Number of teeth is associated with hip fracture and femoral neck bone mineral density in the NHANES.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose/introduction

Tooth loss has been found to be associated with fractures and osteoporosis. However, the associations between number of teeth with bone mineral density as well as with hip fractures have not been explored in the same study setting.

Methods

Data from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005-2010, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018) with completed femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) measurements, osteoporosis questionnaires, and dentition examinations were analyzed. A total of 15,198 participants, with a mean age of 53.9 and diverse ethnicity, males (52%), and females (48%), were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analyses for self-reported hip fractures, self-reported osteoporosis, and measured low femoral BMD accountin

SUBMITTER: Yu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature