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Kamal Masaki to Japan

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  1. 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: 0.180
  2. 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: 0.118
  3. Bell CL, Rantanen T, Chen R, Davis J, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Masaki K. Prestroke weight loss is associated with poststroke mortality among men in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Mar; 95(3):472-9.
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    Score: 0.109
  4. Bell CL, Davis J, Harrigan RC, Somogyi-Zalud E, Tanabe MK, Masaki KH. Factors associated with place of death for elderly Japanese-American men: the Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Apr; 57(4):714-8.
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    Score: 0.078
  5. Okami Y, Chan Q, Miura K, Kadota A, Elliott P, Masaki K, Okayama A, Okuda N, Yoshita K, Miyagawa N, Okamura T, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Sakurai M, Nakagawa H, Stamler Deceased J, Ueshima H. Small High-Density Lipoprotein and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake Differentiates Japanese and Japanese-Americans: The INTERLIPID Study. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2023 Aug 01; 30(8):884-906.
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    Score: 0.051
  6. Matsumoto-Yamauchi H, Kondo K, Miura K, Tanaka-Mizuno S, Segawa H, Ohno S, Miyagawa N, Zaid M, Okami Y, Okuda N, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Okayama A, Yoshita K, Chan Q, Masaki K, Elliott P, Stamler J, Ueshima H. Relationships of Alcohol Consumption with Coronary Risk Factors and Macro- and Micro-Nutrient Intake in Japanese People: The INTERLIPID Study. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2021; 67(1):28-38.
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    Score: 0.045
  7. 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: 0.045
  8. Kadowaki S, Kadowaki T, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T, Satoh A, Arima H, Tanaka S, Torii S, Kondo K, Kadota A, Masaki K, Okamura T, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Ueshima H. Differences between home blood pressure and strictly measured office blood pressure and their determinants in Japanese men. Hypertens Res. 2021 Jan; 44(1):80-87.
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    Score: 0.044
  9. Go RCP, Corley MJ, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Masaki KH, Maunakea AK, He Q, Tiirikainen MI. Genome-wide epigenetic analyses in Japanese immigrant plantation workers with Parkinson's disease and exposure to organochlorines reveal possible involvement of glial genes and pathways involved in neurotoxicity. BMC Neurosci. 2020 07 10; 21(1):31.
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    Score: 0.043
  10. 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: 0.040
  11. 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: 0.038
  12. Vishnu A, Choo J, Kadota A, Barinas-Mitchell EJM, Fujiyoshi A, Long DL, Hisamatsu T, Ahuja V, Nakamura Y, Evans RW, Miura K, Masaki KH, Shin C, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Comparison of carotid plaque burden among healthy middle-aged men living in the US, Japan, and South Korea. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Sep 01; 266:245-249.
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    Score: 0.038
  13. 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: 0.038
  14. 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: 0.037
  15. 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: 0.036
  16. 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: 0.035
  17. 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: 0.034
  18. Ahuja V, Masaki K, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Rodriguez BL, Althouse AD, Ueshima H, Vishnu A, Seto TB, Kuller LH, Wilcox B, Sekikawa A. Significantly Greater Progression of Intima-Media Thickness of the Carotid Artery in Japanese American Men Than in White Men: The ERA JUMP Study. Can J Cardiol. 2016 10; 32(10):1246.e7-1246.e12.
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    Score: 0.032
  19. 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: 0.031
  20. Nakamura Y, Ueshima H, Okuda N, Miura K, Kita Y, Miyagawa N, Yoshita K, Nakagawa H, Sakata K, Saitoh S, Okamura T, Okayama A, Choudhry SR, Rodriguez B, Masaki KH, Chan Q, Elliott P, Stamler J. Relationship of three different types of low-carbohydrate diet to cardiometabolic risk factors in a Japanese population: the INTERMAP/INTERLIPID Study. Eur J Nutr. 2016 Jun; 55(4):1515-24.
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    Score: 0.031
  21. Sentell TL, Valcour N, Ahn HJ, Miyamura J, Nakamoto B, Chow D, Masaki K, Seto TB, Chen JJ, Shikuma C. High rates of Native Hawaiian and older Japanese adults hospitalized with dementia in Hawai'i. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jan; 63(1):158-64.
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    Score: 0.030
  22. 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: 0.029
  23. 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: 0.028
  24. 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: 0.028
  25. 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: 0.027
  26. 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: 0.027
  27. 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: 0.027
  28. 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: 0.027
  29. Azuma K, Curb JD, Kadowaki T, Edmundowicz D, Kadowaki S, Masaki KH, El-Saed A, Nishio Y, Seto TB, Okamura T, Cetinel C, Kadota A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Miura K, Evans RW, Takamiya T, Maegawa H, Miljkovic I, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Kelley DE, Sekikawa A. Ethnic difference in liver fat content: a cross-sectional observation among Japanese American in Hawaii, Japanese in Japan, and non-Hispanic whites in United States. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2013 May-Jun; 7(3):e198-205.
