Sakurai, Y.Takeshita, K. Kato, A. Fujimura, KI.Miyamoto, Y.Saito, S.Kameo, Y.Okamoto, Y.Takuwa, K.Takahashi, H.Kidoya, N.Takakura, S.Kaneko, T.Takamura, Diabetologia, 57:1968-1976, 2014
• Overall sleep status and high sensitivity C-reactive protein: a prospective study in Japanese factory workers, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, SY.Nagasawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, M.Nakashima, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Journal of sleep research, 23:717-727, 2014
• Mortality and causes of deaths of inhabitants with renal dysfunction induced by cadmium exposure of the polluted Jinzu River basin, Toyama, Japan; a 26-year follow-up., S.Maruzeni, M.Nishijo, K.Nakamura, Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, M.Nakashima, T.Kido, R.Okamoto, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Environmental health : a global access science source [electronic resource], 13:18;1-12, 2014
• HOMA-IR and the risk of hyperuricemia: a prospective study in non-diabetic Japanese men, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, SY.Nagasawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, M.Nakashima, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Diabetes research and clinical practice., 106:154-160, 2014
• Glycated hemoglobin measurement and prediction of cardiovascular disease., (Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration), H.Nakagawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, Y.Morikawa, et al., JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 311:1225-1233, 2014
• Associations between rice, noodle, and bread intake and sleep quality in Japanese men and women, S.Yoneyama, K.Nakamura, K.Nakamura, Y.Morikawa, K.Miura, M.Nakashima, K.Yoshita, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, S.Sasaki, H.Nakagawa, PloS one, 9:e105198;1-11, 2014
• Association between a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone concentration within the normal range and indices of obesity in Japanese men and women., M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, K.Yoshita, T.Takamura, SY.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, M.Nakashima, K.Nogawa, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 53:669-674, 2014
• Total smoking ban on an university campus and acquisition of smoking habits., M.Nakashima, Y.Morikawa, Y.Hamazaki, S.Sakurai, J.Kitagawa, M.Sakurai, H.Nakagawa, 55:396-401, Dec. 2013
• Calcium intake and associated other dietary factors in healthy enderly people., (T.Koyama), S.Yamamoto, K.Yoshida, Y.Arai, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, M.Nishijyo, Y.Nakanishi, S.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Tabata, H.Nakagawa, 40:6-13, Dec. 2013
• HbA1c and the risks for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general Japanese population: NIPPON DATA90., M.Sakurai, S.Saitoh, K.Miura, H.Nakagawa, H.Ohnishi, H.Akasaka, A.Kadota, Y.Kita, T.Hayakawa, T.Ohkubo, A.Okayama, T.Okamura, H.Ueshima, for the NIPPON DATA 90 Research Group, Diabetes Care., 36:3759-3765, Nov. 2013
• Relationship of dietary monounsaturated fattty acids to blood pressure: the international study of macro/micronutrients and blood pressure., (K.Miura), J.Stamler, I.J.Brown, H.Ueshima, H.Nakagawa, M.Sakurai, Q.Chan, L.J.Appel, A.Okayama, N.Okuda, J.D.Curb, B.L.Rodriguez, C.Robertson, L.Zhao, P.Elliott, for the intermap reserch group, Journal of hypertension, 31:1144-1150, Jun. 2013
• Family histry of diabetes, lifestyle factors, and the 7-year incident risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese men and women., M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, T.Takamura, K.Yoshita, S.Sasaki, S.Nagasawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Journal of diabetes investigation, 4:261-268, Mar. 2013
• Correlation between shift-work-related sleep problems and heavy drinking in Japanese male factory workers., Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, S.Nagasawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism., 48:202-206, Feb. 2013
• Nicotine dependence and cost-effectiveness of individualized support for smoking cessation: evidence from practice at a worksite in Japan., K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, SY.Nagasawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, PloS one, 8:e55836;1-9, Jan. 2013
