More missing teeth are associated with poorer general health in the rural Korean elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-33

  Lee, Hee Kyung ^a   Lee, Kyung dong ^a   Merchant, Anwar T ^b   Lee, Sung Kook ^c   Song, Keun Bae ^d   Lee, Sang Gyu ^e   Choi, Youn Hee ^d  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^e Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Fasting plasma glucose; Tooth loss in elderly; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 70450222341     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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