Kazue Yamaoka, PhD.
Chief, Health Technology Assessment Section, Department of Technology Assessment and Biostatistics, National Institute of Public Health.


Research Interests:

  • Data analysis, Medical statistics, Behaviormetrics.


    Selected Publications:

  • Watanabe, M, Yamaoka K, Misa Adachi, Yokotsuka M, Tango T. Validity and reproducibility of the food frequency questionnaire (FFQW82) for dietary assessment in female adolescents. Public Health Nutrition 2010 (in press)

  • Nomura K, Yamaoka K, Nakao M, Yano E. Social determinants of self-reported sleep problems in South Korea and Taiwan. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2010 (in press)

  • Sakurai K, Kawakami N, Yamaoka K, Ishikawa H, Hashimoto H. The impact of subjective and objective social status on psychological distress among men and women in Japan. Social Science and Medicine 2010 (in press).

  • Yamaoka K, Subjective health and social factors: multidimensional data analyses of cross-national survey. Behaviormetrika (in press)

  • Yamaoka K, Social capital and health and well-being in East Asia: a population-based study. Social Science and Medicine 2008; 66: 885-899.

  • Yamaoka K, Tango T. Systematic review and a meta-analysis for the efficacy of lifestyle education to prevent type 2 diabetes: an update version.(English) La educacion sobre el estilo de vida es eficaz para reducir la glucemia 2 horas despues de una carga oral de glucosa y la incidencia de diabetes tipo 2 en grupos de individuos de alto riesgo. (Spanish) Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informaci n Cient fica (SIIC) 2008. http://www.siicsalud.com/dato/experto.php/89771

  • W. Chr. Kleijn, K. Ogoshi, K. Yamaoka, T. Shigehisa, Y. Takeda, C. L. Creutzberg, J. W. R. Nortier and A. A. Kaptein. Conceptual equivalence and health-related quality of life: an exploratory study in Japanese and Dutch cancer patients. Quality of Life Research 2006 Aug;15(6):1091-101.

  • Yamanouchi Y, Hashimoto H, Yamaoka Y, Takano T, Kisaki T, Oku J, Yano E. Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on association of menopausal status with lipid level in Japanese women. Journal of Health Science 2006; 52: 532-539.

  • Yamaoka K, Tango T. Efficacy of lifestyle education to prevent type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Diabetes Care 2005; 28: 2780-2786.

  • Nomura K, Yamaoka K, Nakao M, Yano E. Impact of insomnia on individual health dissatisfaction in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. SLEEP 2005; 28: 1302-1306.

  • Issiki A, Nakao M, Yamaoka K, Yano E. Application of symptom checklist for screening major depression by annual health examinations: a cross validity study in the workplace. Journal of Medical Screening 2004;11(3): 207-209.

  • Nomura K, Yamaoka K, Okano K, Yano E. Risk perception, risk-taking attitude, and hypothetical behavior of active volcano tourists. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 2004; 10: 595-604.

  • Watanabe M, Yamaoka K, Yokotsuka M, Tango T. Randomized controlled trial of a new dietary education program to prevent type 2 diabetes in a high-risk group of Japanese male workers. Diabetes Care 2003; 26F3209-3214.

  • Yamaoka K, Takeda Y, Shigehisa T, et al. Health-related quality of life in Japanese lung cancer patients as determined by two questionnaires: the HRQOL-20 and the EORTC QLQ-C30. Annals of Cancer Research and Therapy 2003; 11(1&2).

  • Yamaoka K, Hayashi C. Cultural link analysis of Japanese Americans. Behaviormetirika 2003; 30(1), 7-19.

  • Hayashi LC, Hayashi S, Yamaoka K, Tamiya N., Chikuda M., Yano E. Ultraviolet B exposure and type of lens opacity in ophthalmic patients in Japan. Science of the Total Environment 2003; 20: 53-62.

  • Tamiya N, Yamaoka K, Yano E. Use of home health services covered by new public long-term care insurance in Japan: impact of the presence and kinship pf family caregivers. International Journal of Quality in Health Care 2002; 14: 295-303.

  • Yano E, Tagawa K, Yamaoka K, Mori M. Test validity of periodic liver function tests in a population of Japanese male bank employees. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2001; 54: 945-951.

  • Kobayashi T, Miyoshi Y, Yamaoka K, Yano E. Relationship between hematological parameters and incidence of ischemic heart diseases among Japanese white-color male workers. Journal of Occupational Health 2001; 43: 85-89.

  • Yamaoka, K. Variation in attitudes and values among Japanese Americans and Japanese Brazilians across generations. Behaviometrika 2000; 27: 125-151.

  • Yamaoka, K. Beyond Simpson's paradox: stochastic approach by Monte Carlo. Student 2000; 3: 255-272.