Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Lower fasting plasma glucose criteria and high triglycerides are effective for screening diabetes mellitus in the rural Japanese population: the Tottori-Kofu Study

Tsuyoshi  Ohkura

Tsuyoshi Ohkura

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: original concept

position: Assistant lecturer

Japan

Clinical lecturer, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University. My research interests are diabetes, rural preventive medicine. Our research field is Kofu Town, Tottori prefecture, Japan, where is agricultural and mountainous area. Kofu town is near to the very beautiful mountain "Mt. Daisen" which called "Mt Fuji in Tottori".


Shin-ichi  Taniguchi

Shin-ichi Taniguchi

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: designed the project

position: Professor

Japan

medical education, health promotion, diabetes


Yoneatsu  Osaki

Yoneatsu Osaki

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: supervised data collection

position: Associate Professor


Naoya  Yamamoto

Naoya Yamamoto

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Keisuke  Sumi

Keisuke Sumi

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Youhei  Fujioka

Youhei Fujioka

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Kazuhiko  Matsuzawa

Kazuhiko Matsuzawa

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Shoichiro  Izawa

Shoichiro Izawa

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Hideki  Shiochi

Hideki Shiochi

qualifications: MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Hiroshi  Kinoshita

Hiroshi Kinoshita

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Kazuoki  Inoue

Kazuoki Inoue

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: collected data

position: Staff doctor


Mikio  Takechi

Mikio Takechi

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: supplied data

position: Chief of staff


Takuji  Kishimoto

Takuji Kishimoto

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: literature review

position: Professor


Chiaki  Shigemasa

Chiaki Shigemasa

qualifications: PhD, MD

contribution: literature review

position: Professor


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