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Kenji Wakai

Kenji Wakai

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Kenji Wakai is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics in health and disease, including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Sleep and related disorders

Wakai has published extensively in a variety of venues. Their most frequent publication channels include:

  • Journal of Epidemiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • PubMed
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Transethnic Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Three New Loci and Characterizes Population-Specific Differences for Coronary Artery Disease," 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • "Subtype-specific gout susceptibility loci and enrichment of selection pressure on ABCG2 and ALDH2 identified by subtype genome-wide meta-analyses of clinically defined gout patients," 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Body mass index and colorectal cancer risk: A Mendelian randomization study," 2021, Cancer Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Keitaro Matsuo
  • Takashi Tamura
  • Asahi Hishida
  • Hiroaki Ikezaki
  • Kiyonori Kuriki

Best Publications

  • The relationship between green tea and total caffeine intake and risk for self-reported type 2 diabetes among Japanese adults

    Hiroyasu Iso;Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Chigusa Date;Kenji Wakai;Mitsuru Fukui

  • Estimation of glomerular filtration rate by the MDRD study equation modified for Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease

    Enyu Imai;Masaru Horio;Kosaku Nitta;Kunihiro Yamagata

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Prevalence and Clinicoepidemiological Features of Moyamoya Disease in Japan. Findings From a Nationwide Epidemiological Survey

    Shinichi Kuriyama;Yasuko Kusaka;Miki Fujimura;Kenji Wakai

  • Prospective Cohort Study of the Risk of Prostate Cancer among Rotating-Shift Workers: Findings from the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

    Tatsuhiko Kubo;Kotaro Ozasa;Kazuya Mikami;Kenji Wakai

  • Common defects of ABCG2, a high-capacity urate exporter, cause gout: A function-based genetic analysis in a Japanese population

    Hirotaka Matsuo;Tappei Takada;Kimiyoshi Ichida;Kimiyoshi Ichida;Takahiro Nakamura

  • Dietary risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter case-control study in Japan.

    Naomasa Sakamoto;Suminori Kono;Kenji Wakai;Yoshihiro Fukuda

  • Epidemiological features of Moyamoya disease in Japan: findings from a nationwide survey

    Kenji Wakai;Akiko Tamakoshi;Kiyonobu Ikezaki;Masashi Fukui

  • An Overview of Regular Dialysis Treatment in Japan (As of 31 December 2013)

    Ikuto Masakane;Shigeru Nakai;Satoshi Ogata;Naoki Kimata

  • Fish, ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, and Mortality From Cardiovascular Diseases in a Nationwide Community-Based Cohort of Japanese Men and Women: The JACC (Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk) Study

    Kazumasa Yamagishi;Hiroyasu Iso;Chigusa Date;Mitsuru Fukui

  • Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Japanese general population predicted by the MDRD equation modified by a Japanese coefficient

    Enyu Imai;Masaru Horio;Kunitoshi Iseki;Kunihiro Yamagata

  • hOGG1 Ser326Cys Polymorphism and Lung Cancer Susceptibility

    H. Sugimura;T. Kohno;K. Wakai;K. Nagura

  • Dietary Intake and Sources of Isoflavones Among Japanese

    Kenji Wakai;Isuzu Egami;Kumiko Kato;Takashi Kawamura

  • Sleep Patterns and Total Mortality: A 12-Year Follow-up Study in Japan

    Masayo Kojima;Kenji Wakai;Takashi Kawamura;Akiko Tamakoshi

  • Prognostic factors and a scoring system for patients with skeletal metastasis

    H. Katagiri;M. Takahashi;K. Wakai;H. Sugiura

  • A scoring system to predict renal outcome in IgA nephropathy: a nationwide 10-year prospective cohort study

    Masashi Goto;Kenji Wakai;Takashi Kawamura;Masahiko Ando

  • Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease.

    Satoshi Koyama;Kaoru Ito;Chikashi Terao;Masato Akiyama

  • The Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study (J-MICC Study) to detect gene-environment interactions for cancer.

    Nobuyuki Hamajima;Kenji Wakai;Mariko Naito;Kazuko Nishio

  • Prognostic value of performance status assessed by patients themselves, nurses, and oncologists in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

    M Ando;Y Ando;Y Hasegawa;K Shimokata

  • Smoking increases the treatment failure for Helicobacter pylori eradication

    Takeshi Suzuki;Keitaro Matsuo;Hidemi Ito;Akira Sawaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Akiko Tamakoshi
Akiko Tamakoshi Hokkaido University
Nobuyuki Hamajima
Nobuyuki Hamajima Nagoya University
Keitaro Matsuo
Keitaro Matsuo Nagoya University
Shoichiro Tsugane
Shoichiro Tsugane International University of Health and Welfare
Ichiro Tsuji
Ichiro Tsuji Tohoku University
Manami Inoue
Manami Inoue National Cancer Centre
Tetsuya Mizoue
Tetsuya Mizoue Kyushu University
Shizuka Sasazuki
Shizuka Sasazuki National Cancer Centre
Yoichiro Kamatani
Yoichiro Kamatani University of Tokyo

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