1. Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
2. Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
3. Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
4. Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
5. Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
6. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
7. Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
8. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
9. College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
10. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.