Amount and type of alcohol consumption and missing teeth among community-dwelling older adults: findings from the Copenhagen Oral Health Senior study
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Amount and type of alcohol consumption and missing teeth among community-dwelling older adults : findings from the Copenhagen Oral Health Senior study. / Heegaard, Karen; Avlund, Kirsten; Holm-Pedersen, Poul; Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A; Bardow, Allan; Grønbaek, Morten.
In: Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Vol. 71, No. 4, 2011, p. 318-326.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Amount and type of alcohol consumption and missing teeth among community-dwelling older adults
T2 - findings from the Copenhagen Oral Health Senior study
AU - Heegaard, Karen
AU - Avlund, Kirsten
AU - Holm-Pedersen, Poul
AU - Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A
AU - Bardow, Allan
AU - Grønbaek, Morten
N1 - © 2011 American Association of Public Health Dentistry.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objectives: To study if an association between total weekly intake of alcohol, type-specific weekly alcohol intake, alcoholic beverage preference, and the number of teeth among older people exists. Methods: A cross-sectional study including a total of 783 community-dwelling men and women aged 65-95 years who were interviewed about alcohol drinking habits and underwent a clinical oral and dental examination. Multiple regression analyses were applied for studying the association between total weekly alcohol consumption, beverage-specific alcohol consumption, beverage preference (defined as the highest intake of one beverage type compared with two other types), and the number of remaining teeth (=20 versus >20 remaining teeth). Results: The odds ratio (OR) of having a low number of teeth decreased with the total intake of alcohol in women, with ORs for a low number of teeth of 0.40 [95 percent confidence interval (CI) 0.22-0.76] in women drinking 1-14 drinks per week and 0.34 (95 percent CI 0.16-0.74) in women with an intake of more than 14 drinks per week compared with abstainers. Similar relations could also be obtained for type-specific alcohol intake of wine and for wine and spirits preference among women. Men who preferred beer showed a decreased risk for a low number of teeth compared with men with other alcohol preferences. Conclusion: In this study, alcohol consumption, wine drinking, and wine and spirits preference among women were associated with a higher number of teeth compared with abstainers. Among men, those who preferred beer also had a higher number of teeth.
AB - Objectives: To study if an association between total weekly intake of alcohol, type-specific weekly alcohol intake, alcoholic beverage preference, and the number of teeth among older people exists. Methods: A cross-sectional study including a total of 783 community-dwelling men and women aged 65-95 years who were interviewed about alcohol drinking habits and underwent a clinical oral and dental examination. Multiple regression analyses were applied for studying the association between total weekly alcohol consumption, beverage-specific alcohol consumption, beverage preference (defined as the highest intake of one beverage type compared with two other types), and the number of remaining teeth (=20 versus >20 remaining teeth). Results: The odds ratio (OR) of having a low number of teeth decreased with the total intake of alcohol in women, with ORs for a low number of teeth of 0.40 [95 percent confidence interval (CI) 0.22-0.76] in women drinking 1-14 drinks per week and 0.34 (95 percent CI 0.16-0.74) in women with an intake of more than 14 drinks per week compared with abstainers. Similar relations could also be obtained for type-specific alcohol intake of wine and for wine and spirits preference among women. Men who preferred beer showed a decreased risk for a low number of teeth compared with men with other alcohol preferences. Conclusion: In this study, alcohol consumption, wine drinking, and wine and spirits preference among women were associated with a higher number of teeth compared with abstainers. Among men, those who preferred beer also had a higher number of teeth.
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Alcohol Drinking
KW - Alcoholic Beverages
KW - Beer
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Denmark
KW - Educational Status
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Income
KW - Independent Living
KW - Longitudinal Studies
KW - Male
KW - Population Surveillance
KW - Sedentary Lifestyle
KW - Sex Factors
KW - Smoking
KW - Social Class
KW - Temperance
KW - Tooth Loss
KW - Wine
U2 - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00276.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00276.x
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22320290
VL - 71
SP - 318
EP - 326
JO - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
JF - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
SN - 0022-4006
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 23112536