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    Score: 0.026
  30. Hirooka N, Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Choo J, Miura K, Okamura T, Fujiyoshi A, Kadowaki S, Kadota A, Nakamura Y, Maegawa H, Kashiwagi A, Masaki K, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Curb JD, Shin C. Influence of cigarette smoking on coronary artery and aortic calcium among random samples from populations of middle-aged Japanese and Korean men. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013 Feb; 67(2):119-24.
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    Score: 0.025
  31. 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: 0.025
  32. Sekikawa A, Shin C, Curb JD, Barinas-Mitchell E, Masaki K, El-Saed A, Seto TB, Mackey RH, Choo J, Fujiyoshi A, Miura K, Edmundowicz D, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Aortic stiffness and calcification in men in a population-based international study. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Jun; 222(2):473-7.
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    Score: 0.024
  33. 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: 0.024
  34. Lee S, Curb JD, Kadowaki T, Evans RW, Miura K, Takamiya T, Shin C, El-Saed A, Choo J, Fujiyoshi A, Otake T, Kadowaki S, Seto T, Masaki K, Edmundowicz D, Ueshima H, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A. Significant inverse associations of serum n-6 fatty acids with plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1. Br J Nutr. 2012 Feb; 107(4):567-72.
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    Score: 0.023
  35. Smith TL, Masaki KH, Fong K, Abbott RD, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Blanchette PL, White LR. Effect of walking distance on 8-year incident depressive symptoms in elderly men with and without chronic disease: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Aug; 58(8):1447-52.
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    Score: 0.022
  36. Crane PK, Gruhl JC, Erosheva EA, Gibbons LE, McCurry SM, Rhoads K, Nguyen V, Arani K, Masaki K, White L. Use of spoken and written Japanese did not protect Japanese-American men from cognitive decline in late life. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2010 Nov; 65(6):654-66.
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    Score: 0.022
  37. Crane PK, Gibbons LE, Arani K, Nguyen V, Rhoads K, McCurry SM, Launer L, Masaki K, White L. Midlife use of written Japanese and protection from late life dementia. Epidemiology. 2009 Sep; 20(5):766-74.
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    Score: 0.020
  38. 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: 0.019
  39. Gibbons LE, McCurry S, Rhoads K, Masaki K, White L, Borenstein AR, Larson EB, Crane PK. Japanese-English language equivalence of the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument among Japanese-Americans. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Feb; 21(1):129-37.
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    Score: 0.019
  40. 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: 0.019
  41. 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: 0.018
  42. Petrovitch H, Ross GW, He Q, Uyehara-Lock J, Markesbery W, Davis D, Nelson J, Masaki K, Launer L, White LR. Characterization of Japanese-American men with a single neocortical AD lesion type. Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Oct; 29(10):1448-55.
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    Score: 0.017
  43. Kovac IP, Havlik RJ, Foley D, Peila R, Hernandez D, Wavrant-De Vri?ze F, Singleton A, Egan J, Taub D, Rodriguez B, Masaki K, Curb JD, Fujimoto WY, Wilson AF. Linkage and association analyses of type 2 diabetes/impaired glucose metabolism and adiponectin serum levels in Japanese Americans from Hawaii. Diabetes. 2007 Feb; 56(2):537-40.
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    Score: 0.017
  44. 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: 0.017
  45. Saczynski JS, Pfeifer LA, Masaki K, Korf ES, Laurin D, White L, Launer LJ. The effect of social engagement on incident dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Mar 01; 163(5):433-40.
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    Score: 0.016
  46. Freitag MH, Peila R, Masaki K, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, White LR, Launer LJ. Midlife pulse pressure and incidence of dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Stroke. 2006 Jan; 37(1):33-7.
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    Score: 0.016
  47. Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Popper J, Chen R, Petrovitch H, Blanchette P, Schatz I, Yano K. Prospective association between low and high total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary heart disease in elderly men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Dec; 52(12):1975-80.
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    Score: 0.015
  48. 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: 0.014
  49. Foley DJ, Masaki K, White L, Larkin EK, Monjan A, Redline S. Sleep-disordered breathing and cognitive impairment in elderly Japanese-American men. Sleep. 2003 Aug 01; 26(5):596-9.
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    Score: 0.013
  50. Rodriguez BL, Abbott RD, Fujimoto W, Waitzfelder B, Chen R, Masaki K, Schatz I, Petrovitch H, Ross W, Yano K, Blanchette PL, Curb JD. The American Diabetes Association and World Health Organization classifications for diabetes: their impact on diabetes prevalence and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in elderly Japanese-American men. Diabetes Care. 2002 Jun; 25(6):951-5.
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    Score: 0.012
  51. Havlik RJ, Foley DJ, Sayer B, Masaki K, White L, Launer LJ. Variability in midlife systolic blood pressure is related to late-life brain white matter lesions: the Honolulu-Asia Aging study. Stroke. 2002 Jan; 33(1):26-30.
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    Score: 0.012
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