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Bradley Willcox to Japan

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2.380
  1. Chen R, Morris BJ, Donlon TA, Masaki KH, Willcox DC, Davy PMC, Allsopp RC, Willcox BJ. FOXO3 longevity genotype mitigates the increased mortality risk in men with a cardiometabolic disease. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 12 01; 12(23):23509-23524.
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    Score: 0.160
  2. Donlon TA, Morris BJ, Chen R, Masaki KH, Allsopp RC, Willcox DC, Tiirikainen M, Willcox BJ. Analysis of Polymorphisms in 59 Potential Candidate Genes for Association With Human Longevity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 10 08; 73(11):1459-1464.
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    Score: 0.138
  3. Davy PMC, Willcox DC, Shimabukuro M, Donlon TA, Torigoe T, Suzuki M, Higa M, Masuzaki H, Sata M, Chen R, Murkofsky RL, Morris BJ, Lim E, Allsopp RC, Willcox BJ. Minimal Shortening of Leukocyte Telomere Length Across Age Groups in a Cross-Sectional Study for Carriers of a Longevity-Associated FOXO3 Allele. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018 10 08; 73(11):1448-1452.
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    Score: 0.138
  4. Willcox BJ, Morris BJ, Tranah GJ, Chen R, Masaki KH, He Q, Willcox DC, Allsopp RC, Moisyadi S, Gerschenson M, Davy PMC, Poon LW, Rodriguez B, Newman AB, Harris TB, Cummings SR, Liu Y, Parimi N, Evans DS, Donlon TA. Longevity-Associated FOXO3 Genotype and its Impact on Coronary Artery Disease Mortality in Japanese, Whites, and Blacks: A Prospective Study of Three American Populations. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 May 01; 72(5):724-728.
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    Score: 0.125
  5. Willcox BJ, Willcox DC, Suzuki M. Demographic, phenotypic, and genetic characteristics of centenarians in Okinawa and Japan: Part 1-centenarians in Okinawa. Mech Ageing Dev. 2017 07; 165(Pt B):75-79.
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    Score: 0.121
  6. Morris BJ, Carnes BA, Chen R, Donlon TA, He Q, Grove JS, Masaki KH, Elliott A, Willcox DC, Allsopp R, Willcox BJ. Genetic variation in the raptor gene is associated with overweight but not hypertension in American men of Japanese ancestry. Am J Hypertens. 2015 Apr; 28(4):508-17.
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    Score: 0.104
  7. Morris BJ, Donlon TA, He Q, Grove JS, Masaki KH, Elliott A, Willcox DC, Allsopp R, Willcox BJ. Genetic analysis of TOR complex gene variation with human longevity: a nested case-control study of American men of Japanese ancestry. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2015 Feb; 70(2):133-42.
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    Score: 0.100
  8. Willcox DC, Scapagnini G, Willcox BJ. Healthy aging diets other than the Mediterranean: a focus on the Okinawan diet. Mech Ageing Dev. 2014 Mar-Apr; 136-137:148-62.
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    Score: 0.099
  9. Bendjilali N, Hsueh WC, He Q, Willcox DC, Nievergelt CM, Donlon TA, Kwok PY, Suzuki M, Willcox BJ. Who are the Okinawans? Ancestry, genome diversity, and implications for the genetic study of human longevity from a geographically isolated population. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Dec; 69(12):1474-84.
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    Score: 0.099
  10. Willcox BJ, Willcox DC. Caloric restriction, caloric restriction mimetics, and healthy aging in Okinawa: controversies and clinical implications. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2014 Jan; 17(1):51-8.
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    Score: 0.099
  11. Morris BJ, Donlon TA, He Q, Grove JS, Masaki KH, Elliott A, Willcox DC, Willcox BJ. Association analyses of insulin signaling pathway gene polymorphisms with healthy aging and longevity in Americans of Japanese ancestry. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Mar; 69(3):270-3.
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    Score: 0.095
  12. Willcox BJ, Willcox DC, Todoriki H, Fujiyoshi A, Yano K, He Q, Curb JD, Suzuki M. Caloric restriction, the traditional Okinawan diet, and healthy aging: the diet of the world's longest-lived people and its potential impact on morbidity and life span. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Oct; 1114:434-55.
