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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ankur
dc.contributor.authorPeres, Marco Aurélio
dc.contributor.authorPeres, Karen G.
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira Bernardo, Carla
dc.contributor.authorXavier, Andre
dc.contributor.authorD'Orsi, Eleonora
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T03:41:06Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T03:41:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1518-8787
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049005590
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380589
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To analyze if differences according to gender exists in the association between tooth loss and obesity among older adults. METHODS: We analyzed data on 1,704 older adults (60 years and over) from the baseline of a prospective cohort study conducted in Florianopolis, SC, Southern Brazil. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the association between tooth loss and general and central obesity after adjustment for confounders (age, gender, skin color, educational attainment, income, smoking, physical activity, use of dentures, hypertension, and diabetes). Linear regressions were also assessed with body mass index and waist circumference as continuous outcomes. Interaction between gender and tooth loss was further assessed. RESULTS: Overall mean body mass index was 28.0 kg/m². Mean waist circumference was 96.8 cm for males and 92.6 cm for females. Increasing tooth loss was positively associated with increased body mass index and waist circumference after adjustment for confounders. Edentates had 1.4 (95%CI 1.1;1.9) times higher odds of being centrally obese than individuals with a higher number of teeth; however, the association lost significance after adjustment for confounders. In comparison with edentate males, edentate females presented a twofold higher adjusted prevalence of general and central obesity. In the joint effects model, edentate females had a 3.8 (95%CI 2.2;6.6) times higher odds to be centrally obese in comparison with males with more than 10 teeth present in both the arches. Similarly, females with less than 10 teeth in at least one arch had a 2.7 (95%CI 1.6;4.4) times higher odds ratio of having central obesity in comparison with males with more than 10 teeth present in both the arches. CONCLUSIONS: Central obesity was more prevalent than general obesity among the older adults. We did not observe any association between general obesity and tooth loss. The association between central obesity and tooth loss depends on gender – females with tooth loss had greater probability of being obese.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo * Faculdade de Saude Publica
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom44-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto44-9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRevista de Saude Publica
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDentistry not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320399
dc.titleGender differences in the association between tooth loss and obesity among older adults in Brazil
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2015. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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gro.griffith.authorPeres, Marco A.
gro.griffith.authorGlazer De Anselmo Peres, Karen


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