Fig 1.
Map of north coastal area of Fukushima prefecture with level of soil contamination in April 2011.
Patients’ locations, except for three patients from Miyagi, SCH and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are plotted on the map of Fukushima. Soma is a city located in the coastal area of Fukushima Prefecture affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Soma has a population of 36,000, of which about 26.9% are aged ≥65 years. The tsunami was recorded to have exceeded 9 m and spread 4 km inland into the city. Moreover, Soma is located about 40 km north of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The mountainous region of the city was contaminated with radiation due to the Fukushima Nuclear power plant incident. Four-hundred sixty-two people were killed, and more than 2,000 people were evacuated to temporary housing due to the series of disasters. Copyright © 2015 Esri, HERE, DeLorme, USGS, Intermap, iPC, NRCAN, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri (Thailand), MapmyIndia, TomTom, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community. All rights reserved.
Table 1.
Parameters (glycemic control, lipid test) of PV (+), PV (-), and all the rest of diabetes patients other than PV (+) at SCH.
Table 2.
Parameters (BMI, glycemic control, lipid tests and blood pressure) of all study subjects pre-disaster and post-disaster.
Fig 2.
Changes in HbA1c levels from the pre- to post-disaster period.
Patients were categorized by age: (A) all patients, (B) ≥65-years, and (C) <65 years.
Table 3.
Comparison of season-specific mean pre- and post-disaster HbA1c NGSP (%) followed by IFCC (International Federation of Clinical Chemistry) (mmol/mol) in parentheses.
Table 4.
Number of patient using diabetes treatment drugs, lipid-lowering drugs and antihypertensive drugs pre-disaster and post-disaster and percentage changes.