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    Score: 0.064
  13. Willcox BJ, Willcox DC, He Q, Curb JD, Suzuki M. Siblings of Okinawan centenarians share lifelong mortality advantages. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006 Apr; 61(4):345-54.
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    Score: 0.058
  14. Li M, Fujiyoshi A, Willcox BJ, Li J, Kadota A, Kadowaki S, Seto T, Kadowaki T, Chang Y, Evans R, Miura K, Edmundowicz D, Okamura T, Masaki KH, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Progression of aortic calcification among Japanese in Japan and white and Japanese Americans: a prospective cohort study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Jan 31; 26(2):273-279.
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    Score: 0.053
  15. Chen R, Morris BJ, Donlon TA, Nakagawa K, Allsopp RC, Willcox BJ, Masaki KH. FOXO3 Longevity Genotype Mitigates Risk Posed by Hypertension on Incident Coronary Artery Disease in Middle-Aged Men: Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Dec 01; 79(12).
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    Score: 0.053
  16. Olshansky SJ, Willcox BJ, Demetrius L, Beltr?n-S?nchez H. Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century. Nat Aging. 2024 Nov; 4(11):1635-1642.
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    Score: 0.052
  17. Chen R, Donlon TA, Morris BJ, Allsopp RC, Willcox BJ, Masaki KH. Association of alcohol with lung cancer risk in men with different growth hormone receptor genotypes. Lung Cancer. 2024 Dec; 198:107971.
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    Score: 0.052
  18. Willcox BJ, Yano K, Chen R, Willcox DC, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Donlon T, Tanaka B, Curb JD. How much should we eat? The association between energy intake and mortality in a 36-year follow-up study of Japanese-American men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Aug; 59(8):789-95.
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    Score: 0.052
  19. Noureddine S, Schneider A, Strader S, Zhu X, Dhahbi J, Allsopp R, Willcox DC, Donlon TA, Shimabukuro M, Higa M, Suzuki M, Torigoe T, Ashiqueali S, Yadav H, Willcox BJ, Masternak MM. Circulating microRNA profile of long-lived Okinawans identifies novel potential targets for optimizing lifespan and health span. Aging Cell. 2024 Aug; 23(8):e14191.
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    Score: 0.051
  20. Miyagawa N, Ohkubo T, Fujiyoshi A, Shiino A, Chen R, Ross GW, Willcox B, Miura K, Ueshima H, Masaki K. Factors Associated with Lower Cognitive Performance Scores Among Older Japanese Men in Hawaii and Japan. J Alzheimers Dis. 2021; 81(1):403-412.
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    Score: 0.040
  21. Mahajan H, Choo J, Masaki K, Fujiyoshi A, Guo J, Evans R, Shangguan S, Willcox B, Barinas-Mitchell E, Kadota A, Miura K, Kuller L, Shin C, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Serum long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and aortic calcification in middle-aged men: The population-based cross-sectional ERA-JUMP study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 08; 29(8):837-846.
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    Score: 0.036
  22. Zaid M, Miura K, Okayama A, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Okuda N, Yoshita K, Choudhury SR, Rodriguez B, Masaki K, Willcox B, Miyagawa N, Okamura T, Chan Q, Elliott P, Stamler J, Ueshima H. Associations of High-Density Lipoprotein Particle and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Alcohol Intake, Smoking, and Body Mass Index - The INTERLIPID Study. Circ J. 2018 09 25; 82(10):2557-2565.
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    Score: 0.034
  23. Kadowaki S, Miura K, Kadowaki T, Fujiyoshi A, El-Saed A, Masaki KH, Okamura T, Edmundowicz D, Rodriguez BL, Nakamura Y, Barinas-Mitchell EJM, Kadota A, Willcox BJ, Abbott RD, Kuller LH, Choo J, Shin C, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. International Comparison of Abdominal Fat Distribution Among Four Populations: The ERA-JUMP Study. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2018 05; 16(4):166-173.
