Vol.253 No. 1 JANUARY 2021

Editorial
Toward the Next 100 Years of the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Kazuhiro Takahashi [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.1-2, 2021
Regular Contributions
Optimal Cutoff Values of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and its Short Version for Detecting Excessive Alcohol Use in Japanese College Students Kyoko Kawaida, Hisashi Yoshimoto, Go Saito and Ayumi Takayashiki [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.3-10, 2021
Eating Fast and Until Full Is Associated with Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase Activity in Japanese Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study Akira Minoura, Hirotaka Ochiai, Takako Shirasawa, Rimei Nishimura, Reika Yoshida, Minami Azuma, Hiromi Hoshino and Akatsuki Kokaze [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.11-18, 2021
JNK Pathway-Associated Phosphatase as a Serum Marker for Disease Activity and Treatment Outcome of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Songbai Zhu, Huijuan Lv, Yuanyuan Luo, Qing Huang and Jiangman Shen [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.19-28, 2021
Predictors of Early and Late Mortality after Endoscopic Resection for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Yohei Ogata, Waku Hatta, Tomoyuki Koike, Masahiro Saito, Xiaoyi Jin, Kenichiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Kanno, Kaname Uno, Naoki Asano, Akira Imatani, Tomohiro Nakamura, Naoki Nakaya and Atsushi Masamune [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.29-39, 2021
Urinary Thrombin as a Marker of Glomerular Inflammation Associated with Renal Injury in Type 2 Diabetes Yasunori Kitamoto, Takahisa Imamura, Yoshio Taguma, Taisuke Iwaoka, Hoichi Yorinaka and Kenji Arizono [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.41-49, 2021
Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Autonomic Nervous Hyperactivity among Premenopausal Women with Cold-Sensitivity Constitution (Hiesho) Kaori Kono, Shichiro Abe, Machiko Yamamoto, Ryo Kayashima, Kentaro Kaneko, Masashi Sakuma, Shigeru Toyoda, Toshiaki Nakajima and Teruo Inoue [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.51-60, 2021
Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Correlates with Patient-Reported Outcomes and Physical Performance in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Kento Ebihara, Yuji Iwanami, Keiko Yamasaki, Ayame Takemura, Naofumi Sato, Yusuke Usui, Yasuhiko Nakamura, Kazuma Kishi, Sakae Homma and Satoru Ebihara [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.61-68, 2021
Curcumin Mitigates Hypertension, Endothelial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress in Rats with Chronic Exposure to Lead and Cadmium Akarachai Tubsakul, Weerapon Sangartit, Poungrat Pakdeechote, Veerapol Kukongviriyapan, Kwanjit Apaijit and Upa Kukongviriyapan [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.69-76, 2021
High Parity Is an Independent Risk Factor for Tooth Loss in Women: A Community-Based Takahata Study in Japan Shigeo Ishikawa, Tsuneo Konta, Shinji Susa, Kaoru Edamatsu, Kenichi Ishizawa, Hitoshi Togashi, Satoru Nagase, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Isao Kubota, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Takamasa Kayama and Mitsuyoshi Iino [PDF]	Vol. 253, No. 1 pp.77-84, 2021