Document 0311
 DOCN  M9440311
 TI    Diseases among men living in human T-lymphotropic virus type I endemic
       areas in Japan.
 DT    9404
 AU    Matsuzaki T; Otose H; Hashimoto K; Shibata Y; Arimura K; Osame M; Third
       Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,; Kagoshima
       University, Japan.
 SO    Intern Med. 1993 Aug;32(8):623-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94146465
 AB    The health effects of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) were
       studied in HTLV-I endemic areas in Japan during the period from
       September 1990 to October 1991. The study subjects were 2,847 men living
       in the southern part of Kyushu and engaged in light work. Ages ranged
       from 19 to 79 years (47.8 +/- 7.2; mean +/- standard deviation). The
       prevalence of each disturbance was analyzed with a logistic model. The
       disturbances in which the prevalence showed a significant association
       with HTLV-I were old tuberculosis, ulcerative colitis and ossification
       of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine (OPLL). The
       results of the present study suggest that HTLV-I may be a risk factor
       for these diseases and may indicate the necessity for a synthetic study
       on HTLV-I.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Autoimmune Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Colitis,
       Ulcerative/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Crohn
       Disease/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HTLV-I
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Kidney
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle Age  Nervous System
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Ossification of Posterior
       Longitudinal Ligament/COMPLICATIONS/  EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Pneumonia/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Risk Factors  Tuberculosis,
       Pulmonary/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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