An association between dietary habits and traffic accidents in patients with chronic liver disease: A data-mining analysis

Kawaguchi,Takumi; Suetsugu,Takuro; Ogata,Shyou; Imanaga,Minami; Ishii,Kumiko; Esaki,Nao; Sugimoto,Masako; Otsuyama,Jyuri; Nagamatsu,Ayu; Taniguchi,Eitaro; Itou,Minoru; Oriishi,Tetsuharu; Iwasaki,Shoko; Miura,Hiroko; Torimura,Takuji

doi:10.3892/br.2016.640

An association between dietary habits and traffic accidents in patients with chronic liver disease: A data-mining analysis

Authors:
- Takumi Kawaguchi
- Takuro Suetsugu
- Shyou Ogata
- Minami Imanaga
- Kumiko Ishii
- Nao Esaki
- Masako Sugimoto
- Jyuri Otsuyama
- Ayu Nagamatsu
- Eitaro Taniguchi
- Minoru Itou
- Tetsuharu Oriishi
- Shoko Iwasaki
- Hiroko Miura
- Takuji Torimura
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Affiliations: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka 830‑0011, Japan, Department of Nursing, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka 830‑0011, Japan, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka 830‑0011, Japan, Department of Nutrition, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka 830‑0011, Japan
Published online on: March 23, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.640
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Abstract

The incidence of traffic accidents in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) is high in the USA. However, the characteristics of patients, including dietary habits, differ between Japan and the USA. The present study investigated the incidence of traffic accidents in CLD patients and the clinical profiles associated with traffic accidents in Japan using a data-mining analysis. A cross‑sectional study was performed and 256 subjects [148 CLD patients (CLD group) and 106 patients with other digestive diseases (disease control group)] were enrolled; 2 patients were excluded. The incidence of traffic accidents was compared between the two groups. Independent factors for traffic accidents were analyzed using logistic regression and decision‑tree analyses. The incidence of traffic accidents did not differ between the CLD and disease control groups (8.8 vs. 11.3%). The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that yoghurt consumption was the only independent risk factor for traffic accidents (odds ratio, 0.37; 95% confidence interval, 0.16‑0.85; P=0.0197). Similarly, the results of the decision-tree analysis showed that yoghurt consumption was the initial divergence variable. In patients who consumed yoghurt habitually, the incidence of traffic accidents was 6.6%, while that in patients who did not consume yoghurt was 16.0%. CLD was not identified as an independent factor in the logistic regression and decision-tree analyses. In conclusion, the difference in the incidence of traffic accidents in Japan between the CLD and disease control groups was insignificant. Furthermore, yoghurt consumption was an independent negative risk factor for traffic accidents in patients with digestive diseases, including CLD.

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