Takuro Furusawa
Kyoto University
68 Papers
356 Citations
Takuro Furusawa is an academic researcher from Kyoto University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 61 publications. Previous affiliations of Takuro Furusawa include University of Science and Technology & YARSI University.
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Papers
Do Marine Protected Areas Affect Human Nutrition and Health? A Comparison between Villages in Roviana, Solomon Islands
Shankar Aswani,Takuro Furusawa +1 more
TL;DR: In the Roviana Lagoon of the Solomon Islands, this paper conducted cross-comparisons of villages with MPAs and a village without MPAs to assess whether MPAs influenced local perceptions of governance, environmental change, livelihood strategies, and actual human nutrition and health.
A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness
Akihiro Fujimoto,Ryosuke Kimura,Jun Ohashi,Kazuya Omi,Rika Yuliwulandari,Lilian Batubara,Mohammad Syamsul Mustofa,Urai Samakkarn,Wannapa Settheetham-Ishida,Takafumi Ishida,Yasuyuki Morishita,Takuro Furusawa,Minato Nakazawa,Ryutaro Ohtsuka,Katsushi Tokunaga +14 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that EDAR is a major genetic determinant of Asian hair thickness and the 1540C allele spread through Asian populations due to recent positive selection.
Association study of CREBRF missense variant (rs373863828:G > A; p.Arg457Gln) with levels of serum lipid profile in the Pacific populations.
Jun Ohashi,Izumi Naka,Takuro Furusawa,Ryosuke Kimura,Kazumi Natsuhara,Taro Yamauchi,Minato Nakazawa,Takafumi Ishida,Tsukasa Inaoka,Yasuhiro Matsumura,Ryutaro Ohtsuka +10 more
TL;DR: The rs373863828-A allele may not directly affect the level of serum HDL-cholesterol independent of BMI, and this variant has also been reported to be associated with lower total cholesterol in Samoans.
Relationship between individual-level social capital and non-communicable diseases among adults in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Chihiro Tsuchiya,Frida Pitakaka,Julia Daefoni,Takuro Furusawa +3 more
TL;DR: The study examined the relationship between individual-level social capital and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among adults in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Findings suggest that cognitive social capital and social support are negatively associated with NCD-related factors.
A missense variant, rs373863828-A (p.Arg457Gln), of CREBRF and body mass index in Oceanic populations
Izumi Naka,Takuro Furusawa,Ryosuke Kimura,Kazumi Natsuhara,Taro Yamauchi,Minato Nakazawa,Yuji Ataka,Takafumi Ishida,Tsukasa Inaoka,Yasuhiro Matsumura,Ryutaro Ohtsuka,Jun Ohashi +11 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that rs373863828-A of CREBRF, a promising thrifty variant, arose in recent ancestors of AN-speaking Polynesians, and was strongly associated with higher BMI.