Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey
Table 2
Subject characteristics of subjects classified by diabetic status before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Normal glucose group
Normal-high glucose group
Borderline glucose group
Before
After
P value
Before
After
P value
Before
After
P value
Number
16,760
6,440
1,735
Sex (male/female)
7,564/9,196
2,616/3,824
770/965
Age (years)
65.3 ± 9.9
66.8 ± 9.9
67.7 ± 8.6
69.2 ± 8.6
68.2 ± 8.4
69.7 ± 8.4
Body weight (kg)
56.2 ± 9.9
57.0 ± 10.3
<0.0001
57.2 ± 10.3
57.8 ± 10.6
<0.0001
59.3 ± 10.8
59.6 ± 10.9
0.0003
BMI (kg/m2)
23.0 ± 3.0
23.4 ± 3.2
<0.0001
23.9 ± 3.3
24.2 ± 3.4
<0.0001
24.7 ± 3.5
24.8 ± 3.6
<0.0001
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic
130.4 ± 16.8
132.4 ± 16.2
<0.0001
132.5 ± 16.6
134.2 ± 15.7
<0.0001
134.7 ± 17.7
135.3 ± 16.0
0.202
Diastolic
77.0 ± 10.2
78.3 ± 10.1
<0.0001
77.1 ± 10.4
78.2 ± 9.8
<0.0001
77.5 ± 10.5
78.4 ± 10.2
0.0002
Hemoglobin A1c (%)
5.20 ± 0.21
5.21 ± 0.26
<0.0001
5.67 ± 0.11
5.64 ± 0.30
<0.0001
6.10 ± 0.13
6.14 ± 0.61
0.004
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)
89.8 ± 5.7
93.1 ± 8.2
<0.0001
98.3 ± 6.8
100.8 ± 10.9
<0.0001
110.1 ± 8.8
113.1 ± 16.7
<0.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
103.4 ± 63.1
110.5 ± 67.2
<0.0001
111.8 ± 74.2
119.6 ± 77.1
<0.0001
123.5 ± 69.8
130.0 ± 84.1
<0.0001
HDL-C (mg/dL)
60.5 ± 14.8
59.8 ± 14.8
<0.0001
58.4 ± 14.0
57.6 ± 14.1
<0.0001
56.8 ± 14.4
56.1 ± 14.4
0.0001
LDL-C (mg/dL)
119.8 ± 29.3
122.2 ± 30.6
<0.0001
123.3 ± 30.1
125.0 ± 30.8
<0.0001
123.6 ± 31.0
124.2 ± 31.6
0.675
AST (IU/L)
24.8 ± 10.1
25.3 ± 11.0
<0.0001
24.9 ± 9.1
25.5 ± 10.6
<0.0001
26.6 ± 15.1
27.1 ± 13.7
0.0154
ALT (IU/L)
19.7 ± 11.7
21.0 ± 14.1
<0.0001
20.7 ± 13.3
22.1 ± 14.6
<0.0001
24.1 ± 19.7
25.5 ± 19.5
0.0022
-GT (IU/L)
32.7 ± 47.2
34.5 ± 47.9
<0.0001
30.5 ± 33.5
32.5 ± 41.7
<0.0001
38.2 ± 62.2
37.9 ± 49.2
0.0163
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; -GT, -glutamyl transpeptidase.
