Contribution of systemic inflammation and nutritional status to the relationship between tooth loss and mortality in a community-dwelling older Japanese population: a mediation analysis of data from the Tsurugaya project

Takako Hiratsuka,Takamasa Komiyama,Takashi Ohi,Fumiya Tanji,Yasutake Tomata,Ichiro Tsuji,Makoto Watanabe,Yoshinori Hattori

Contribution of systemic inflammation and nutritional status to the relationship between tooth loss and mortality in a community-dwelling older Japanese population: a mediation analysis of data from the Tsurugaya project

2019

Takako Hiratsuka
Takamasa Komiyama
Takashi Ohi
Fumiya Tanji
Yasutake Tomata
Ichiro Tsuji
Makoto Watanabe
Yoshinori Hattori

Objectives To assess whether systemic inflammation and nutritional status contribute to a relationship between tooth loss and mortality in community-dwelling older Japanese individuals using mediation analyses.

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Gerontology
Systemic inflammation
Tooth loss
Dentistry
Prospective cohort study
Mediation (Marxist theory and media studies)
Mediation (statistics)
Population
Medicine
japanese population
nutritional status

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