@article{ref1,
title="Relationship between cigarette smoking and one leg with eyes closed balance in Japanese men",
journal="Environmental health and preventive medicine",
year="2015",
author="Saito, Takeshi and Miyatake, Nobuyuki and Nishii, Kenji",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="388-391",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the link between cigarette smoking and one leg with eyes closed balance in Japanese men. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Cigarette smoking might be associated with one leg with eyes closed balance in Japanese men.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1342-078X",
doi="10.1007/s12199-015-0457-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12199-015-0457-3"
}