Purpose / Context – To quantify the relationship between indoor temperature and blood pressure in Japanese nursing home residents. Methodology / Approach – A field study of 27 nursing homes in Japan was conducted. We meas-ured the indoor temperature of nursing homes and collected data on resident’s blood pressure via a standardised questionnaire. Facilities were...

This paper examines the effect of the indoor thermal environment on children’s body temperature and physical activity.

Purpose / Context – To analyse the association between night-time temperature in the bedroom and morning blood pressure (BP). Methodology / Approach - Data were obtained from field surveys conducted from November 2014 to March 2015 on indoor temperature, home BP, sleep, and personal attributes. One hundred and twelve participants (73 households) were classified into...

Purpose: To clarify how regional differences in residential environment impact healthy life expectancy. Methodology: Define healthy life expectancy and considered how to measure and calculate it. Calculated healthy life expectancy for 1,750 municipalities in Japan in 2005 and 2010. Results: It was confirmed that 1% of the decrease of proportion of housing constructed before 1970...