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| Dental health, nutritional status and recent-onset dementia in a Korean community population | | Author(s) | Jae-Min Kim, Robert Stewart, Martin Prince |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 22, no 9, September 2007 |
| Pages | pp 850-855 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dental problems ; Nutrition ; Dementia ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Korea. |
| Annotation | Dental health is an important determinant of nutritional status, but has not been investigated as a risk factor for dementia. This cross-sectional study investigated the association between number of teeth, use of dentures and recent-onset dementia. A community population of 686 residents aged 65+ without dementia in two areas of South Korea was followed over 2-4 years; measures of dental health were compared between those with and without dementia at follow-up. Having fewer teeth was associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The association was strongest in participants without dentures. Strong associations were found between teeth and indices of poor nutrition in this group, but these did not account for the association with dementia. Having fewer teeth may be a marker of risk for dementia. This might be explained by specific nutritional deficits, or by other side effects of peridontal disease. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-071113212 A |
| Classmark | BLA: CF: EA: K4: 3J: 7DK |
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