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    Score: 0.033
  24. Mahajan H, Choo J, Masaki K, Fujiyoshi A, Guo J, Hisamatsu T, Evans R, Shangguan S, Willcox B, Okamura T, Vishnu A, Barinas-Mitchell E, Ahuja V, Miura K, Kuller L, Shin C, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Association of alcohol consumption and aortic calcification in healthy men aged 40-49 years for the ERA JUMP Study. Atherosclerosis. 2018 01; 268:84-91.
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    Score: 0.032
  25. Guo J, Fujiyoshi A, Masaki K, Vishnu A, Kadota A, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Hisamatsu T, Ahuja V, Takashima N, Evans RW, Willcox BJ, Miura K, Rodriguez B, Ueshima H, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A. The role of initial and longitudinal change in blood pressure on progression of arterial stiffness among multiethnic middle-aged men. J Hypertens. 2017 01; 35(1):111-117.
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    Score: 0.031
  26. Le Couteur DG, Solon-Biet S, Wahl D, Cogger VC, Willcox BJ, Willcox DC, Raubenheimer D, Simpson SJ. New Horizons: Dietary protein, ageing and the Okinawan ratio. Age Ageing. 2016 07; 45(4):443-7.
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    Score: 0.029
  27. Sekikawa A, Miyamoto Y, Miura K, Nishimura K, Willcox BJ, Masaki KH, Rodriguez B, Tracy RP, Okamura T, Kuller LH. Continuous decline in mortality from coronary heart disease in Japan despite a continuous and marked rise in total cholesterol: Japanese experience after the Seven Countries Study. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Oct; 44(5):1614-24.
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    Score: 0.028
  28. Karino S, Willcox BJ, Fong K, Lo S, Abbott R, Masaki KH. Total and differential white blood cell counts predict eight-year incident coronary heart disease in elderly Japanese-American men: the Honolulu Heart Program. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Feb; 238(2):153-8.
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    Score: 0.026
  29. Sekikawa A, Miura K, Lee S, Fujiyoshi A, Edmundowicz D, Kadowaki T, Evans RW, Kadowaki S, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Bertolet M, Masaki KH, Nakamura Y, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Willcox BJ, Kadota A, Seto TB, Maegawa H, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and white men in the USA: population based prospective cohort study. Heart. 2014 Apr; 100(7):569-73.
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    Score: 0.025
  30. Sekikawa A, Willcox BJ, Usui T, Carr JJ, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Masaki KH, Watanabe M, Tracy RP, Bertolet MH, Evans RW, Nishimura K, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Miyamoto Y. Do differences in risk factors explain the lower rates of coronary heart disease in Japanese versus U.S. women? J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Nov; 22(11):966-77.
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    Score: 0.024
  31. Sekikawa A, Shin C, Masaki KH, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Hirooka N, Willcox BJ, Choo J, White J, Evans RW, Fujiyoshi A, Okamura T, Miura K, Muldoon MF, Ueshima H, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Association of total marine fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids, with aortic stiffness in Koreans, whites, and Japanese Americans. Am J Hypertens. 2013 Nov; 26(11):1321-7.
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    Score: 0.024
  32. Fujiyoshi A, Sekikawa A, Shin C, Masaki K, David Curb J, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Kadowaki T, Kadowaki S, Kadota A, Edmundowicz D, Shah A, Evans RW, Bertolet M, Choo J, Willcox BJ, Okamura T, Maegawa H, Murata K, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. A cross-sectional association of obesity with coronary calcium among Japanese, Koreans, Japanese Americans, and U.S. whites. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Sep; 14(9):921-7.
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    Score: 0.024
  33. Sekikawa A, Steingrimsdottir L, Ueshima H, Shin C, Curb JD, Evans RW, Hauksdottir AM, Kadota A, Choo J, Masaki K, Thorsson B, Launer LJ, Garcia ME, Maegawa H, Willcox BJ, Eiriksdottir G, Fujiyoshi A, Miura K, Harris TB, Kuller LH, Gudnason V. Serum levels of marine-derived n-3 fatty acids in Icelanders, Japanese, Koreans, and Americans--a descriptive epidemiologic study. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2012 Jul; 87(1):11-6.
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    Score: 0.022
  34. Ma CC, Burchfiel CM, Grove J, Fekedulegn D, Lu Y, Andrew ME, Willcox B, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL. Risk factors for fractures among Japanese-American men: The Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Arch Osteoporos. 2011; 6:197-207.
