36 Meanwhile, a study evaluating health check-up data among residents aged 40–74 years in Minamisoma City revealed an increasing trend for diabetes and a decreasing trend for hypertension from 2010 to 2017, regardless of the evacuation scenario, yet the risk of diseases was not significantly different between evacuees and non-evacuees in 2017. 37 Since the health effects of the evacuation might be influenced by region-specific factors, it is necessary for the FHMS to consider regional factors in analyzing the long-term effects of evacuations in the future.
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