Other selected publications from 150+ peer-reviewed articles
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 Country Study. Intl J Epidemiol 2015: 44: 1614-24
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 EJM, Willcox BJ, Kadota A, Seto TB, Maegawa H, Kuller LH, Ueshima H MD, PhD for the ERA JUMP Study Group. Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese in Japan and United States whites – population-based prospective cohort study. Heart 100(7):569-73. PMID:24352736. PMCID:PMC3949146
Ahuja V, Kadowaki T, Evans RW, Kadota A, Okamura T, El Koudary S, Fujiyoshi A, Barinas-Mitchell E, HIsamatsu T, Vishnu a, Miura K, Maegawa H, El-Saed A, Kashiwagi A, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A for the ERA JUMP study. Comparison of HOMA-IR, HOMA-β and disposition index between US white men and Jpaanese men in Japan; the ERA JUMP study. Diabetologia 2015; 58: 265-71 PMID 25316435
Yokoyama Y, Nishimura K, Barnard N, Takegami M, Sekikawa A, Okamura T, Miyamoto Y. Vegetarian diets and blood pressure: A meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2014;174(4):577-87. PMID:24566947
Sekikawa A, Willcox BJ, Usui T, Carr JJ, Barinas-Mitchell EJM, Masaki KH, Watanabe M, Tracy RP, Bertolet M, 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 Women’s Health 2013; 22: 966-977
Miyagawa N, Miura K, Okuda N, Kadowaki T, Takashima N, Nagasawa S, Nakamura Y, Matsumura Y, Hozawa A, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T, Yoshita K, Sekikawa A, Ohkubo T, Abbott RD, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H for the NIPPON DATA80 Research Group. Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids intake and cardiovascular disease mortality risk in Japanese: a 24-year follow-up of NIPPON DATA80. Atherosclerosis 2014;232(2):384-9. PMID:24468152
Sekikawa A, Willcox BJ, Usui T, Carr JJ, Barinas-Mitchell EJM, Masaki KH, Watanabe M, Tracy RP, Bertolet M, 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 Women’s Health 2013; 22: 966-977
Sekikawa A, Shin C, Masaki K, Barinas Mitchell EJ, Hirooka N, Willcox BJ, Choo J, White J, Evans RW, Fijiyoshi 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; 26: 1321-7
El Khoudary SR, Barinas-Mitchell E, Curb JD, Shin C, Ueshima H, Masaki K, Evans RW, Miura K, Edmundowicz D, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Sekikawa A for the ERA JUMP Study Group. Adiponectin, Systolic Blood Pressure and Drinking Alcohol Are Associated with More Aortic Stiffness Progression among Apparently Healthy Men. Atherosclerosis 2012; 225: 275-80.
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, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids 2012; 87: 11-6
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, for the ERA JUMP Study group. Aortic stiffness and calcification in men in a population-based international study. Atherosclerosis 2012; 222:473-7.
Sekikawa A, Kadowaki T, El-Saed E, Okamura T, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Nakamura Y, Evans EW, Mitsunami K, Edmundowicz D, Nihio Y, Nkata K, Kadota A, Otake T, Miura K, Choo, J, Abbott RD, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Differential association of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids with carotid intima-media thickness. Stroke 2011; 42:2538-43
Sekikawa A, Kadowaki T, Curb JD, Evans RW, Maegawa H, Abbott RD, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Shin C, Edmundowicz D, Kadota A, Choo J, El-Saed A, Ueshima H, Kuller LHfor the ERA JUMP Study group, Circulating levels of eight cytokines and marine n-3 fatty acids and indices of obesity and in Japanese, white and Japanese American middle-aged men. Cytokine Research 2010; 30: 541-8
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 Americans, and Whites. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 52: 417-24
Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Ueno Y, Evans RW, Nakamura Y, Edmundowicz D, Kashiwagi A, Maegawa H, Kuller LH. Intima-media thickness of the carotid artery and the distribution of lipoprotein subclasses in men aged 40-49 between whites in the U.S. and the Japanese in Japan for the ERA JUMP Study. Metabolism 2008;57:177-82
Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Kashiwagi A, Edmundowicz D, Murata K, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Maegawa H, Evans R, Kita Y, Kuller L. Less subclinical atherosclerosis in Japanese men in Japan than in white men in the United States in the post World-War-II birth cohort Am J Epidemiol 2007; 165: 617-24
Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Okamura T, Takamiya T, Kashiwagi A, Zaky WR, Maegawa H, El-Saed A, Nakamura Y, Evans RW, Edmundowicz D, Kita Y, Kuller L. Ueshima H. Higher levels of adiponectin in American than in Japanese men despite obesity. Metabolism 2006; 55:1561-3
Kadowaki T, Sekikawa A, Murata K, Maegawa H, Takamiya T, Okamura T, El-Saed, A, Miyamatsu N, Edmundowicz D, Kita Y, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Large visceral visceral fat in Japanese than Caucasian men. International Journal of Obesity 2006; 7:1163-5
Sekikawa A, Horiuchi BY, Edmundowicz D, Ueshima H, Curb JD, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Kashiwagi A, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Nakamura Y, Rodriguez BL, Kuller LH. A "natural experiment" in cardiovascular epidemiology in the early 21st century. Heart 2003;89: 255-7
Sekikawa A, Satoh T, Hayawaka T, Ueshima H, Kuller LH. Coronary heart disease mortality among men aged 35-44 by prefecture in Japan in 1995-1999 and its comparison with that among white men aged 35-44 by state in the United States in 1995-1998: Vital statistics data in recent birth cohorts. Jpn Circ J 2001;65:887-892
Sekikawa A,Eguchi H, Tominaga M, Igarashi K, Abe T,Manaka H,Sasaki H,Fukuyama H,Kato T,Kihohara Y, Fujishima M. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural area of Japan, the Funagata diabetes study. J Diab Complications 14: 78-83; 2000
Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Park JE, Suh I, Jee SH, Lee HK, Pan WH. Coronary heart disease trends in the post World War II birth cohorts aged 35-44 in men in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and a comparison with the United States. Intl J Epidemol 28: 1044-49; 1999
Sekikawa A, Eguchi H, Tominaga M, Manaka H, Sasaki H, Chang YF, Kato T. Evaluating the prevalence of type 2 diabetes reported by the Oguni registry, using a two-sample model of capture-recapture methods. Intl J Epidemiol 28: 498-501, 1999
Sekikawa A, Tominaga M, Takahashi K, Eguchi H, Igarashi M, Ohnuma H, Sugiyama K, Manaka H, Sasaki H, Fukuyama H, Miyazawa K. Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolera nce in Funagata area, Japan. Diabetes Care 16 570-574, 1993