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Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Pericardial Effusion/drug therapy , Prednisolone/therapeutic use , Arteritis/complications , Arteritis/diagnosis , Humans , Immunoglobulin G/blood , Male , Middle Aged , Pericardial Effusion/diagnosis , Pericardial Effusion/etiology , Pericardial Effusion/immunology , Sialadenitis/complications , Sialadenitis/diagnosis , Submandibular Gland/pathology , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Because suicide is increasingly becoming a public health threat in Japan, it is necessary to identify high-risk groups to develop effective preventive measures. The suicide mortality trends from 1985 to 2006 for Japanese aged between 15 and 79 years were analyzed by a Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis to evaluate the independent effects of age, period, and birth cohort. Age-specific effect showed an overall increase with age in both genders, but a distinct increase was noted only among men aged between 50 and 64 years. The period effect exhibited a sudden rise in 1998; this effect was more apparent in men than in women. The cohort-specific effect increased in male birth cohorts born after 1926 and in female birth cohorts born after 1956. In conclusion, a gender difference was detected in the effects of age, period, and cohort on suicide risk among Japanese.