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    Score: 0.021
  35. Katsumata Y, Todoriki H, Higashiuesato Y, Yasura S, Willcox DC, Ohya Y, Willcox BJ, Dodge HH. Metabolic syndrome and cognitive decline among the oldest old in Okinawa: in search of a mechanism. The KOCOA Project. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Feb; 67(2):126-34.
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    Score: 0.021
  36. Dodge HH, Katsumata Y, Todoriki H, Yasura S, Willcox DC, Bowman GL, Willcox B, Leonard S, Clemons A, Oken BS, Kaye JA, Traber MG. Comparisons of plasma/serum micronutrients between Okinawan and Oregonian elders: a pilot study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010 Oct; 65(10):1060-7.
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    Score: 0.019
  37. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Todoriki H, Suzuki M. The Okinawan diet: health implications of a low-calorie, nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich dietary pattern low in glycemic load. J Am Coll Nutr. 2009 Aug; 28 Suppl:500S-516S.
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    Score: 0.018
  38. Motoyama KR, Curb JD, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Abbott RD, Okamura T, Evans RW, Nakamura Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Rodriquez BL, Kadota A, Edmundowicz D, Willcox BJ, Choo J, Katsumi N, Otake T, Kadowaki S, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Association of serum n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with lipids in 3 populations of middle-aged men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jul; 90(1):49-55.
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    Score: 0.018
  39. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Wang NC, He Q, Rosenbaum M, Suzuki M. Life at the extreme limit: phenotypic characteristics of supercentenarians in Okinawa. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Nov; 63(11):1201-8.
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    Score: 0.017
  40. Koropatnick TA, Kimbell J, Chen R, Grove JS, Donlon TA, Masaki KH, Rodriguez BL, Willcox BJ, Yano K, Curb JD. A prospective study of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene variants, and healthy aging in very old Japanese-american men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Nov; 63(11):1235-40.
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    Score: 0.017
  41. Sekikawa A, Curb JD, Ueshima H, El-Saed A, Kadowaki T, Abbott RD, Evans RW, Rodriguez BL, Okamura T, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Nakamura Y, Masaki K, Edmundowicz D, Kashiwagi A, Willcox BJ, Takamiya T, Mitsunami K, Seto TB, Murata K, White RL, Kuller LH. Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids and atherosclerosis in Japanese, Japanese-American, and white men: a cross-sectional study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Aug 05; 52(6):417-24.
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    Score: 0.017
  42. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, He Q, Wang NC, Suzuki M. They really are that old: a validation study of centenarian prevalence in Okinawa. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Apr; 63(4):338-49.
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    Score: 0.017
  43. Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Kadowaki T, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Edmundowicz D, Shin C, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, El-Saed A, Okamura T, White R, Curb JD. Coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and Hawaii. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 01; 166(11):1280-7.
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    Score: 0.016
  44. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Sokolovsky J, Sakihara S. The cultural context of "successful aging" among older women weavers in a northern Okinawan village: the role of productive activity. J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2007 Jun; 22(2):137-65.
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    Score: 0.016
  45. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Shimajiri S, Kurechi S, Suzuki M. Aging gracefully: a retrospective analysis of functional status in Okinawan centenarians. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Mar; 15(3):252-6.
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    Score: 0.015
  46. Yanagita M, Willcox BJ, Masaki KH, Chen R, He Q, Rodriguez BL, Ueshima H, Curb JD. Disability and depression: investigating a complex relation using physical performance measures. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Dec; 14(12):1060-8.
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    Score: 0.015
  47. Willcox DC, Willcox BJ, Todoriki H, Curb JD, Suzuki M. Caloric restriction and human longevity: what can we learn from the Okinawans? Biogerontology. 2006 Jun; 7(3):173-7.
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    Score: 0.015
  48. Bernstein AM, Willcox BJ, Tamaki H, Kunishima N, Suzuki M, Willcox DC, Yoo JS, Perls TT. First autopsy study of an Okinawan centenarian: absence of many age-related diseases. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004 Nov; 59(11):1195-9.
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    Score: 0.013
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