Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Figure 1

Prevalence of diabetes before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Subjects were classified as having normal glucose, normal-high glucose, borderline glucose, or diabetes, in accordance with the Japan Diabetes Society (JDS) guidelines. Purple color: diabetes was defined as a fasting plasma glucose level ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L), an HbA1c level ≥6.5%, or the self-reported use of antihyperglycemic agents. Green color: borderline glucose was defined as a fasting plasma glucose level ≥110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L), an HbA1c level ≥6.0% with a fasting plasma glucose level <126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L), or an HbA1c level <6.5%. Red color: normal-high glucose was defined as a fasting plasma glucose level ≥100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L), an HbA1c level ≥5.6% with a fasting plasma glucose level <110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L), or an HbA1c level <6.0%. Blue: normal glucose was defined as a fasting plasma glucose level <100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L) with an HbA1c level <5.6%.