Association between self-reported dental health status and onset of dementia: A 4-year prospective cohort study of older Japanese adults from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES) Project

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-248

  Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^b   Hirai, Hiroshi ^b   Nakade, Miyo ^c   Aida, Jun ^d,e   Hirata, Yukio ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; dental health; mastication; proportional hazards models; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; DENTURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPANESE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; TOOTH; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; DEMENTIA; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 84862796785     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318246dffb     Document Type: Article

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