Age-group-specific association of oral health and systemic health on cognitive function: a cross-sectional study of Korean elders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the importance of oral and systemic healthcare for elderly people is increasing owing to the rapid ageing of the population in South Korea, studies on the relationship between oral health, systemic health, and cognitive function, as well as on the prediction of cognitive function by oral and systemic health depending upon age groups are lacking.

Methods

We included 5,975 out of 6,488 participants from the 8^th wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) panel data, divided the participants into three age groups, and performed a hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis to explain cognitive function with four types of predictors: oral health status, sociodemographic factors, objective health status, and subjective health status.

SUBMITTER: Sin JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720108 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature