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Dental Status is Associated With Incident Functional Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Propensity Score Matching

BACKGROUND: A growing number of epidemiology studies have shown that poor oral health is associated with an increased incidence of functional disability. However, there are few studies in which the confounding bias is adjusted appropriately. In this study, we examined whether dental status is associ...

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Autores principales: Komiyama, Takamasa, Ohi, Takashi, Tomata, Yasutake, Tanji, Fumiya, Tsuji, Ichiro, Watanabe, Makoto, Hattori, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6949184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30686817
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20180203