The Tohoku University Medical Megabank Organization has entered into a detailed tertiary survey of the Miyagi Prefectural Long-term Health Survey, which has been underway since 2013.The survey targets 5 local residents from children to the elderly and 3 third-generation surveys, and the survey will be conducted at seven community support centers in Miyagi prefecture.
According to Tohoku University, the long-term health survey started in 2013 as a recovery project from the Great East Japan Earthquake. A baseline survey was conducted until 2017, and a detailed secondary survey was conducted between 2017 and March 2021, with a total of more than 3 participants.
This is the largest health survey in Japan that measures changes over time in the same person at intervals of several years or more, and the world's first survey after a large-scale earthquake.
Until now, height, weight, grip strength, respiratory function, blood pressure, etc. have been measured, but in the detailed tertiary survey, cognitive function, antibodies to the new coronavirus, and hearing of a wide range of pitches from bass to treble have been added. In addition to inspecting, start recording life log data such as the number of steps.The test results that have been mailed to the participants will be sent to the participants from this time on their smartphones.
In the detailed tertiary survey, the period of the long-term health survey will exceed 10 years.The Tohoku University Medical Megabank Organization aims to realize a healthy and long-lived society by elucidating the effects of the genome and living environment on aging and development by adding a large amount of data.
