The Murakami Cohort Study of vitamin D for the prevention of musculoskeletal and other age-related diseases: a study protocol.

Kazutoshi NakamuraRibeka TakachiKaori KitamuraToshiko SaitoRyosaku KobayashiRieko OshikiYumi WatanabeKeiko KabasawaAkemi TakahashiShoichiro TsuganeMasayuki IkiAyako SasakiOsamu Yamazaki

Published in: Environmental health and preventive medicine (2018)

Follow-up surveys are planned every 5 years for 15 years, and incident cases of our targeted diseases will be followed at hospitals and clinics in and nearby the cohort area. We anticipate that we will be able to clarify the association between vitamin D status and multiple disease outcomes in a Japanese population.

Keyphrases

study protocol
randomized controlled trial
primary care
healthcare
cardiovascular disease
clinical trial
cross sectional
cancer therapy
skeletal muscle
drug delivery
double blind