Number of functional teeth more strongly predicts all-cause mortality than number of present teeth in Japanese older adults.

Kenji MaekawaTomoko IkeuchiShoji ShinkaiHirohiko HiranoMasahiro RyuKatsushi TamakiHirofumi YataniTakuo Kubokinull nullAya Kimura-OnoTakeshi KikutaniTakashi SuganumaYasunori AyukawaTomoya GondaToru OgawaMasanori FujisawaShoichi IshigakiYutaka WatanabeAkihiko KitamuraYu TaniguchiYoshinori FujiwaraAyako EdahiroYuki OharaJunichi FuruyaJunko NakajimaKento UmekiKentaro IgarashiYasuhiro HoribeYoshihiro KugimiyaYasuhiko KawaiHideo MatsumuraTetsuo IchikawaShuji Ohkawa

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2020)

Current results suggest that the number of FT more strongly predicts all-cause mortality than the number of PT among community-dwelling older adults. Further studies are necessary to consider the confounding of socioeconomic status and disability status. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; ••: ••-••.

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