CHAIRPERSON

Toshio OGIHARA (Osaka University)

VICE-CHAIRPERSON

Kenjiro KIKUCHI (Asahikawa Medical College)

WRITING MEMBERS

Toshiro FUJITA (University of Tokyo)

Jitsuo HIGAKI (Ehime University)

Masatsugu HORIUCHI (Ehime University)

Yutaka IMAI (Tohoku University)

Tsutomu IMAIZUMI (Kurume University)

Toshihiko ISHIMITSU (Dokkyo Medical University)

Sadayoshi ITO (Tohoku University)

Hiroshi IWAO (Osaka City University)

Kazuomi KARIO (Jichi Medical University)

Yuhei KAWANO (National Cardiovascular Center)

Shokei KIM-MITSUYAMA (Kumamoto University)

Genjiro KIMURA (Nagoya City University)

Hiroaki MATSUBARA (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)

Hiroaki MATSUOKA (Dokkyo Medical University)

Hideo MATSUURA (Saiseikai Kure Hospital)

Mitsuhide NARUSE (NHO Kyoto Medical Center)

Hiromi RAKUGI (Osaka University)

Ikuo SAITO (Keio University)

Kazuyuki SHIMADA (Jichi Medical University)

Kazuaki SHIMAMOTO (Sapporo Medical University)

Hiromichi SUZUKI (Saitama Medical University)

Shuichi TAKISHITA (University of the Ryukyus)

Norio TANAHASHI (Saitama Medical University)

Takuya TSUCHIHASHI (NHO Kyushu Medical Center)

Makoto UCHIYAMA (Niigata University)

Shinichiro UEDA (University of the Ryukyus)

Hirotsugu UESHIMA (Shiga University of Medical Science)

Satoshi UMEMURA (Yokohama City University)

LIAISON MEMBERS

Ichiro HISATOME (Tottori University) Japanese Society of Gout and Nucleic Acid Metabolism

Shigehiro KATAYAMA (Saitama Medical University) Japan Diabetes Society

Toru KITA (Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital) Japanese Circulation Society

Masayasu MATSUMOTO (Hiroshima University) Japan Stroke Society

Kazuwa NAKAO (Kyoto University) Japan Society for the Study of Obesity

Tetsuo NISHIKAWA (Yokohama Rosai Hospital) Japan Endocrine Society

Yasuyoshi OUCHI (University of Tokyo) Japan Geriatrics Society

Tamio TERAMOTO (Teikyo University) Japan Atherosclerosis Society

Shinichiro UEDA (University of the Ryukyus) Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Mineo YAMASAKI (Kobe University) Japan Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy

Hitoshi YOKOYAMA (Kanazawa Medical University) Japanese Society of Nephrology

DOCUMENT REVIEWERS

Isao ABE (Japan Seamen's Relief Association Moji Hospital)

Katsuyuki ANDO (University of Tokyo)

Mikio ARITA (Wakayama Medical University)

Yoshinori DOI (Kochi University)

Fumitake GEJYO (Niigata University)

Atsuo GOTO (Japanese Red Cross Medical Center)

Naoyuki HASEBE (Asahikawa Medical College)

Koichi HAYASHI (Keio University)

Yasunobu HIRATA (University of Tokyo)

Yukio HIRATA (Tokyo Medical & Dental University)

Nobuhito HIRAWA (Yokohama City University)

Yoshitaka HIROOKA (Kyushu University)

Takeshi HORIO (National Cardiovascular Center)

Kunitoshi ISEKI (University of the Ryukyus)

Hiroyasu ISO (Osaka University)

Masaaki ITO (Mie University)

Takayuki ITO (Aichi Medical University)

Hiroshi ITOH (Keio University)

Hisashi KAI (Kurume University)

Kei KAMIDE (Osaka University)

Naoki KASHIHARA (Kawasaki Medical School)

Atsunori KASHIWAGI (Shiga University of Medical Science)

Tomohiro KATSUYA (Osaka University)

Toru KIKUCHI (Niigata University)

Kenjiro KIMURA (St Marianna University School of Medicine)

Kazuo KITAMURA (University of Miyazaki)

Yutaka KIYOHARA (Kyushu University)

Shotai KOBAYASHI (Shimane University)

Katsuhiko KOHARA (Ehime University)

Masakazu KOHNO (Kagawa University)

Issei KOMURO (Chiba University)

Hiroo KUMAGAI (National Defense Medical College)

Toshio KUSHIRO (Nihon University)

Iwao KUWAJIMA (Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital)

Hirofumi MAKINO (Okayama University)

Masunori MATSUZAKI (Yamaguchi University)

Junichi MINAMI (Dokkyo Medical University)

Isamu MIYAMORI (University of Fukui)

Shigeto MORIMOTO (Kanazawa Medical University)

Toyoaki MUROHARA (Nagoya University)

Koichi NODE (Saga University)

Hisao OGAWA (Kumamoto University)

Yusuke OHYA (University of the Ryukyus)

Yoshihiko SAITO (Nara Medical University)

Hakuo TAKAHASHI (Kansai Medical University)

Shori TAKAHASHI (Nihon University)

Kenji TAKAZAWA (Tokyo Medical University)

Kouichi TAMURA (Yokohama City University)

Osamu TOCHIKUBO (Yokohama City University)

Yasuhiko TOMINO (Juntendo University)

Kimio TOMITA (Kumamoto University)

Yoshiharu TSUBAKIHARA (Osaka General Medical Center)

Hiroyuki TSUTSUI (Hokkaido University)

Shinichiro UCHIYAMA (Tokyo Women's Medical University)

Yoshio UEHARA (University of Tokyo)

Nobuyuki URA (Teine Keijinkai Hospital)

Hidenori URATA (Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital)

Tsuyoshi WATANABE (Fukushima Medical University)

Hiroyuki YAMADA (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)

Akira YAMASHINA (Tokyo Medical University)

Minoru YASUJIMA (Hirosaki University)

Michihiro YOSHIMURA (Jikei University)

ADVISORY MEMBERS

Kikuo ARAKAWA (Fukuoka University)

Yoshihiro KANEKO (Yokohama City University)

Teruo OMAE (National Cardiovascular Center)

Kaoru YOSHINAGA (Tohoku University)

ASSESSMENT MEMBERS

Keishi ABE (Tohoku University)

Tanenao ETO (University of Miyazaki)

Koshiro FUKIYAMA (University of the Ryukyus)

Toshihiko HASEGAWA (Nippon Medical School)

Kunio HIWADA (Ehime University)

Osamu IIMURA (Sapporo Medical University)

Masao IINUMA (Japan Medical Association)

Masao ISHII (Yokohama City University)

Takao SARUTA (Keio University)

Akira TAKESHITA (Kyushu University)

Yoshiko TSUJIMOTO (Consumer Organization for Medicine & Law)

Yoshio YAZAKI (National Hospital Organization)

SECRETARIAT MEMBERS

Toshihiko ISHIMITSU (Dokkyo Medical University)

Hiromi RAKUGI (Osaka University)