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Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population

The prevalence of excess body mass (XBM), poor oral health (POH), and stress in a secluded population of aged (≥60 years) Hmong immigrants was surveyed. The findings were related to the prevalence of diabetes in the same population. Diabetes was associated separately with POH (OR 2.4; CL 1.3, 4.2) o...

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Autor principal: Albright, Julia W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/614814
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description The prevalence of excess body mass (XBM), poor oral health (POH), and stress in a secluded population of aged (≥60 years) Hmong immigrants was surveyed. The findings were related to the prevalence of diabetes in the same population. Diabetes was associated separately with POH (OR 2.4; CL 1.3, 4.2) or with XBM (OR 2.5; CL 1.4, 4.8). The association of diabetes with the combination of XBM and POH was striking (OR 5.1; CL 3.4, 7.5); that apparent synergism has not been fully appreciated. We describe a mechanism that explains the synergism. The concept of “thrifty genotype” is a plausible explanation of XBM in the elderly Hmong immigrants and possibly the current older Laotian population. POH is common among elderly Laotians as it is in most developing countries. We conclude that synergism of XBM and POH significantly elevates the prevalence of diabetes among aging populations and probably other age groups as well.
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spelling pubmed-30044042010-12-30 Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population Albright, Julia W. Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res Research Article The prevalence of excess body mass (XBM), poor oral health (POH), and stress in a secluded population of aged (≥60 years) Hmong immigrants was surveyed. The findings were related to the prevalence of diabetes in the same population. Diabetes was associated separately with POH (OR 2.4; CL 1.3, 4.2) or with XBM (OR 2.5; CL 1.4, 4.8). The association of diabetes with the combination of XBM and POH was striking (OR 5.1; CL 3.4, 7.5); that apparent synergism has not been fully appreciated. We describe a mechanism that explains the synergism. The concept of “thrifty genotype” is a plausible explanation of XBM in the elderly Hmong immigrants and possibly the current older Laotian population. POH is common among elderly Laotians as it is in most developing countries. We conclude that synergism of XBM and POH significantly elevates the prevalence of diabetes among aging populations and probably other age groups as well. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3004404/ /pubmed/21197087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/614814 Text en Copyright © 2010 Julia W. Albright. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population
title_fullStr Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population
title_full_unstemmed Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population
title_short Interactions of Overweight, Poor Oral Health, and Stress Related to Chronic Disease in an Aging Population
title_sort interactions of overweight, poor oral health, and stress related to chronic disease in an aging population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21197087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/614814
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