Sociodemographic and physical predictors of non-participation in community based physical checkup among older neighbors: a case-control study from the Kyoto-Kameoka longitudinal study, Japan

• Main Authors: Miwa Yamaguchi (Author), Tsukasa Yoshida (Author), Yosuke Yamada (Author), Yuya Watanabe (Author), Hinako Nanri (Author), Keiichi Yokoyama (Author), Heiwa Date (Author), Motoko Miyake (Author), Aya Itoi (Author), Emi Yamagata (Author), Taeko Masumoto (Author), Yasuko Okayama (Author), Yasuko Yoshinaka (Author), Misaka Kimura (Author), Kyoto-Kameoka study group (Author)
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• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background It is difficult to obtain detailed information on non-participants in physical and health examination checkups in community-based epidemiological studies. We investigated the characteristics of non-participants in a physical and health examination checkup for older adults in a ne...