Clinical significance of visceral fat reduction through health education in preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease - Lesson from the Amagasaki Visceral Fat Study: A Japanese perspective

Table 1 Subjects' numbers of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events during year 1994-2008

ACVD deaths	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2002	2006	2008
Myocardial infarction	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	0
Cerebrovascular disease	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	1
Total	5	1	1	2	3	1	4	2	1	1

Numbers of subjects.
A health promotion program directed against the metabolic syndrome was conducted in the Amagasaki municipal government offices, Hyogo prefecture, in 3,946 urban workers from Hyogo. The introduction of this program in year 2003 reduced the number of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) events (deaths) in that population. Data from Kenko-Amagasakishi 21: Health Survey and Health Promotion Program for staff of the Amagasaki Municipal Government office in 2004.

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