High Serum Adiponectin Level Is a Risk Factor for Anemia in Japanese Men: A Prospective Observational Study of 1,029 Japanese Subjects

• Kei Kohno ,

  * E-mail: skay77jp@yahoo.co.jp (KK); hiroto-narimatsu@umin.org (HN)

  Current address: Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya City, Aichi, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Hiroto Narimatsu ,

  * E-mail: skay77jp@yahoo.co.jp (KK); hiroto-narimatsu@umin.org (HN)

  Affiliation Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Yosuke Shiono,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Ikuko Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Yuichi Kato,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Ri Sho,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Katsumi Otani,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Kenichi Ishizawa,

  Affiliation Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Hidetoshi Yamashita,

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Isao Kubota,

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Ueno,

  Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Takeo Kato,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hematology, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Akira Fukao,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Yamagata University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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• Takamasa Kayama

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Yamagata, Japan

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