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Chihiro Shiota1, Taro Kusama1,2, Kenji Takeuchi1,2
1Department of International and Community Oral Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Nutrients
|October 28, 2023
概括
口腔功能低下,包括牙减少和困难,与老年人显著体重变化有关. 保持口腔健康对于老年人的营养状况和整体福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 口腔健康 口腔健康
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 口腔健康对营养状况至关重要,但与体重波动的联系仍未得到充分研究.
- 口腔功能下降包括几种情况,包括牙减少,功能受损,吞困难和口腔干燥 (xerostomia).
研究的目的:
- 检查口腔低功能的组成部分与独立的老年人体重变化风险之间的关联.
- 为了确定特定的口腔健康问题是否会在三年内预测体重减轻或增加.
主要方法:
- 这是一项为期三年的前性队列研究,涉及来自日本老年学评估研究 (JAGES) 的65岁及以上的独立老年人.
- 通过自我报告问卷收集关于剩余的牙,效率,吞问题,异位,以及随后的体重变化 (>5%的损失或增加) 的数据.
- 普森回归模型用于计算风险比率 (RRs) 和95%置信区间 (CI),并对潜在的混因素进行调整.
主要成果:
- 在减肥和0-9颗剩余牙 (RR=1.17),困难 (RR=1.12) 和异口腔 (RR=1.11) 之间发现了显著的关联.
- 吞问题与减肥没有显著的关联 (RR=1.01).
- 在体重增加方面也观察到类似的模式,这表明口腔功能下降和体重减轻和增加之间存在联系.
结论:
- 口腔功能低下,以牙减少,困难和异口症为特征,与老年人体重变化的风险增加有关.
- 这些发现强调了口腔健康对老年人营养状况和整体健康的重大影响.
- 针对口腔健康的干预措施对于管理老年人营养状况可能很重要.
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