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| Title |
Laughter is the Best Medicine? A Cross-Sectional Study of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Japanese Adults
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| Published in |
Journal of Epidemiology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.2188/jea.je20150196 |
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| Authors |
Kei Hayashi, Ichiro Kawachi, Tetsuya Ohira, Katsunori Kondo, Kokoro Shirai, Naoki Kondo |
| Abstract |
We sought to evaluate the associations between frequency of daily laughter with heart disease and stroke among community-dwelling older Japanese women and men. We analyzed cross-sectional data in 20 934 individuals (10 206 men and 10 728 women) aged 65 years or older, who participated in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study in 2013. In the mail-in survey, participants provided information on daily frequency of laughter, as well as body mass index, demographic and lifestyle factors, and diagnoses of cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and depression. Even after adjustment for hyperlipidemia, hypertension, depression, body mass index, and other risk factors, the prevalence of heart diseases among those who never or almost never laughed was 1.21 (95% CI, -1.03-1.41) times higher than those who reported laughing every day. The adjusted prevalence ratio for stroke was 1.60 (95% CI, 1.24-2.06). Daily frequency of laughter is associated with lower prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. The association could not be explained by confounding factors, such as depressive symptoms. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 43 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 14% |
| United States | 5 | 12% |
| Poland | 3 | 7% |
| Taiwan | 3 | 7% |
| Japan | 3 | 7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 21 | 49% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 31 | 72% |
| Scientists | 5 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 93 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 40 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Psychology | 7 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 41 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 248. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 December 2023.
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