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Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia

OBJECTIVES: Associations between khat (Catha edulis) chewing and different adverse oral-dental health conditions have been reported, yet evidence is still lacking. This study was designed to investigate the association between long-term regular khat chewing and self-reported oral symptoms. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Astatkie, Ayalew, Demissie, Meaza, Berhane, Yemane, Worku, Alemayehu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4398976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25773437
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015009
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author Astatkie, Ayalew
Demissie, Meaza
Berhane, Yemane
Worku, Alemayehu
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Demissie, Meaza
Berhane, Yemane
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description OBJECTIVES: Associations between khat (Catha edulis) chewing and different adverse oral-dental health conditions have been reported, yet evidence is still lacking. This study was designed to investigate the association between long-term regular khat chewing and self-reported oral symptoms. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 1,255 university students in southern Ethiopia. Data on khat chewing status, a range of oral symptoms and other pertinent variables were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The association between long-term regular khat chewing and oral symptom count was investigated using negative binomial regression. RESULTS: The mean oral symptom count among long-term regular khat chewers was 1.75 (standard deviation [SD], 2.18; standard error [SE], 0.31), whereas that among those who were not long-term regular khat chewers was 1.18 (SD, 1.68; SE, 0.10). After adjustment for other variables, long-term regular khat chewers had approximately 50% more oral symptoms than those who were not long-term chewers did (adjusted count ratio, 1.53; 95% confidence interval, 1.12 to 2.10). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term khat chewing negatively affects the oral health of young university students.
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spelling pubmed-43989762015-04-24 Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia Astatkie, Ayalew Demissie, Meaza Berhane, Yemane Worku, Alemayehu Epidemiol Health Original Article OBJECTIVES: Associations between khat (Catha edulis) chewing and different adverse oral-dental health conditions have been reported, yet evidence is still lacking. This study was designed to investigate the association between long-term regular khat chewing and self-reported oral symptoms. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 1,255 university students in southern Ethiopia. Data on khat chewing status, a range of oral symptoms and other pertinent variables were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The association between long-term regular khat chewing and oral symptom count was investigated using negative binomial regression. RESULTS: The mean oral symptom count among long-term regular khat chewers was 1.75 (standard deviation [SD], 2.18; standard error [SE], 0.31), whereas that among those who were not long-term regular khat chewers was 1.18 (SD, 1.68; SE, 0.10). After adjustment for other variables, long-term regular khat chewers had approximately 50% more oral symptoms than those who were not long-term chewers did (adjusted count ratio, 1.53; 95% confidence interval, 1.12 to 2.10). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term khat chewing negatively affects the oral health of young university students. Korean Society of Epidemiology 2015-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4398976/ /pubmed/25773437 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015009 Text en ©2015, Korean Society of Epidemiology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Demissie, Meaza
Berhane, Yemane
Worku, Alemayehu
Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title_full Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title_short Oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (Catha edulis) users in Ethiopia
title_sort oral symptoms significantly higher among long-term khat (catha edulis) users in ethiopia
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4398976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25773437
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2015009
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