• The effects of sleep duration on the incidence of cardiovascular events among middle-aged male workers in Japan, Y.Hamazaki, Y.Morikawa, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health., 37:411-417, Oct. 2011
• Effects of fatigue on immune function in nurses performing shift work, M.Nagai, Y.Morikawa, K.Kitaoka, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, M.Nishijo, Y.Hamazaki, S.Maruzeni, H.Nakagawa, Journal of occupational health., 53:312-319, Sep. 2011
• Relationship of dietary cholesterol to blood pressure:the INTERMAP stydy, M.Sakurai, J.Stamler, K.Miura, I.J.Brown, H.Nakagawa, P.Elliott, H.Ueshima, Q.Chan, I.Tzoulaki, A.r.Dyer, A.Okayama, L.Zao, for the INTERMAP Research Group, Journal of hypertension, 29:222-228, 2011
• Relationship between urinary cadmium and mortality in habitants of a cadmium-polluted area: a 22-year follow-up study in Japan, Q.Li, M.Nishijo, H.Nakagawa, Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, T.Kido, K.Nogawa, M.Dai, Chinese medical journal., 124:3504-3509, 2011
• Age-related changes in abdominal fat distribution in Japanese adults in the general population, (M.Sugihara), R.Oka, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, T.Moriuchi, S.Miyamoto, Y.Takeda, K.Yagi, M.Yamagishi, Journal of internal medicine, 50:679-685, 2011
• Association between long working hours and sleep problems in white-collar workers, M.Nakashima, Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Journal of sleep research, 20:110-116, Mar. 2010
• Association between coefficients of variation of the R-R intervals on electrocardiograms and post-challenge hyperglycemia in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, (Y.Nakade), T.Takamura, M.Sakurai, H.Misu, M.Nagata, Y.Nanbu, H.Oe, T.Takamura, Y.Sakai, S.Kaneko, T.Wada, Journal of diabetes investigation, 2:324-327, 2010
• Contribution of visceral adiposity and insulin resistance to metabolic risk factors in Japanese men, (R.Oka), J.Kobayashi, A.Inazu, K.Yagi, S.Miyamoto, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, H.Nakagawa, M.Yamagishi, Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 59:748-754, Sep. 2010
• Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and the risk of cardiovascular events in middle-aged non-diabetic Japanese men, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, K.Yoshita, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, Diabetologia, 53:1894-1902, Apr. 2010
• Mild metabolic abnormalities, abdominal obesity and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged Japanese men, W.Hirokawa, K.Nakamura, M.Sakurai, Y.Morikawa, K.Miura, M.Ishizaki, K.Yoshita, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis., 17:934-943, Feb. 2010
• Occupational class and incidence rates of cardiovascular events in middle aged men in Japan, Q.LI, Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, H.Nakagawa, Industrial health., 48:324-330, Jan. 2010
• Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load and blood lipid levels in middle-aged Japanese men and women, M.Nakashima, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Miura, K.Yoshita, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, K.Murakami, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, S.Sasaki, H.Nakagawa, Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis., 17:1082-1095, Jan. 2010
• Tight glycemic control, rather than weight reduction, ameliorates liver fibrosis, (E.Hamaguchi), T.Takamura, M.Sakurai, E.Mizukoshi, Y.Zen, Y.Takeshita, S.Kurita, K.Arai, T.Yamashita, M.Sasaki, Y.Nakanuma, S.Kaneko, The histological course of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Japanese patients, Diabetes Care., 33:284-286, 2010
• Impacts of visceral adipose tissue and subcutaneous adipose tissue on metabolic risk factors in middle-aged Japanese, (R.Oka), K.Miura, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, K.Yagi, S.Miyamoto, T.Moriuchi, H.Mabuchi, J.Koizumi, H.Nomura, Y.Takeda, A.Inazu, A.Nohara, MA.Kawashiri, S.Nagasawa, J.Kobayashi, M.Yamagishi, Obesity, 18:153-60, 2010
• Middle-aged Japanese women are resistant to obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, M.Sakurai, T.Takamura, K.Miura, S.Kaneko, H.Nakagawa, Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 58:456-459, Apr. 2009
