Table 4.

Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors According to Level of Disaster Damage (Fixed-Effects Regression) Among Persons Aged 65 Years or Older (n = 1,195) After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Iwanuma, Japan, 2010–2013

Variable	Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg		Diastolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg		Body Mass Indexa		Waist Circumference, cmb		Triglycerides, mg/dL		HDL Cholesterol, mg/dL		LDL Cholesterol, mg/dL
	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI	β	95% CI
Housing damage
Partial damage (vs. no damage)	1.23	−1.94, 4.39	1.41	−0.27, 3.08	−0.002	−0.20, 0.19	0.21	−0.72, 1.14	−5.50	−15.70, 4.71	0.69	−0.77, 2.14	−2.61	−6.62, 1.40
Minor damage (vs. no damage)	−3.58	−8.81, 1.64	−1.33	−4.08, 1.43	0.18	−0.17, 0.53	0.09	−1.21, 1.39	−3.67	−22.40, 15.10	−1.51	−3.81, 0.78	−1.26	−8.88, 6.35
Major damage (vs. no damage)	−3.61	−13.50, 6.24	−4.36	−8.67, −0.06	0.10	−0.52, 0.72	−0.48	−3.86, 2.90	1.59	−22.60, 25.80	−2.21	−6.18, 1.77	−5.92	−15.20, 3.31
Complete destruction (vs. no damage)	1.03	−6.89, 8.95	2.23	−2.16, 6.61	0.81	0.24, 1.38	4.26	1.12, 7.41	21.20	−20.20, 62.60	−4.77	−7.96, −1.58	5.14	−4.94, 15.20
Emotional loss
Loss of relative(s) (Y/N)c	0.27	−3.24, 3.78	0.20	−1.41, 1.80	0.14	−0.10, 0.38	−0.12	−1.09, 0.85	4.97	−5.96, 15.90	0.05	−1.75, 1.85	3.72	−0.19, 7.64
Loss of friend(s) (Y/N)	−2.85	−6.45, 0.75	−1.79	−3.69, 0.10	−0.09	−0.34, 0.16	−0.58	−1.80, 0.64	−0.88	−12.60, 10.80	−1.53	−3.31, 0.24	2.25	−2.57, 7.07
Loss of pet(s) (Y/N)	−1.44	−10.70, 7.79	−2.97	−8.38, 2.43	−0.09	−0.73, 0.54	1.66	−1.90, 5.23	−3.46	−27.50, 20.50	0.68	−3.65, 5.01	0.60	−15.40, 16.60
Age categoryd	−0.04	−3.93, 3.86	−0.26	−2.15, 1.63	0.06	−0.13, 0.25			−1.41	−14.10, 11.30	−0.21	−1.65, 1.22	−1.83	−6.90, 3.24
Equivalized annual household income (per 1,000,000-yen increment)	−1.35	−2.69, −0.01	−0.44	−1.11, 0.23	0.04	−0.04, 0.13	0.58	0.15, 1.01	−4.51	−9.40, 0.39	0.17	−0.48, 0.82	−0.36	−2.01, 1.28
Hypertension treatment (Y/N)	−5.10	−9.12, −1.08	−3.23	−5.60, −0.85	−0.05	−0.39, 0.28	1.23	−0.27, 2.73	−9.94	−29.40, 9.48	0.38	−2.23, 2.99	−4.32	−10.30, 1.61
Stroke treatment (Y/N)	3.39	−7.22, 14.00	−5.25	−10.90, 0.41	0.44	−0.05, 0.93	0.59	−2.53, 3.72	−5.74	−39.50, 28.00	−0.54	−3.68, 2.60	−14.00	−28.80, 0.81
Diabetes treatment (Y/N)	−0.99	−6.54, 4.56	3.02	−0.18, 6.22	−0.09	−0.51, 0.33	0.40	−1.23, 2.03	−4.56	−32.90, 23.80	2.47	−2.33, 7.26	3.21	−5.92, 12.30
Dyslipidemia treatment (Y/N)	−1.73	−5.67, 2.22	−0.77	−2.74, 1.21	0.06	−0.18, 0.30	0.42	−0.71, 1.56	−12.70	−39.70, 14.20	0.07	−1.74, 1.87	−3.02	−11.60, 5.51
Current alcohol intake (Y/N)	2.93	−1.85, 7.72	0.69	−1.88, 3.26	0.64	0.30, 0.97	1.86	0.35, 3.38	21.40	1.27, 41.50	0.70	−0.99, 2.40	−2.40	−9.73, 4.94
Current smoking (Y/N)	−2.87	−10.40, 4.62	−1.84	−5.41, 1.73	−0.63	−1.18, −0.07	−2.06	−4.80, 0.69	−12.90	−51.30, 25.50	1.31	−1.94, 4.56	−1.48	−12.10, 9.15
Depressive symptoms, pointse	−0.24	−0.73, 0.26	−0.09	−0.38, 0.20	−0.03	−0.08, 0.01	0.01	−0.17, 0.19	−0.60	−2.65, 1.45	0.04	−0.24, 0.32	−0.57	−1.39, 0.26

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; N, no; Y, yes.

^a Weight (kg)/height (m)².

^b Waist circumference was measured only for persons under age 75 years.

^c For “yes/no” variables, yes = 1 and no = 0.

^d Age ≥75 years = 1; age 65–74 years = 0.

^e Depressive symptoms were measured by a continuous Geriatric Depression Scale (31) score ranging from 0 to 15.