Citation

Saito T, Miyatake N, Nishii K. Environ. Health Prev. Med. 2015; 20(5): 388-391.

Affiliation

Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama Health Foundation, Okayama, 700-0952, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Japanese Society for Hygiene, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12199-015-0457-3

PMID

25821079

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the link between cigarette smoking and one leg with eyes closed balance in Japanese men.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We used data from 4224 Japanese men, aged 43.3 ± 13.9 years, in this cross-sectional study. Balance, such as one leg with eyes closed balance was measured. In addition, cigarette smoking habits were obtained by well-trained medical staff. The effect of cigarette smoking on one leg with eye closed balance was evaluated.

RESULTS: A total of 1613 men (38.2 %) had smoking habit and 1471 men (34.8 %) regularly exercised. Age-related changes in one leg with eyes closed balance were noted. One leg with eyes closed balance in subjects with cigarette smoking (30.9 ± 31.8 s) was significantly lower than those in subjects without cigarette smoking (32.4 ± 33.5 s) even after adjusting for confounding factors i.e. age, body weight and exercise habits.

CONCLUSION: Cigarette smoking might be associated with one leg with eyes closed balance in Japanese men.

Language: en