Affiliations: Laboratory of Public Health Nutrition and
Epidemiology, Department of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of
Agriculture, Japan | Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta,
GA, USA | Department of Social Medicine & Cultural
Sciences, Research Institute for Neurological Diseases & Geriatrics, Kyoto
Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Melissa Melby, Tokyo University of
Agriculture, Laboratory of Public Health Nutrition and Epidemiology,
Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502 Japan. Fax: +81 3 5477 7222;
E-mail: mmelby@emory.edu
Abstract: We calculated functional food factor (FFF) intakes using a new
database and examined their relationship to health conditions commonly
affecting Japanese women in midlife. One-day DRs were collected weekly for 6
months from 67 Japanese women, aged 45–55 yr, living in Kyoto prefecture,
Japan. Macro- and micronutrient and FFF intake were calculated from the
resulting 1528 DRs. Factor analysis and logistic regression were performed to
identify relationships between FFFs and past health history. Fourteen of 17 FFF
factors, as well as age, BMI and menopausal status, exhibited both positive and
negative correlations with past history of hypertension, diabetes, allergy,
migraine, and menopausal syndrome.
