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First author year [ref] | Population | Sample size | Followup (years) | Age (years) | Stratification and adjustmenta | Dental exam % edentulous mean/median no. of teeth | Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) |
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Appollonio 1997 [1] |
Brescia, Italy |
1137 |
6.5 |
70–75 |
Sex, nutrition, smoking, functional status, and health service utilization, education, SES |
Yes |
Females only |
0.67 (0.39–1.15) for adequate dentition |
0.83 (0.54–1.27) for inadequate with dentures versus inadequate without dentures |
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Shimazaki 2001 [2] | Kitakyushu City, Japan | 1762 | 6 | 59–107 |
Age, sex, physical mental-health status, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, and institution, other chronic diseases |
Yes 52% |
1.8 (1.1–2.8) for 0 teeth without dentures |
1.3 (0.8–2.4) for 0 teeth with dentures |
1.5 (0.9–2.4) for 1–19 without dentures |
1.3 (0.8–2.0) for 1–19 teeth with dentures versus 20+ teeth |
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Hämäläinen 2003 [3] | Jyväskylä, Finland | 226 | 10 | 80 | Sex, number of chronic diseases, self-rated health |
Yes 59% Mean = 11.8 in dentate |
2.67 (1.15–6.22) for 1–19 teeth |
2.56 (1.12–5.85) for 0 teeth |
versus 20+ teeth (univariate analysis) |
1.03 (1.00–1.05) per missing tooth (adjusted) |
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Cabrera 2005 [4] | Göteborg, Sweden | 1417 | 24 | 38, 46, 50, 54, 60 | Age, SES | Yes |
1.27 (1.09–1.47) for >10 missing teeth |
Women only | Median = 20 | |
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Nakanishi 2005 [5] | Settsu Japan | 1405 | 9 | 65+ |
Sex, age, overall disability, use of dental health checks, use of general health checks, daily health promotion practices, participation in social activities, life worth living, finding relationships with people difficult | No |
1.63 (1.30–2.03) for self-assessed masticatory disability versus no disability |
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Abnet 2005 [6] |
Linxian, China |
29584 |
15 | 44–59 |
Sex, age, and smoking | Yes in those reporting missing teeth median = 26 |
1.07 (1.01–1.14) in females |
1.09 (0.98–1.21) in male never-smokers |
1.24 (1.16–1.32) in male ever-smokers for loss of > age-specific median of number of teeth |
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Hämäläinen 2005 [7] | Jyväskylä, Finland | 94 | 5 | 85 | Number of chronic diseases, urgent need of dental treatment, and sex, self-rated health, education, FEV, ESR, CPITN |
Yes 39% M, 60% F | 0.93 (0.87–0.99) for number of teeth | |
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Yoshida 2005 [8] |
Kure City, Japan |
1030 |
8 |
Mean = 74 |
Sex, age |
Yes |
0.78 (0.60–0,99) for adequate occlusion |
1.08 (0.85–1.36) for insufficient occlusion versus no occlusion |
1.52 (1.24–1.83) for denture non-users versus denture uses among those with no occlusion with their own teeth |
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Morita 2006 [9] | Tokoname, Japan | 118 | 6.5 | Mean = 82 | Matched on sex, age, health status, living environment; adjusted for smoking, alcohol | 21% M, 30% F |
2.71 (1.05–7.05) for < 20 versus ≥ 20 teeth in males; not significant in females |
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Österberg 2007 [10] | Glostrup, Denmark Jyväskylä, Finland Göteborg, Sweden |
1044 |
7 |
75 |
Sex, location, smoking, BMI, self-assessed health, physical activity, circulation disease, ADL |
No 45%, 58%, 23% in the 3 locations |
0.80 (0.72–0.89) among females |
0.92 (0.84–1.01) among males for number of teeth and adjusted only for location |
0.87 (0.78–0.97) for women fully adjusted; not significant in men |
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Österberg 2008 [11] |
Göteborg, Sweden |
1803 |
7 |
70 |
Sex, ischemic heart disease, number of drugs, plasma glucose, blood hemoglobin, serum triglycerides, BMI, feeling not healthy and others |
Yes 16% to 38% in 4 birth cohorts | Males | Females |
7-year mortality |
0.65 (0.46–0.91) |
0.71 (0.42–1.20) for 1–9 |
0.51 (0.36–0.74) | 0.65 (0.41–1.02) for 10–19 |
0.38 (0.24–0.60) | 0.36 (0.19–0.66) for 20–32 |
versus 0 teeth | |
| | | 18 | | Sex, ischemic heart disease, number of drugs, hypertension, plasma glucose, blood hemoglobin, smoking, social activity, and others | | 18-year mortality |
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1.02 (0.82–1.27) |
0.81 (0.61–1.07) for 1–9 |
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0.74 (0.58–0.94) | 0.94 (0.74–1.20) for 10–19 |
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0.64 (0.48–0.84) | 0.70 (0.51–0.96) for 20–32 |
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versus 0 teeth | |
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Paganini-Hill (current study) | Leisure World, California, USA | 5611 | 17 | 52–105 | Sex, age, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, exercise, BMI, 7 chronic diseases | No | See previous tables. |
11% |
median = 24 |
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