Abstract:Purpose: This 4-year prospective observational study aimed to examine the relationship between self-reported chewing ability and incidents of stroke in community-dwelling older adults in Japan.
Methods: A total of 5,093 adults aged 65 years and older who were neither disabled nor living in long-term care facilities completed the baseline survey in April 2013. In February 2017, a follow-up survey was conducted for 3,606 older adults who were not disabled and had not died. All data were obtained from self-report… Show more
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