Is obesity associated with tooth loss due to caries? A Cross-sectional study
Braz. j. oral sci
;
19: e201088, jan.-dez. 2020. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-1152079
ABSTRACT
Aim:
To investigate the association between obesity, overweight, and tooth loss due to caries among university students of (Federal University of Pelotas) in southern Brazil.Methods:
A cross-sectional study with all first-year students who regularly enrolled in the first semester of 2016 who were invited to respond to a self-administered questionnaire contain socioeconomic and demographic; psychosocial; oral health; behavioral questions. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated through the self-reported data of weight and height. The main outcome of the present study was determined by the person's that answer having had at least one tooth extracted due to caries. A Poisson regression using a backward stepwise procedure was performed. Two models were tested i) including socioeconomic and behavioral variables; ii) without behavioral variables.Results:
From 3,237 eligible students, 2,089 (64.5%) participated in the present study. Almost 23% of students presented overweight and 8.4% obesity, whereas 362 individuals (17.5%) reported having had at least one tooth extracted due to caries. Regarding the final model adjusted by behavioral variables, it was observed that obese university students presented a 32.0% higher prevalence of tooth loss (PR=0.32,CI95%[1.171.49]). However, overweight was not associated with tooth loss in the present sample. When the model was not associated with behavioral variables, overweight was associated with tooth loss (PR=1.44; CI95%[1.151.81]), just as obesity (PR=2.13; CI95%[1.63 2.78]).Conclusions:
Obesity and overweight were associated with tooth loss due to caries in the present sample of university students
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Students
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Tooth Loss
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Dental Caries
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Obesity
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. oral sci
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Pelotas/BR
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University of Vale do Taquari (UNIVATES)/BR
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