Dental health and lung cancer risk in the Golestan Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor oral health has been linked to various systemic diseases, including multiple cancer types, but studies of its association with lung cancer have been inconclusive.

Methods

We examined the relationship between dental status and lung cancer incidence and mortality in the Golestan Cohort Study, a large, prospective cohort of 50,045 adults in northeastern Iran. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between three dental health measures (i.e., number of missing teeth; the sum of decayed, missing, or filled teeth (DMFT); and toothbrushing frequency) and lung cancer incidence or mortality with adjustment for multiple potential confounders, including cigarette smoking and opium use.

SUBMITTER: Yano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787979 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature