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Why Japanese Men Have Low Heart Disease.

Posted on July 31, 2008

Japanese are known to be workaholic. They ahve been known to work long hours. Many are also smokers BUT why do they have a lower risk of heart disease?A recent study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology, August 2008 may have the reasons why .________________________________________________________________________________________Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study in 281 Japanese (definedas born and living in Japan), 306 white (defined as white menborn and living in the U.S.), and 281 Japanese-American men(defined as Japanese men born and living in the U...

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atherosclerosis , fatty acids , heart disease