Occlusal force is correlated with cognitive function directly as well as indirectly via food intake in community-dwelling older Japanese: From the SONIC study.

Growing evidence suggests that oral health may be an important factor associated with cognitive function in aged populations. However, many previous studies on this topic used insensitive oral indicators or did not include certain essential covariates. Thus, we examined the association between occlu...

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Main Authors: Kazunori Ikebe, Yasuyuki Gondo, Kei Kamide, Yukie Masui, Taturo Ishizaki, Yasumichi Arai, Hiroki Inagaki, Takeshi Nakagawa, Mai Kabayama, Hirochika Ryuno, Hitomi Okubo, Hajime Takeshita, Chisato Inomata, Yuko Kurushima, Yusuke Mihara, Kohdai Hatta, Motoyoshi Fukutake, Kaori Enoki, Taiji Ogawa, Ken-Ichi Matsuda, Ken Sugimoto, Ryosuke Oguro, Yoichi Takami, Norihisa Itoh, Yasushi Takeya, Koichi Yamamoto, Hiromi Rakugi, Shinya Murakami, Masahiro Kitamura, Yoshinobu Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755890?pdf=render