Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
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2021 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Association of nocturnal oxygen saturation with coronary artery calcification: cross-sectional evidence from the population-based SESSA study among Japanese men.
Journal Article BMJ Open · February 17, 2025 OBJECTIVE: We investigated the associations of nocturnal oxygen saturation (SpO2) with prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and its level of burden, and whether the associations differ by obesity and mediate through diabetes mellitus (DM), dys ... Full text Link to item CiteAfrican Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE): a holistic approach for hypertension control in Africa.
Journal Article J Hum Hypertens · February 2025 Full text Link to item CiteOral microbiome alpha diversity and all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in US adults: Evidence from the NHANES 2009-2019.
Journal Article Atherosclerosis · February 2025 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Knowledge about the association between oral microbiome diversity within individuals and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and non-CVD mortality is scarce. Besides, variation by sex and racial and ethnic groups, and the potential mediators ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Improving the Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population-and Community-Based Studies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Jichi Medical University (Japan) ·
2002
M.D.