Journal of Epidemiology
Online ISSN : 1349-9092
Print ISSN : 0917-5040
ISSN-L : 0917-5040
The Wako Cohort Study: Design and Profile of Participants at Baseline
Yuri Yokoyama, Yu Nofuji, Takumi Abe, Kumiko Nonaka, Yumi Ozone, Yuka Nakamura, Shiina Chiaki, Takumi Suda, Naoko Saito, Mai Takase, Hidenori Amano, Susumu Ogawa, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Murayama
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キーワード: cohort profile, healthy aging, health disparities, healthy life expectancy
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Background: We launched the Wako Cohort Study in 2023 to identify individual and socio-environmental factors related to the extension of healthy life expectancy and the reduction of health disparities among community-dwelling adults and to develop health promotion and care prevention strategies. This study profile aims to describe the study design and participants’ profile at baseline.

Methods: The Wako Cohort Study is a prospective study of community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 40 years living in Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The Wako Cohort Study consists of two surveys: a mail-in survey for persons aged ≥ 40 years and a face-to-face assessment (on-site survey) for those aged ≥ 65 years. The survey items were designed considering the following points: 1) life course perspective (transition from middle to old age in the life course), 2) health indifference, and 3) employment in older age.

Results: A total of 8,824 individuals participated in the mail-in survey (2,395 persons aged 40–64 years and 6,429 aged ≥ 65 years). Of those aged ≥ 65 years who returned the mail survey, 1,004 participated in the subsequent on-site survey. Men aged ≥ 65 years tended to have higher health interests than those aged 40–64 years; however, this was not true for women. In the mail-in survey, 30.4 % of those aged ≥ 65 years were employed.

Conclusions: The Wako Cohort Study is expected to provide new insights into the development of strategies to extend healthy life expectancy and reduce health disparities in Japan.

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© 2025 Yuri Yokoyama et al.

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