Lack of posterior occlusal support predicts the reduction in walking speed in 80-year-old Japanese adults: A 3-year prospective cohort study with propensity score analysis by the SONIC Study Group.

Kodai HattaKazunori IkebeYusuke MiharaYasuyuki GondoKei KamideYukie MasuiKen SugimotoKen-Ichi MatsudaMotoyoshi FukutakeMai KabayamaAyumi ShintaniTatsuro IshizakiYasumichi AraiHiromi RakugiYoshinobu Maeda

Published in: Gerodontology (2019)

Lack of posterior occlusal support at baseline independently predicted the incidence of reduced walking speed over 3 years.

Keyphrases

lower limb
risk factors
data analysis