• Burnout and risk factors for arteriosclerotic disease: follow-up study, K.Kitaoka-Higashiguti, Y.Morikawa, K.Miura, M.Sakurai, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, Journal of occupational health., 51:123-131, Mar. 2009
• Relation of long-term body weight change to change in lipoprotein particle size in Japanese men and women:The INTRTMAP Toyama study, R.Naganuma, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, K.Yoshita, Y.Morikawa, T.Kido, H.Ueshima, H.Nakagawa, J.Stamler, Atherosclerosis., 206:282-286, Feb. 2009
• Comparison of waist circumference with body mass index for predicting abdominal adipose tissue, (R.Oka), K.Miura, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, KYagi, S.Miyamoto, T.Moriuchi, H.Mabuchi, M.Yamagishi, Y.Takeda, S.Hifumi, A.Inazu, A.Nohara, MA.Kawashiri, J.Kobayashi, Diabetes research and clinical practice., 83:100-105, Jan. 2009
• Relationship between abdominal obesity, accumulation of metabolic abnormalities and risk of cardiovascular disease: An 11-year follow-up of middle-aged Japanese men, M.Sakurai, K.Miura, K.Nakamura, M.Ishizaki, Y.Morikawa, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, 44:1-9, 2009
• Abnormal liver function tests and metabolic syndrome-is fatty liver related to risks for atherosclerosis beyond obesity?, M.Sakurai, T.Takamura, K.Miura, S.Kaneko, H. Nakagawa, Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 48:1573-1574, 2009
• Glycated hemoglobin and risk of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, in Japanese men and women, K.Sunaga, K.Miura, Y.Naruse, M.Sakurai, Y.Morikawa, Y.Kurosawa, H.Nakagawa, Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 26:310-316, Jul. 2008
• Evaluation of the effects of shift work on nutrient intake:a cross-sectional study, Y.Morikawa, K.Miura, S.Sasaki, K.Yoshita, S.Yoneyama, M.Sakurai, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, Y.Suwazono, M.Higashiyama, H.Nakagawa, Journal of occupational health., 50:270-278, May 2008
• BMI may be better than waist circumference for defining metabolic syndrome in Japanese women, M.Sakurai, T.Takamura, K.Miura, S.Kaneko, H.Nakagawa, Diabetes Care., 31:e12, Mar. 2008
• Effects of educational program under a tutorial or a small-group system on body weight loss for obese participants in a workplace, (C.Okamoto), M.Higashiyama, E.Nagayama, C.Aoki, H.Takayoshi, Y.Nakashima, C.Kobayashi, K.Miura, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, Y.Morikawa, M.Ishizaki, T.Kido, Y.Naruse, H.Nakagawa, 35:39-41, 2008
• Smoking cessation rate and its related factors on a smoking cessation support program in a workplace, (C.Aoki), M.Higashiyama, Y.Nakashima, H.Takayosi, C.Okamoto, E.Nagayama, C.Kobayashi, T.Kido, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, M.Sakurai, K.Nakamura, H.Nakagawa, M.Ishizaki, Y.Naruse, 35:36-38, 2008
• Effect of smoke-free medical school on smoking behavior of medical students, M.Nakashima, K.Miura, Y.Morikawa, M.Nishijo, Y.Nakanishi, M.Sakurai, H.Nakagawa, 55:647-654, 2008
• Liver steatosis, but not fibrosis, is associated with insulin resistance in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, M.Sakurai, T.Takamura, T.Ota, H.Ando, H.Akahori, K.Kaji, M.Sasaki, Y.Nakanuma, K.Miura, S.Kaneko, Journal of gastroenterology., 42:312-317, 2007
• The effects of pemafibrate and omega-3 fatty acid ethyl on ApoB-48 in dyslipidemic patients treated with statin: A prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel group trial in Japan (PROUD48 Study), (Takeda Y), Sakuma I, Hiramitsu S, Okada M, Ueda S, Sakurai M, Front Cardiovasc Med, 10:13pages, 2023
• Effect of renal tubular damage on non-cancer mortality in the general Japanese population living in cadmium non-polluted areas, (Sakuma S), Nogawa K, Watanabe Y, Sakurai M, Nishijo M, Ishizaki M, Morikawa Y, Kido T, Nakagawa H, Suwazono Y, J Appl Toxicol, 43:1849-1858, 2023
• Cadmium body burden and health effects after restoration of cadmium-polluted soils in cadmium-polluted areas in the Jinzu River basin, Sakurai M, Suwazono Y, Nogawa K, Watanabe Y, Takami M, Ogra Y, Tanaka YK, Iwase H, Tanaka K, Ishizaki M, Kido T, Nakagawa H, Environ Health Prev Med, 28:8 pages, 2023
• Life expectancy associated with different ages at diagnosis of diabetes: 23 million person-years of observation, ERFC (Sakurai M, Nakagawa H, Morikawa Y, Ishizaki M), Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 11:731-742, 2023