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Association of cognitive function with tooth loss and mitochondrial variation in adult subjects: a community-based study in Beijing, China.
Oral diseases - 1 Oct 2016
Gao W, Wang X, Wang X, Cai Y, Luan Q
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Cognitive impairment is a common neurological problem in elderly people. In this study, we investigated whether tooth loss, periodontal parameters, and gene variations in the mitochondrial DNA displacement loop region are potential influencing factors on cognitive function. DESIGN: We employed a linear regression model to estimate cross-sectional association between number of teeth lost, periodontal...
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