Relationship between dentition, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic syndrome in the elderly

Abstract

Introduction Tooth loss is a health disorder of the elderly population that may lead to masticatory deficiency and nutritional risks, inducing the biochemical changes of metabolic syndrome (MS). Objective To verify the relationship among number of teeth, anthropometric measurements, and MS in a group of elderly people. Material and method The study was developed in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, and it was divided into three phases. The first phase collected information from the database of all project participants and the second one collected sociodemographic, anthropometric, and biochemical data. The third phase was divided into two other phases: first, oral health interviews were applied to the elderly (281 patients evaluated by telephone and 23 visited at home) and second, 45 patients were randomly selected and invited to validate the data obtained by telephone with oral clinical examinations performed by a trained dental surgeon. The sample consisted of 304 individuals. The data collected were tabulated and analyzed using statistical tests. Result Elderly women with severe tooth loss present a significantly higher risk of developing MS. Thus, the maintenance of natural teeth in the elderly is a protective factor for the syndrome. Conclusion The findings support the hypothesis that the oral health of individuals, expressed by the number of teeth, may compromise and increase the risk of MS in the elderly.

The influencing factors of metabolic syndrome and the impact of oral health of aged 50 and older Koreans: from the 6th Knhanes

“…50-64 aged group compared to 65 and older group was more in being risk of metabolic syndrome of this study and this result was supported by another study (Pedro et al, 2019). In the point of view of periodontitis, as a key indicator of oral health, which was identi ied as the strong in luencing factor of metabolic syndrome of this study, was partially in consistent with the result of another study even though there are difference in the aspects of racial sample and study design (Uloma et al, 2019) and it was supported by another study which was reported on association between oral health and metabolic syndrome among elderly (Pedro et al, 2019) even though the difference in gender. And that, even the awareness and habits of oral care was reported to be contributed to improving of life satisfaction as well as lifestyles of the elderly (Hirano et al, 2019).…”

“…And more, oral health was reported to be closely connected with improving of overall health especially among adults (Uloma et al, 2019;Ismail et al, 2019;Rawal et al, 2019). In addition to that number of teeth, as the important indicator of oral health, was reported to increase the risk of metabolic syndrome among elderly (Pedro et al, 2019). Additionally, diabetes and smoking were closely associated with poor oral health such as tooth loss by recent cohort study (Kim et al, 2019b).…”